Travellers set up camp on Gym Works car park in Euxton
It’s the latest local business to find Travellers moving onto the premises overnight...
Travellers have set up camp on a gym car park in Euxton, near Chorley.
A number of caravans moved onto the front car park of Gym Works, off Euxton Lane, on Saturday evening, and remain on site this morning (Monday, August 3).
The gym remains open and parking is still available for members at the back of the club.
A spokesperson for Gym Works told the Post: “The travellers are still on the front car park. We do have access to the main car park at the back of the club, which is free for members to use.”
Groups of Travellers have set up camp on a number of sites in the Chorley, South Ribble and Preston area in recent weeks.
Last month, a council-run leisure centre in Bamber Bridge closed for two days after Travellers moved onto Withy Grove Park. South Ribble Borough Council said it temporarily shut the facility in response to anti-social behaviour.
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Also in July, the community around Ashton Park in Preston said they were ‘appalled’ by damage reportedly caused by Travellers who set up camp on the city green space for 10 days.
The park was left strewn with rubbish, building waste and even used toilet paper. Amongst the detritus they dumped during their stay was a dismantled glass conservatory which was thrown into shrubbery, and a tree was also illegally felled.