VANDALS have forced bosses at a Bromley Cross church to spend £12,000 erecting a two-metre high security fence around the building.
Members of St Andrew's Church in Queens Avenue say they are fed up with having to pick up empty beer and cider cans and other rubbish from around their building.
And in recent years the church, which is next to open playing fields, has suffered from damage caused when vandals have smashed a meter cupboard and water pipes.
The church was built 13 years ago after the previous timber and corrugated iron burned down in a fire and honorary treasurer Ted Browning said that although it was sad to have to seal off the building, churchgoers were determined it should not be damaged.
"The church is tucked away, which is why we have these problems. It is sad but we have got to protect it," he said.
A planning application to erect the green mesh metal fence and double gates at the entrance has been submitted to Bolton Council and councillors are expected to consider whether to allow it to go ahead next month.
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