{"id":381322,"date":"2025-08-29T00:48:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T00:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/381322\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T00:48:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T00:48:12","slug":"travellers-drive-onto-to-birmingham-park-ahead-of-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/381322\/","title":{"rendered":"Travellers drive onto to Birmingham park ahead of weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A convoy of caravans have parked on Selly Oak Park<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1_MQ.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Selly Oak Park(Image: Phil Base)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A warning has been issued after a group of travellers set up camp on 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A convoy of caravans and other vehicles drove onto fields 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> Park, off Gibbins Road, on Thursday afternoon (August 28).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The Friends of Selly Oak Park said they had asked for eviction proceedings to be initiated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/rivalry-between-birmingham-postcode-gangs-32366014\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More: Rivalry between Birmingham postcode gangs Bandits, GRD, 9Boyz and AR explained to boy&#8217;s murder trial<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">They also asked local residents not to accept any help from doorstep callers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">FoSOP posted on Facebook: &#8220;We are aware that a group of travellers have occupied the park this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><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=\"BirminghamLive WhatsAppLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">BirminghamLive WhatsApp<\/a>, <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">click the link to join<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;We have requested that they be evicted as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;In the mean time please do not accept any door step offers to clear gardens or lay drives as the debris will be left in the the park.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The popular park, which was founded in 1899, has endured frequent incursions by travellers over the years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A large group of around 15 caravans set up at the site on Sunday, May 18.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1_travellers1JPG.jpg\" alt=\"Travellers at Selly Oak Park on May 18, 2025\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Travellers at Selly Oak Park on May 18, 2025(Image: BirminghamLive)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The council had said previously: &#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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;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<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">If there is a story you think our journalists should be looking into, we want to hear from you. 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