Travellers who camped near Derby have left the area - Derbyshire

From the Derby Telegraph

A GROUP of more than 70 Travellers who camped next to a by-pass on the outskirts of Derby have left the site.

More than 30 caravans had arrived on land next to the A6 between Alvaston and Thulston.

They began arriving on Monday and continued in to Tuesday but by 11pm on Tuesday night had left the area.

The camp included a number of grazing horses.

Police were in the process of issuing the group with a code of conduct which, when signed, sees them agree to behave in "an appropriate manner" while on the land.

But now they have left the area and it is not known where they have travelled to.

Inspector Nigel Lidsey is in charge of policing in South Derbyshire.

He said: “We conducted patrols in the area to check on the site and by 11pm on Tuesday the Travellers had left.

“It is now known where they have gone or if they are still in South Derbyshire.”

When the Derby Telegraph went to the site, on Tuesday afternoon, no-one from the camp wanted to speak.

But Jane Thornton, who lives locally, was walking her dog by the underpass.

She said: "This is a very popular route where people like me take their dogs walking to Elvaston Castle and they blocked it off.

"It is intimidating having to walk through a camp like this where there are so many people and animals.”