Travellers moved off West Oxford recreation ground - Oxfordshire

From This Is Oxfordshire

TRAVELLERS were yesterday moved on by police after parking at an Oxford recreation ground.

Thames Valley Police were called at 9.30am to Oatlands Road Recreation Ground, off Botley Road, after 11 vehicles arrived.

There were concerns the caravans and cars – parked by Ruskin Way, would scupper a school sports day on Monday.

But the group – who said they had come from Perth, Scotland – had moved by 1.50pm after being spoken to by police.

The West Oxford Community Primary School sports day will now go ahead.

The Travellers are believed to have entered via a metal gate at the bottom of Alexandra Road, though it is not clear if this had been locked.

Cliff Spiers, 50, who lives next to the entrance, said: “It has happened many times before and the last time, about five years ago, they left a lot of mess.”