{"id":86311,"date":"2025-05-09T03:31:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T03:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/86311\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T03:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T03:31:11","slug":"security-in-place-24-7-after-travellers-move-onto-university-of-birmingham-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/86311\/","title":{"rendered":"Security in place 24\/ 7 after travellers move onto University of Birmingham land"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A convoy of caravans and vehicles have set up a camp on land owned by the University of Birmingham<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1_WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-08-at-134848.jpg\" alt=\"Travellers move onto University of Birmingham land in Selly Oak\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Travellers move onto University of Birmingham land in Selly Oak<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">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 \">The convoy of caravans and other vehicles have 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 \">On Thursday, gas cannisters, camping equipment and tables could be seen across a lawn belonging to the Arts and Crafts properties in footage taken at the site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/man-stabbing-great-barr-breaking-31594823\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More: Ambulance statement after &#8216;broad daylight stabbing&#8217; at Great Barr bus stop<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The University said are aware of the illegal incursion and are providing a 24 hour security presence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">They are also working with <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> and are taking steps to evict the travellers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-08-at-134849.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=67ec6fc9-65d2-4b0c-b55e-ee73660ce693&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get the latest BirminghamLive news direct to your inbox<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A University of <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a> spokesperson said: \u201cWe are aware that an unauthorised traveller encampment has been set up on university-owned land and are taking all necessary steps to rectify the situation, including liaising with WM Police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The safety of our community is of paramount importance, and we are providing a visible 24\/7 presence from our Security and Safety team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The historic cottages have been empty and boarded up for more than a decade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Travellers have been setting up camps at several sites across the city in the last few months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It was reported that around 2<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/large-convoy-travellers-moves-onto-31586985\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">0 caravans drove<\/a> onto Woodgate Valley Country Park on the afternoon of Bank Holiday Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">On Tuesday, residents described seeing &#8220;loads of police&#8221; on Lowhill Lane, in the Longbridge area, after a group moved on to the MG car site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A police spokesman said: &#8220;We were called to Lowhill Lane just after 10am yesterday (Tues) after a group of travellers set up an unauthorised encampment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The group left after we served a notice on them.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A convoy of caravans and vehicles have set up a camp on land owned by the University of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,10844,16,15,13394,7830],"class_list":{"0":"post-86311","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","15":"tag-university-of-birmingham","16":"tag-west-midlands-police"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86311","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=86311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}