Travellers moved on by police - Hampshire

From the Southern Daily Echo

THIS was the scene as a group of Travellers descended on to a Hampshire roundabout.

Around 20 vehicles made their way on to Windhover roundabout just off junction 8 of the M27.

The Travellers were on the site for around five hours before moving towards Fareham.

Hampshire Constabulary said the group initially tried to move on to an area of land on the Ordnance Survey site in Adanac Park, Nursling, Southampton, before making their way through the city.

Police officers and Hampshire County Council’s highways team paid the Travellers a visit during their time on the roundabout.

No arrests were made and there was no disruption to traffic, according to police.

The group, which moved on to the roundabout on Friday afternoon, left the site at 8pm and moved on to an area of land off Newgate Lane in Fareham.

An eyewitness told the Daily Echo the group appeared to be “setting up for the week” and children were playing around the roundabout.

It comes after a group of Travellers in six vehicles arrived on land at Adanac Park earlier this month to set up an illegal encampment and were issued with a notice to quit the site by police.