# Caravans enter Birmingham park for fifth encampment this year

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/travellers-smash-through-gates-and-set-up-camp-in-public-park-for-fifth-time-this-year-despite-council-promising-crackdown/
- Published: 2026-10-22T14:09:14+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-22T14:23:42+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16229605/Travellers-set-camp-public-park-fifth-time-year.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Business, Culture, Markets, Paranormal, Travel, Weird & Viral, World

## Key points

- Travellers have set up at Beaufort Park for the fifth time this year.
- Residents report damage and say they are avoiding the park.
- Birmingham recorded 132 unauthorised encampments in 2025-26.

## Summary

Nearly a dozen caravans and cars entered Beaufort Park in east Birmingham on Wednesday, reportedly after locks were smashed. It is the fifth encampment there this year, despite a council pledge to introduce measures to prevent groups entering the park, and residents say they are avoiding the area.

Residents and local councillors say previous visits have damaged grass, trees and locks, and left litter; one resident also described an earlier fire that prompted a call to the fire brigade. Council figures record 132 unauthorised encampments involving 2,280 caravans across Birmingham in 2025-26, increases of 43% and 75% respectively on the previous year. A ward councillor says Beaufort Park was given top priority for preventative action, but the promised measures have not yet been installed.

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