More travellers move on to Oswestry site

More travellers have set up camp on community football pitches near Oswestry.

About 35 traveller families are now on Oswestry Boys' and Girls' Football Club's pitches at Park Hall. Police have been informed and football club officials today said they hoped a notice would be served on the travellers to vacate the area tonight.

Club chairman Neil Jones said residents had raised concerns with club officials when extra travellers moved on to the site.

Mr Jones said: "We are hoping, because they have had that notice, that if they don't move somebody will ask them to move."

It is feared thousands of pounds of damage has been caused to some of the pitches.

The travellers arrived at the Park Hall pitches when they found the site of their Christian travellers' event at Halston Hall, near Whittington, waterlogged.

West Mercia Police said it was aware the travellers were there.