{"id":720462,"date":"2026-01-25T20:42:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T20:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/720462\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T20:42:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T20:42:15","slug":"travellers-move-onto-popular-birmingham-family-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/720462\/","title":{"rendered":"Travellers move onto popular Birmingham family park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A convoy of caravans have been spotted at the entrance to Kings Norton Park<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2_Kings-Norton-Park-crop.jpg\" alt=\"A general view of Kings Norton Park\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"A general view of Kings Norton Park\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">A general view of Kings Norton Park(Image: Graham Young)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A group of travellers have moved onto a popular Birmingham park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Caravans have been spotted on the car park of Kings Norton Park off Westhill Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">They were said to have arrived prior to the weekend and have set up a camp on the small car park.<\/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\/they-want-3-mil-birmingham-33295055\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Read More: &#8216;They want 3 mil&#8217; &#8211; Birmingham gang kidnap and torture man in flat then dump him naked in street<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The park has two entrances on Westhill Road (at the end of Wychall Lane) and Pershore Road South.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">According to Facebook comments, the height barrier had been left open.<\/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.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">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\">The council has said previously: &#8220;The authority previously said it was &#8220;committed to actively protecting its land&#8221; and would &#8220;take steps to recover land where unauthorised encampments encroach upon it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The council has useable transit sites and plots for use by the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community &#8211; which is in line with Government policy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In a separate case, caravans had also been spotted on the old North <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/worcestershire\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Worcestershire<\/a> golf club off Frankley Beeches Road in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/northfield\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Northfield<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0_7323bd72-8b53-4092-9be3-a8dc5e751a2bJPG.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Smith outside Old North Worcestershire Golf Club off Frankley Beeches Road in Northfield, where travellers have set up a camp\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Paul Smith outside Old North Worcestershire Golf Club off Frankley Beeches Road in Northfield, where travellers have set up a camp\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Paul Smith outside Old North Worcestershire Golf Club off Frankley Beeches Road in Northfield, where travellers have set up a camp(Image: Paul Smith)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Community activist Paul Smith said the site is privately owned by Bloor Homes and has been mostly developed into housing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He said: &#8220;We&#8217;re away of the travellers camp on the site of the old golf club on Frankley Beeches Rd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Talking to the council and land owners to see what their plans are to move them on as soon as possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A convoy of caravans have been spotted at the entrance to Kings Norton Park A general view of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":720463,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,88037,4884,16243,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-720462","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-frankley","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-kings-norton-and-brandwood","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115957684343927093","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720462","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=720462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/720463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=720462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=720462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=720462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}