A large group of travellers have been praised by council bosses for cleaning up after themselves following their eviction from parkland in Stapenhill.

The travellers parked up n council land, off Waterside Road, a week ago and were threatened with court action if they failed to vacate the area.

They have now left and have been praised after filling black bin bags with their rubbish, handed to them by East Staffordshire Borough Council.

The group, believed to be from France, was spotted on the council land and prompted passers-by to contact the Burton Mail after spotting a group of at least seven caravans arriving on Monday, June 26.

The travellers are understood to be those who recently pitched up in Leicester
The travellers are understood to be those who recently pitched up in Leicester

However, despite borough council bosses asking the travellers to move on from the site within 24 hours, they failed to do so, prompting court action.

The council, which owns the land, said the travellers had until 11am on Wednesday, June 28, to move, or they would start enforcement proceedings.

They later left over the weekend, leaving the area in a tidy state.

A council spokesman said: “The travellers left the site over the weekend. They used the black bin bags that the council provided to dispose of their rubbish and left them stacked which allowed the council to remove them Monday morning.”

The group is understood to be the same travellers who were recently evicted from a site in Leicester. Earlier this month the group was given permission to stay on land next to a Leicester leisure centre so they could attend a medical appointment, the Leicester Mercury reported.

But Leicester council officials said the group which pitched up in Downing Drive in Evington, on Monday, June 12, were successfully evicted on Friday, June 16.

The council had given the travellers, some of whom were from Germany, permission to stay to allow them to attend a hospital appointment. The group, at one point, had 15 caravans in Leicester.

The council says the vacated site in Leicester will be tidied up but added that it was not left in a particularly poor state.