Travellers on Shirehall land served with eviction order
Shropshire Council served an eviction notice on a group of travellers who moved on to the site of the authority’s former tennis courts in Shrewsbury.
The men, women and children arrived on the land at Shirehall during Wednesday night.
The council served notice on them to leave the site by tea-time last night.
Up to eight caravans were parked on the site, which has recently been converted in to additional car parking spaces for council staff. There are also a number of cars.
According to one man the area was being used as a toilet, and rubbish had been building up.
He said: “I have nothing against these people, but they should not move on to private land and leave a mess behind them. They weren’t there at 10pm on Wednesday but when I got up at 6am yesterday they had arrived. I don’t know where they came from.”
John Taylor, Shropshire Council’s senior gypsy and travellers officer, said: “Shropshire Council served notice on them to leave the site by 5pm."
