Benefits Advisor

Biodiversity

Discounts and Exemptions

Broxtowe Lotto

Neighbourhood Planning

News & Events

Additional Services

UK Shared Prosperity Fund

Trade Waste

Conservation Areas

Two adjacent links should not point to the same destination. You almost always want to combine the 
two links.

For example, it is quite common to link an image and text together like this:

```html
<a href="news.html">
    <img src="photo.jpg" alt="" />
</a>
<a href="news.html">
    News
</a>
``` 

These adjacent links should be combined like so:

```html
<a href="news.html">
    <img src="photo.jpg" alt="" />
    News
</a>
``` 

Links to `#` are ignored, as these are nearly always placeholders for JavaScript, e.g.:

```html
<a href="#" onclick="approve()">
    OK
</a>
<a href="#" onclick="reject()">
    Cancel
</a>
```

# Justification

Many users of assistive technology are only able to experience content sequentially - that is, they must
step through each part of the page, one part at a time. Often this is a slow process, potentially 
hampered by a physical impediment.

Stepping through redundant links is time consuming; for example users of a screen reader must 
hear each link read aloud in turn. 

This also simplifies your code. 

# Methodology

1. Find all links (`<a>` tags) on the page.
2. Ignore links pointing to `#`, as these are usually placeholders for JavaScript.
3. Flag links which are (a) separated only by whitespace and (b) which point to the 
   same absolute URL.  

# Learn more

Read about [Technique H2](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H2) on how to combine
an adjacent image and texts links.

duplicate-adjacent-link

December 2025

November 2025

Broxtowe Borough Council

	Title / URL	Issues
	Benefits Advisorwww.broxtowe.gov.uk/for-you/benefits-grants/benefits-advisor/	100
	Biodiversitywww.broxtowe.gov.uk/for-you/climate-change/biodiversity/	100
	Discounts and Exemptionswww.broxtowe.gov.uk/for-you/council-tax/discounts-and-exemptions/	100
	Broxtowe Lottowww.broxtowe.gov.uk/for-you/community-living/broxtowe-lotto/	100
	Neighbourhood Planningwww.broxtowe.gov.uk/for-you/planning/planning-policy/neighbourhood-planning/	100
	News & Eventswww.broxtowe.gov.uk/news-events/	100
	Additional Serviceswww.broxtowe.gov.uk/for-you/waste-and-recycling/additional-services/	100
	UK Shared Prosperity Fundwww.broxtowe.gov.uk/for-you/investing-in-our-area/uk-shared-prosperity-fund/	100
	Trade Wastewww.broxtowe.gov.uk/for-you/waste-and-recycling/trade-waste/	100
	Conservation Areaswww.broxtowe.gov.uk/for-you/planning/conservation-areas/	100

Combine adjacent links with the same destination

Broxtowe Borough Council

Where this issue has occurred