Birmingham digs park trenches to deter unauthorised vehicle access

Birmingham City Council has dug trenches around at least three parks to deter unauthorised vehicle access and encampments. The measures follow repeated incidents in which caravans and other vehicles moved to new public sites after officials had them cleared.

The trenches have been dug at Daisy Farm Park, Manningford Road and the entrance to Chinn Brook Recreation Ground. The council says rising pressure from encampments and damage to existing barriers has led it to consider site-specific measures, including ditches and earth banks, and that it will continue to monitor them.