SYDENHAM residents have hit out at the “outrageous” mess left behind by travellers who pitched up in a car park.
Around 20 large caravans arrived on October 20 at the overflow section of the Girton Road car park and have left behind vast amounts of rubbish with melted tarmac from open fires.
News Shopper has also received reports of smashed windows and bricks thrown in the area at passersby around the back of Sainsbury’s, in Southend Lane.
Sydenham resident Adrian Barnard said: “I was horrified to see the mess and damage they have left.
“The tarmac has melted in two places where they have had open fires, and the other rubbish and trash they have left will probably mean that the car park will be a no go area until it is cleared at great cost to council tax payers.
“It's outrageous that they are allowed to get away with it.”
Meanwhile, a spokeswoman for Lewisham Police says officers were called about a group of travellers near Catford Bridge Station on November 10 who moved on yesterday (November 12).
She went on to say officers attended and some vehicles remain on the site with arrangements being made to remove them.
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