Travellers move onto land just behind council offices in Wellingborough

Travellers have moved into gardens just behind the offices of Wellingborough Council.

A group of Travellers have set up an encampment in Swanspool Gardens, which is behind Swanspool House where the council is based in Doddington Road.

A spokesman for Northants Police said they moved onto the site on Sunday (May 24) at about 3.30pm, but no offences have been reported to them.

A spokesman for Wellingborough Council said: "The Borough Council of Wellingborough’s environmental health team were notified of an encampment at Swanspool Gardens, Wellingborough, on Monday 25 May.

"The council reported this to the County Traveller Unit, which is based at Northamptonshire County Council and who respond to unauthorised encampments.

"The borough council will work with the County Traveller Unit and Wellingborough Norse to follow the necessary steps in line with the Government’s latest guidance regarding Covid-19."

Northamptonshire County Council has been asked for a comment.

Swanspool Gardens is a formal Edwardian garden open every day from 8am to dusk.

It includes a rose garden planted to commemorate the Millennium with more than 200 varieties, a pavilion for hire, two bowling greens and two all weather tennis courts.

There is also a car park for garden users.

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