{"id":276267,"date":"2025-07-20T02:25:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T02:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/276267\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T02:25:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T02:25:24","slug":"travellers-move-back-on-to-park-opposite-alexander-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/276267\/","title":{"rendered":"Travellers &#8216;move back on to park&#8217; opposite Alexander Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham City Council previously said it was &#8216;committed to actively protecting its land&#8217;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_travellers.jpg\" alt=\"Travellers have reportedly moved back on to land opposite Alexander Stadium in Birmingham\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Travellers have reportedly moved back on to land opposite Alexander Stadium in Birmingham<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Travellers have reportedly moved back on to land opposite Alexander Stadium 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>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A large convoy of caravans were said to have returned to Perry Park, located off Church Road in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/perry-barr\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Perry Barr<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It comes after travellers pitched up at the same park near the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/commonwealth-games\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Commonwealth Games<\/a> stadium <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/travellers-set-up-camp-birminghams-31295719\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">in March<\/a> and <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/travellers-set-up-camp-again-31486503\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">April <\/a>this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <\/strong><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/womans-body-pulled-birmingham-canal-32094328\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Woman&#8217;s body pulled from Birmingham canal as police seal off towpath<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A concerned local told BirminghamLive today: &#8220;As of this morning, they&#8217;re still there.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1752978324_116_0_travellers.jpg\" alt=\"Travellers have reportedly moved back on to land opposite Alexander Stadium in Birmingham\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Travellers have reportedly moved back on to land opposite Alexander Stadium in Birmingham<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He claimed: &#8220;Rubbish is starting to be dumped. They have gained access again through unlocked barriers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Someone needs to be held to account.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In April, Coun Jon Hunt called the incursions a &#8220;nuisance&#8221;. The councillor for Perry Barr said: &#8220;It&#8217;s a real nuisance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8221; It&#8217;s spoiling the park over the holiday period. The site needs to be made secure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;They&#8217;re taking advantage of the fact that renovation works are underway in the park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;I&#8217;m going to have a discussion with the people doing the work and the council could be doing more to secure the fencing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Perry Park is home to the Alexander Athletics Stadium, the GMAC High Performance Centre and a BMX track.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">There is also an allotments, playing fields, and a reservoir with access to the canal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/west-midlands-police\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">West Midlands Police<\/a> said it was the council&#8217;s responsibility to respond to unauthorised encampments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A council spokesperson previously said: &#8220;<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/birmingham-city-council\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Birmingham City CouncilLink opens in a new tab.\" 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;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">We have contacted the authority for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Birmingham City Council previously said it was &#8216;committed to actively protecting its land&#8217;Travellers have reportedly moved back on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276268,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,15267,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-276267","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-perry-barr","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114883194104761438","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276267","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=276267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}