Travellers set up camp next to a youth centre after being blocked from a beauty spot.
About 30 caravans were last night parked on East Sussex County Council owned playing fields near The Joff, off Roderick Avenue, Peacehaven.
The group are believed to have moved from Saltdean Oval to Telscombe Tye on Tuesday evening (July 24). But a local resident blocked the Tye’s gates ahead of their arrival.
He said he waved down a passerby, who blocked the Tye’s gate with their vehicle and the travellers moved on. He added that by the time Sussex Police arrived, the caravans were already en route to Peacehaven.
The man said: “I thought that the likely place they would come to next would be Telscombe Tye.”
A spokesman for Sussex Police said: “Police have met with East Sussex County Council after 30 caravans belonging to travellers arrived on land at The Joff in Roderick Avenue, Peacehaven , at 9pm on Tuesday.
The council, which owns the land, is seeking a eviction order to remove the travellers from the site. Local police officers including the traveller liaison officer have spoken to the travellers and will be visiting residents.”
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