Overview
Report an unauthorised encampment
Reported encampments
Information on known encampments.
Brooklands Community Park rough sleepers - update 8 September
We can confirm that the group have now vacated the Community Park. A full clear up of the site has been organised and all remaining items will be removed from the site by contractors.
Nomadic life
Nomadic life is not illegal, and Gypsy, Roma, travellers have a basic right to this way of life. It's the aim of Elmbridge Borough Council to ensure all its residents, whether living in settled or transitory communities, are treated equally and with respect. We also recognise that this has to be balanced with the rights of the general public to enjoy private and public land.
We are obliged to manage unauthorised encampments within the borough on council-owned land. It is not always possible to stop all access and from time to time unauthorised encampments are established.
For more information about unauthorised encampments, see Surrey Police: Unauthorised encampments and you.