TRAVELLERS at a Bournemouth park will be ordered to move on after the council obtained an eviction order this afternoon.

An illegal encampment moved onto land at Riggs Gardens, Turbary Common last Friday.

Two more caravans turned up earlier this week. 

Andy McDonald, Parks Manager, Parks and Open Spaces said this afternoon: “We have obtained a land repossession order from the courts today and will be issuing it as soon as possible to start the eviction process.”

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