Residents in Crondall rounded up cattle after 20 young bullocks caused chaos.

Around 20 young bullocks caused an unexpected mid-afternoon disturbance in Crondall on Tuesday, March 17, after breaking through a fence at Eastbridge Farm and wandering into neighbouring gardens.

The cattle made their way through a stretch of woodland before crossing a small stream and entering three properties, where they grazed on plants, trampled lawns and investigated flower beds.

Residents spent around two hours carefully rounding up the animals and guiding them back the way they had come, eventually persuading them onto the farmland.

Makeshift repairs were then made to the gap in the fence line using logs and fallen branches.

Roger Withers, one of the locals involved in rounding up the cattle, said: “For a while it felt like we’d stepped into a Western, with a group of us trying to guide some large, stubborn cattle back through the woods and across the stream without causing damage to themselves or the properties.

“I’m not sure John Wayne would have been impressed with our technique, but we got there in the end.”

The contract farmer at Eastbridge Farm was not on site at the time of the incident but will be making more permanent repairs to the fence to prevent further breakouts.