TRAVELLERS who were camped in a Hereford park have moved on.
Volunteers who monitor Aylestone Park say there has been no damage, but claim litter and excrement was seen there.
The travellers had been told to move by Herefordshire Council.
The park, which is run by volunteers, had shared pictures of at least nine caravans, along with cars and vans, parked on the large car park at the back of the site, off the A465.
New pictures posted this weekend show litter scattered around park benches, and piled up against a fence.
Another pile had been left relatively neatly beside a litter bin.
In a social media post volunteers said excrement was found in the park.
It is hoped that Herefordshire Council's contractors will visit the park soon to help with the clean-up.
Volunteers are also on hand to water trees and check for damage before Britain in Bloom judges arrive there for a visit on Wednesday (July 20).
The travellers pitched up on Wednesday evening, with police visiting the site the same evening, and during the day on Thursday.
A spokesperson for the park said last week: "Unfortunately, it would appear that we have uninvited guests staying over in the large car park on the park.
Herefordshire Council said on Thursday (July 14) that it was aware of an "unauthorised encampment in the grounds of Aylestone Park".
"Appropriate visits and actions are being undertaken to resolve the situation," a spokesperson said.
On Friday, the spokesperson then added that the travellers were still at the park and had been served a "direction to leave notice".
It will give the group time to leave the site before an application can be made to the court.
Aylestone Park is on the northern boundary of Hereford city and extends to some 47 acres.
The park has three distinct areas known as the "conservation" area on the upper area of the park, the "recreation" area and orchard on the hillsides and the mostly flat "sports" area.
The whole area is maintained, almost exclusively, by volunteers.
These volunteers constructed over five kilometres of stoned footpaths on the park, two viewpoints and a number of picnic areas during the past 18 years.
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