Travellers have pitched up in the Newfoundland Way car park in Newton Abbot.

Up to eight large camper vans are parked up below the town’s police station.

One witness reported seeing children as young as three years old riding bikes and scooters between parked cars and into car park traffic. ‘It’s an accident waiting to happen,’ they said.

Teignbridge District Council reported legal notices have been served on the travellers this morning.