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Penwortham Travellers make camp on Penwortham Holme Recreation Ground
Posted on - 7th August, 2015 - 8:55am | Author - Ed Walker | Posted in - Parks, Penwortham, Preston News
Travellers on the Penwortham Recreation Ground
Travellers remain pitched up on Penwortham Holme with horses grazing the playing fields.
AdvertisementAround 20 vehicles have arrived since Tuesday to set up camp in the area.
South Ribble Borough Council has commenced legal proceedings to remove the illegal settlement.
Horses grazing on the Rec
Penwortham residents said more vehicles had been arriving in the last 24 hours.
Another horse grazing on the Rec
The travellers are parked near the boundary fence with the allotments.
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