A GROUP of travellers encamped at Forches Cross have been told to leave by tomorrow or face legal proceedings.

Several caravans moved into the Newton Abbot recreational field, the landlord of which is Education South West, yesterday afternoon, Wednesday, May 28.

Devon Investigations, working on behalf of Education South West, served the group with a notice this morning, Thursday, May 29.

It says they will need to vacate the land by noon on Friday, May 30, or face legal proceedings.

‘Legal proceedings will be taken to gain possession and/or certified bailiffs will be engaged to secure the removal of persons and unauthorised personal belongings/vehicles left on the land after that time’, the document reads.

‘The landlord will seek its legal costs against you’, the document adds.