Warning After Youths Scale Scaffolding
Written by HFM News on 18th September 2025
Police have warned youths are risking their lives by climbing on tall scaffolding outside The Symington Building in Market Harborough.
Officers have been called to Adam and Eve Street on several occasions, following reports of young people scaling the structure in the evenings.
Sergeant Pete Jelbert from the town’s Neighbourhood Policing Team, spoke to HFM:
Scaffolding at the Symington Building
The scaffolding is in place while major repair work is carried out to the historic building and Harborough District Council say measures are in-place to alert security personnel if people enter the scaffolding area.
Council leader Phil Knowles has echoed the safety message for people to stay off the scaffolding:
