A259: Travellers set up camp on football pitch outside The Angmering School

An aerial drone picture, taken on Tuesday evening (July 12), shows multiple vehicles parked on the pitches outside The Angmering School in Station Road.

A West Sussex County Council spokesperson said on Wednesday morning: “There are currently 34 vehicles parked at this location.

"All have been served with a notice requiring them to vacate the land.

"Should they fail to do so, court proceedings will commence. We, together with Sussex Police, will continue to monitor the site.”

Rustington Parish Council leases the ground from the county council ‘for the purposes of youth football’.

A parish council spokesperson said: “The public are advised not to go onto the site.

“If any public feel threatened or witness criminal behaviour then they should report it immediately to Sussex Police quoting SXP/20220712/0274.”

It is the third camp the group have set up this month, having been based at Goring Greensward in Marine Drive for a week, before moving onto Worthing Rugby Club in Roundstone Lane, Angmering around 10pm on Monday.

"As a club we are fully aware there are unauthorised caravans on our site,” the rugby club wrote on social media on Tuesday morning.

"We have spoken to the police in person and the situation is in their hands.”

The rugby club confirmed all the travellers had left the site by midday and thanked Sussex Police for the assistance.

They have not gone far, though, with pictures showing the new camp off the A259.

Sussex Police has been approached for comment.

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