Anna Garner, from Chilworth Woodland Retreat outside Southampton, said rubbish was constantly dumped on her land.

“We’ve had mattresses, rubble, an old sofa, and then the last one was just a lot of bin bags,” she said.

“I just feel that they’re avoiding paying for it. They’re probably offering a service somewhere and taking the money and not disposing of it correctly.”

She said she almost caught fly-tippers in the act on one occasion.

“I let one of them out once and waved to them very kindly, then realised afterwards when I got here that they were probably the ones that dumped the rubbish,” she added.

William Westacott, of Frogmore Farm in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, told the BBC fly-tipping on his land had been “steadily increasing” for years.

“Not only does it cost me money with skip hire, but lots of my time and farm workers’ time to clear up,” he said.

In January, a BBC investigation revealed there were more than 500 illegal tips across England, including at least 11 so-called “super sites” bigger than 20,000 tonnes.