Caravans and vehicles were spotted back at Swanshurst Park in Billesley
Swanshurst Park in Billesley(Image: Birmingham Post and Mail)
Travellers have returned to a Birmingham family park – for the fifth time this year.
Caravans and vehicles were spotted back at Swanshurst Park in Billesley earlier today, Tuesday, June 17.
It comes after travellers set up camp there several times in May. They returned at the start of this month.
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That came just 24 hours after members of a volunteer group dedicated to maintaining the park finished picking up rubbish after another group left.
Travellers are back at Swanshurst Park in time for the Bank Holiday weekend(Image: Nick Wilkinson/Birmingham Live)
It meant an event scheduled for the community was cancelled.
The Friends group posted on Facebook at the time: “We are cancelling our balsam bashing session this Saturday as the Travellers are very close to the area we would be working.
“We will re-arrange another date and post details as soon as it has been decided.”
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The authorities have been notified after this latest development.
Birmingham City Council said it is “committed to actively protecting its land and will take steps to recover this land where unauthorised encampments encroach upon it”.
The authority added: “The council has useable transit sites and plots for use by the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community – which is in line with Government policy – and details of the Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment carried out and updated in 2019 can be found on our website.”