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Travellers in Gravesend being moved on by police

16:26, 04 May 2018

updated: 17:03, 04 May 2018

A site which had up to 28 travellers on it is being cleared.

The police are in the process of removing around eight caravans on a sports field, off Cedar Avenue, in King's Farm, Gravesend.

The travellers made their way on to the site on Wednesday, May 2.

Travellers on the field
Travellers on the field

Police spokesman Vicki Foster said: "We have executed our powers under section 26 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act.

"The group is due to leave the site."

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