Travellers move onto Mid Suffolk Leisure Centre car park in Stowmarket

Published: 12:52, 08 September 2021

| Updated: 16:57, 08 September 2021

Travellers have moved onto the site of Mid Suffolk Leisure Centre in Stowmarket.

An eyewitness said that they first saw caravans in the car park of the leisure centre, located in Gainsbourough Road, at about 8am.

A spokesperson for Suffolk police said: "We are aware of a traveller encampment at Mid Suffolk Leisure Centre in Stowmarket.

"Local officers are working closely with partner agencies and are making visits to the site and monitoring the situation.