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Travellers facing legal action after being told to leave Chatham Riverside car park

A group of travellers who have been pitched up at a town centre car park for almost a week have been told to leave.

Medway Council issued the group with a quit notice after they arrived at Chatham Riverside beside Chatham Community Hub, off Dock Road last Wednesday.

Cavarans pitched up in the Riverside car park in Chatham on November 6
Cavarans pitched up in the Riverside car park in Chatham on November 6

On Sunday, November 3, travellers who had arrived at Rainham shopping centre were told to leave.

Days later, travellers - believed to be the same group - pitched up in Chatham, close to the bus station.

James Brown, head of regulatory services at Medway Council, said of the encampment in Chatham: “We will be following a civil legal process to move the group on.”

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