Work starts to clean Peterborough site after travellers leave

The travellers set up on land in Mancetter Square, Lincoln Road at the beginning of the month.

The caravans have now moved off the land, after Peterborough City Council served an enforcement notice requiring the group to move on by 5pm on Friday.

However, one resident, who asked not to be named, said rubbish, including human waste and toilet paper, had been left on the site, and it had been left as a health hazard.

A council spokesman said: “Risk to public health is a concern and we are continually working with the site and external agencies to safeguard this. When the traveller site has fully been vacated the council will work straight away with Aragon to undertake a thorough clean up and dispose safely of all waste.

“We ask that any public concerns regarding the camp continue to be submitted direct to the council so we are aware of issues as soon as possible.”

Earlier this week, Paston and Walton councillor Nick Sandford called for measures to be taken to stop travellers moving onto the land in the future, after similar problems in previous years.

The council had set up a site in Potters Way, with sanitation and running water, for the group to move onto after leaving the Mancetter Square site.