Travellers who broke into a popular park were evicted over the weekend.

A group of about 20 vehicles set up an unauthorised encampment in Carden Park in Hollingbury, Brighton, on Thursday night.

This was after a stand-off between travellers and police officers which prevented them from accessing the car park at Black Rock on the seafront.

 


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After visiting the site, Brighton and Hove City Council worked with police to secure an eviction.

The Argus understands the local authority will place concrete blocks across the entrances of sen- sitive sites and open spaces to prevent further incursions.

The group is the same one which left Sheepcote Valley in Whitehawk on Wednesday after the council secured an eviction notice through the courts.

After failing to get on to Black Rock car park, the group remained in Madeira Drive for much of Thursday until police threatened individuals with arrest for trespassing.

Now they have been evicted from Carden Park, the group has since moved to Hollingbury Park, off Ditchling Road, Brighton.

In addition, a further encampment remains at 39 Acres, off Ditchling Road, Brighton, which the council and the police said they were monitoring.

There are also 11 vehicles in the Chalk Hill car park in Stanmer Park, Brighton.