TRAVELLERS have moved from land near to St Mark's CofE Church in Dallam after setting up camp on Friday night.

Police served the group of 10 caravans with an eviction notice under section 61 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act, ordering the travellers to leave by 8am today, Tuesday.

It is understood the group are currently parked up at Lymm Services.

The travellers had previously set up camp on a number of locations on Centre Park.

The security firm in operation at the business park has reported a spate of vandalism in the area after a number of windows were smashed on two vacant buildings on Kestrel Court.

Piles of rubbish including soiled nappies, mattresses and baths have been left dumped on the site, which has now been blocked off with barriers.

A clean-up operation is expected to get under way in the coming days.

Inside one of the buildings, fire extinguishers had been ripped from the walls and emptied while a CCTV camera had been disconnected.

Pipes were also pulled from the walls causing flooding to the building which was previously used by Lloyds Bank four years ago.

It is estimated that the damage will cost the owners thousands of pounds to fix.

One business on Mandarin Point has since installed security barriers to the business' car park. 

The group, who are believed to be Irish travellers, first arrived on Centre Park on February 1 after being evicted from a site in Daresbury.

But since relocating to area they have been evicted from a number of sites on the business park near to the town centre including Firecrest Court and Mandarin Point.

Police were called to the area after a worker on the business park was bitten by a dog.

An eviction notice was previously served on the group when they first moved on to Kestrel Court more than three weeks ago.

This order stands for three months.

FortNox, who are employed by Centre Park Warrington Management Limited to provide security for the site, have had to increase staffing levels as a result of the camp sites.

The team of security guards were forced to block off roads to offices and car parks.

Mark Cooper, director of FortNox, said: “I have been working here for 24 years and I have never had to deal with travellers before.

“I have needed ten times as many staff.”