Action taken to move Glastonbury Traveller site - Somerset

ACTION is being taken to move an unauthorised Traveller site that has been set up on private land at Morlands.

The new site currently houses around three caravans, which pitched up on the land about four months ago, sparking a number of complaints and concerns.

Most recently, the issue was raised at Tuesday’s Glastonbury Town Council meeting, when a member of the public asked for it to be sorted out as the site “was beginning to look nice again but now it is a tip”.

Speaking before the meeting, Terry Napper, county councillor for the area, said: “A few people have come to me and complained about Travellers who are living away from the tolerated traveller site at Baileys.

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