{"id":610231,"date":"2025-12-03T20:34:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T20:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/610231\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T20:34:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T20:34:14","slug":"travellers-remain-on-popular-birmingham-park-a-fortnight-after-arrival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/610231\/","title":{"rendered":"Travellers remain on popular Birmingham park a fortnight after arrival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There have been complaints of &#8216;fires and trash&#8217; on Perry Park<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">Travellers have been given a deadline to leave a Birmingham park following reports of &#8220;anti-social behaviour.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">A convoy of caravans drove near to a games court in Perry Park, 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>, around a fortnight ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">Since their arrival, there have been claims of &#8216;rubbish, fires being lit and damage caused to fences&#8217; in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/birmingham-murder-investigation-after-body-32995328\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More: Birmingham murder investigation after body found at Perry Barr &#8216;HMO&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">Perry Barr Councillor Jon Hunt said the situation was &#8220;escalating badly&#8221; and the group had been &#8220;served notice to move on Monday.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">He claims fences had been broken and people were &#8220;moving on all the time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\"><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\" publication=\"birminghammail\">A park visitor said: &#8220;Trash, food scraps, children&#8217;s things, diapers, and old clothes are scattered throughout the park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">&#8220;And there&#8217;s more trash every day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">&#8220;They drift cars across the grass, and the grass is covered in drift marks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">The visitor said there were fire pits and added: &#8220;The park is in a sad state, it&#8217;s impossible to walk there anymore.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Help a child in poverty this Christmas<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Thousands of children from the West Midlands will wake up on Christmas day with no gifts &#8211; but there&#8217;s something you can do about it through our Brumwish Christmas campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/hz\/wishlist\/ls\/2NC02BW3PL4UO\/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Order something from this Amazon wishlist<\/a> and, working with Thrive Together Birmingham and Edgbaston Stadium, we will deliver direct to a poor or homeless child living in the area in time for Christmas day.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763066477_150_0_MQ.jpg\" alt=\"Birmingham Mail and Birmingham Live Grant a Christmas #Brumwish\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Birmingham Mail and Birmingham Live Grant a Christmas #Brumwish<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">birmingham<\/a>-city-council&gt;<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> had said previously: &#8220;The council 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 \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">The site, which is close to Alexander Stadium, has suffered multiple incursions from travellers over the years with caravans taking over a car park used by contractors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">Gates and other measures had been installed by the council but it has not stopped the influx of camps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There have been complaints of &#8216;fires and trash&#8217; 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