Travellers move back on to popular family park 24 hours after clean-up
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Travellers move back on to popular family park 24 hours after clean-upTravellers are back at Swanshurst ParkNews birminghammail.co.uk10:44, 02 Jun 2025Swanshurst Park in Billesley(Image:
Birmingham Post and Mail) Travellers have moved back onto a popular family park just a day after a clean-up was completed.
A small group of caravans set up camp on Swanshurst Park, on the outskirts of Moseley and Billesley, on Sunday (June 1).
Their arrival came just 24 hours after members of a volunteer group dedicated to maintaining the park finished picking up rubbish after the last group left.
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The Friends of Swanshurst Park spent two days tidying up and amassed an estimated 30 bags full of trash which was taken by a council bin lorry.
The latest group is situated by Billesley Fire Station off Brook Lane.
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When asked if the council would be putting in measures to prevent incursions, they said: "birmingham-city-council>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 – and details of the Gypsy and Traveller
Accommodation Assessment carried out and updated in 2019 can be found on our website."
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This is the fourth traveller incursion in the park since April leaving locals frustrated.
There are constant calls to beef up barriers with logs and other measures to prevent access.
Article continues below Mary Hart said last month on Facebook: "There have been three lots of travellers this year on Swanshurst.
"Each time a different group. Last time there were two groups at the same time.
"The clean-up is mostly done by volunteers with help from the council."