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Quiet side street becomes talk of the town after what appeared on road

A Merseyside community has had contrasting reactions after graffiti of two penises were daubed across a road. An image of the phallic images was first shared on a community Facebook group for the town of Heswall on the Wirral earlier this week, prompting a flurry of differing responses. The ECHO was able to geolocate the image to Castle Drive near its junction with Feather Lane, a road just outside of the town centre. We have chosen to blur the pictures slightly to leave something to readers' imagination, but the full pictures were shared online. In comments on the Facebook group, some people have found the drawings to be amusing - comparing them to the famous Cerne Abbas Giant, the Olympics logo, and the Easter bunny. One commenter compared the graffiti to the work of 'W**ksy', a professional artist and surveyor who launched a campaign against potholes in Manchester by drawing images of male appendages around them. READ MORE: Mum and child attacked and verbally abused on trip to the shops READ MORE: Family in 4x4 stranded on beach 'after ignoring warning signs' While some were offended, others defended the drawings and those behind them. One person said: 'We were this age once! I'm sure all lads did the same [...] it's bloody stupid. But we all were/are. What happened to the inner child. Being a kid is way more amusing than being an adult. No harm done. They probably had a laugh doing it and have gone home.' However another strongly disagreed and said: 'If my children had done this, I'd have been furious with them and incredibly disappointed that they were so lacking in awareness.' Wirral Council, which manages the 737 miles of road in Wirral, removes graffiti on any property it owns. It will also remove racist or offensive graffiti from most private property as well as most graffiti if it can be seen from the road. The local authority was approached by the ECHO for comment who directed it towards its graffiti reporting page. As for when the graffiti could be removed, the local authority said: 'We will aim to remove racist or offensive graffiti within 24 hours of it being reported (Monday to Friday). If the graffiti cannot be removed straight away, we will try to cover it until it can be removed. 'We will aim to remove all other graffiti within 15 working days.' Information on graffiti removal and how to remove it can be found here.