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10
Jun 2023
Police alerted after travellers set up camp at Ashville College
A group of traveller families has set up camp on Ashville College's sports field off Yew Tree Lane in Harrogate.
The independent fee-paying school said is was alerted at 9.00pm last night to their arrival and that police have attended the scene.
In a statement the school said it was working closely with the police to remove the travellers and their vehicles as soon as possible.
This not the first time travellers have pitched up on Ashville's sports fields. In August 2021 travellers parked on the school's land and demanded money to leave. They left only to return weeks later. The school then started legal proceedings against them before they eventually departed.
Today Ashville College said:
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