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Jubilee Park on Burton Road, Arnold

A Nottinghamshire councillor says ‘national change’ needs to happen with Traveller encampments after a Gedling park was used twice this summer.

Traveller caravans were spotted on the cricket field in Jubilee Park on Burton Road, Carlton , again this past week – the group has since moved from the spot, leaving on Tuesday, August 19.

This comes not long after the park had to be closed for inspection and cleaning following a Traveller encampment in June 2025.

At the time, Gedling Borough Council secured a court order requiring the Travellers to leave the park by midday on June 20.

Trent Valley Borough councillor Mike Adams (Con) told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) he first became aware of the second encampment at the park on

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