Travellers leave Sheffield's Hillsborough Park but double gates remain open

A vehicular entrance near the location of the camp is still open.

Travellers have left a Sheffield park but the gates remain open.

The group left Hillsborough Park over the weekend after Sheffield City Council issued a trespass letter.

Double gates on a vehicular entrance to Hillsborough Park on Middlewood Road are open after travellers left.placeholder image
Double gates on a vehicular entrance to Hillsborough Park on Middlewood Road are open after travellers left. | IM

But double gates on a vehicular access off Middlewood Road, near the location of the camp, remained open today, Monday, August 17.

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Travellers in Hillsborough Park. | IM

Caravans, cars and vans arrived on Wednesday, August 12.

Sheffield City Council said an officer attended on Thursday, August, 13 to issue a trespassing letter.

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