TRAVELLERS who set up an illegal camp in Westhoughton moved on after council chiefs secured an eviction order.
Up to 17 caravans had been parked on a council playing field near Wigan Road and Southfield Drive.
Carol Mills, recruitment consultant for HMR North-west Ltd, who works opposite the playing field, said: "We are all relieved they have gone. There is rubbish all over the place and the field has been churned up because they had a tractor running on the field."
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