Travellers set up camp at Birmingham park
Travellers have set up camp at a Birmingham park.
Caravans and vehicles were spotted on playing fields at Old Quarry Park in Bartley Green.
It comes after travellers had an encampment at Gilbertson Recreation Ground in Yardley last week.
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A group had also moved back to Swanshurst Park in Billesley for the fifth time in six weeks. The group have since left.
Park volunteers then launched a huge clean-up after fly-tipped waste blocked paths.
A Birmingham City Council spokesperson said: "Birmingham City Council is committed to actively protecting its land and will take steps to recover this land where unauthorised encampments encroach upon it.
'The council has useable transit sites and plots for use by the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community – which is in line with Government policy.
"Details of the Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment carried out and updated in 2019 can be found on our website."
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