PROTESTERS camping outside Bournemouth Town Hall moved on last night to a new site after losing the right to appeal against their eviction.

After hours of legal wrangling, a judge ruled yesterday that the demonstrators could be evicted from their makeshift camp.

Bournemouth council immediately announced it was checking bailiffs’ availability but could not say whether they were going to be evicted last night, today or after the Remembrance Day commemorations.

But by about 9pm last night about 20 of the protesters had already set up camp in about a dozen tests in a woodland area next to the Pavilion on Westover Road.

Four of the protesters remained outside the Town Hall awaiting the bailiffs.

A council statement issued earlier in the evening said: “We very much hope that, now the court has upheld our possession order, the Occupy Bournemouth protesters will leave peacefully and immediately.

“Our aim has always been for a peaceful resolution to this situation.

“We reiterate that we have sought this eviction because of the negative impact the occupation could have on the numerous members of the public using public amenities at the Town Hall, including weddings and civil partnerships, attending council meetings and the registration of births and deaths.”

The council also repeated a plea for the protesters to “show respect” for the Remembrance Day events by vacating the site immediately.

But Mandy, who has been at the protest since it started on October 29, said the council was wrong to fear that their presence could disrupt Remembrance Day commemorations.

She said: “We are a very respectful, peaceful movement and there will be several of us wanting to go over to the War Memorial. I lost my granddad to the war; he fought to give me freedom .”