A group of Travellers who arrived on Kew Green last week have now moved on, the council has reported.

The Travellers moved voluntarily following a Possession Order which was granted on Friday evening. High Court Enforcement Officers attended the site on Saturday (7 August) to ask the Travellers to leave.

While some local residents called the Travellers an eyesore, others reportedly said that they were happy for them to stay where they were.

Speaking to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, Traveller Tina Connors, said: "We don't really stay in one place too long anyway but we don't get long enough like maybe if we got a week to 10 days somewhere, we'd move again but we don't, we only get two or three days.

"We won't stay for months or permanently stay in the place. Maybe we could move to Birmingham tomorrow or move to Chester or somewhere."

The 24-year-old added: "We're not all the same, we bag our rubbish, we keep the place clean, we keep our children under control.

"I know some travellers do give a bad reputation for other travellers but we don't. We try to leave it clean and tidy before we leave."

Tina claimed one local woman told her to stay as long as she likes.

Kew resident Olivier Jefferson, said: "Prevention is part of the solution. For a small amount of money, a small guardrail could have been put around this triangle that would have prevented these cumbersome vehicles standing here."

The 60-year-old added: "So, it's a simply obvious avoidable problem that nobody has cared to think about or address, and to me that is so typical of Richmond Council that they don't think when they put into operation."

Lucy Carrick, a Richmond resident said: "It's obviously a bit of an eyesore and it's a shame and the litter it actually leads to.

"But I don't know what the personal stories are of the people here."

John Smith, 55, from Clapham was visiting a friend, he said: "When I walked past, I thought it was a fair – quite funny really isn't it?"

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