{"id":114723,"date":"2025-05-19T16:02:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T16:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/114723\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T16:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T16:02:11","slug":"birmingham-traveller-camp-next-to-parks-play-area-after-dirty-nappies-left-at-uni-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/114723\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham traveller camp next to park&#8217;s play area after &#8216;dirty nappies left at uni site&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Up to 15 caravans and vehicles were seen at Selly Oak Park after residents said mess was left in front of Grade II listed cottages designed by Bournville Trust<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_travellers2JPG.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Around 15 caravans and vehicles at Selly Oak Park(Image: BirminghamLive)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Travellers have set up a new camp next to a play area at a <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a> park after &#8216;dirty nappies were dumped and beer cans thrown on top of hedges&#8217; at a university site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Up to 15 caravans and vehicles were seen at <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/selly-oak\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Selly Oak<\/a> Park, off Gibbins Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Residents said the convoy arrived last night, Sunday, May 18.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/birmingham-bin-strike-pickets-cripple-31671813\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham bin strike pickets cripple collections as dustcarts stuck at depots<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/scooter-rider-injured-near-becketts-31673378\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Scooter rider injured near Becketts Farm as police make arrest<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Travellers have popped up over various locations in the south of the city.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_travellers1JPG.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Travellers at Selly Oak Park(Image: BirminghamLive)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Earlier this month a large group of travellers have set up a camp on land owned by the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/university-of-birmingham\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Birmingham<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/security-place-24-7-after-31599108\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Caravans and other vehicles<\/a> parked up on Westhill Close, in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/selly-oak\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Selly Oak<\/a>, in front of Grade II listed cottages designed by Bournville Trust architect William Alexander Harvey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get breaking news on<\/strong> <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/FJKVhwxllixI0DiCj9e2sk\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object] Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">BirminghamLive WhatsApp<\/strong> <\/a>, <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">click the link to join<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">One kind-hearted resident, who asked not to be named, told BirminghamLive: &#8220;When they were on the uni grounds I went and tidied up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;I bagged up the mess and put it by the bin. This was spread across the site &#8211; some but not much were in bags.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;There were dirty nappies and beer cans thrown on top of hedges.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_travellers3JPG.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Mess was left at a University of Birmingham site but a kind-hearted resident bagged it up (Image: BirminghamLive)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A group also attempted to set up camp on land opposite the MG car site in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a>. Residents described seeing &#8220;loads of police&#8221; on Lowhill Lane, in the Longbridge area, before police moved the group on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Last month around 17 caravans and other motors were located at Parkdale Park, just off Longbridge Lane in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/west-heath\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">West Heath<\/a>, near Longbridge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Travellers have also been camped at Woodgate Valley Country Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">While a dozen caravans and cars were seen on fields near the play area in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/kings-heath-and-stirchley\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Kings Heath<\/a> Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The council said: &#8220;<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/birmingham-city-council\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham City Council<\/a> is committed to actively protecting its land and will take steps to recover this land where unauthorised encampments encroach upon it.&#8221;The council has useable transit sites and plots for use by the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community \u2013 which is in line with Government policy \u2013 and details of the Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment carried out and updated in 2019 can be found on our website.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Up to 15 caravans and vehicles were seen at Selly Oak Park after residents said mess was left&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,10844,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-114723","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-selly-oak","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114535343549444215","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}