Public urination and defecation are ruining a popular Wirral walking spot, according to a man who takes the route every day.
Liam Rooke, 32, walks his dog along New Brighton prom three times every day.
But the HR worker says his enjoyment of the environment is ruined by the stench of urine and faeces left next to a building at the side of this Wirral walkway.
Liam told the ECHO : "Walking down, there's been people with their pants around their ankles using that area.
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"We've had to deviate away and I've had to have an uncomfortable talk with my daughter about why those people are wrong for doing it there."
Liam, who often walks the route with both his dog and eight-year-old daughter, said the problem has got worse in the last year.
Now the stench is 'built in' at the site in the 'touristy town' of New Brighton, he said.
The local resident told the ECHO : "It's just a constant, persistent smell of urine."
He said the problem is concentrated at a building located the path beside Tower Grounds with a wooded area behind.
Liam said: "I walk my dog along the grass rather than the pavement because that's where he likes to go. That's for him to use the toilet. And we go behind that building.
"Every time, it just stinks. There's more than one time been human faeces there, and wipes from people who've just gone."
What he can't understand is why people choose to relieve themselves in such an 'obvious' spot when there are trees next to it and public toilets a 'five minute' walk away.
While half the council-run public toilets are still closed, according to the Wirral Council website, there are toilets in Vale Park a few hundred metres south. There are more further north just around the bend of the peninsula.
Although people may have health conditions that mean they must go there and then, Liam also blames a lack of respect for public spaces.
He told the ECHO : "It all stems from a broader issue, I believe, of people misusing the area, such as the beach, leaving litter and leaving items of beachwear, toys, plastics and things on the beach. It's just no care, that's all."
Last month, a man said his three-year-old son was terrified to go back to New Brighton beach where rats 'were coming out onto the sand', attracted by rubbish.
In May, Wirral Council asked people visiting the region's beaches, parks and coastal areas 'to respect, protect and enjoy the environment this summer'.
The council said it has provided extra bins, that bins will be emptied more frequently, and that extra staff will be out litter picking to cope with the influx of visitors brought by warm weather and lifted restrictions.
But the authority also warned these measures may not be enough and that people need to take personal responsibility.
Wirral Council declined to comment on public urination and defecation.
