Travellers who set up camp on Epsom and Ewell High School field in Ruxley Lane this week have vacated the site yesterday.

The group, which had moved to the school field on August 15, moved on after it was served a section 61 order on August 16.

In a Facebook post, Surrey Police’s Epsom and Ewell beat wrote: “One vehicle that was on the site was seized by officers for no tax and insurance

“A 41-year-old woman was arrested for failure to appear at court, this offence took place outside of Surrey.

“Section 61 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order act allows police to direct trespassers to leave the location and can only be implemented once the landowner has taken reasonable steps to ask the trespassers to leave the site or if there is evidence of criminal activity.”

Officers patrolled the local area throughout yesterday evening.