Bailiffs will remove travellers from public land in South Ruislip if they continue to ignore orders for them to leave.

Two caravans and a car have been parked up on a cycle path in West End Road since Friday, November 28.

Yesterday (Thursday, November 4), Hillingdon Council served the occupants with court orders obtained from Uxbridge Magistrates' Court.

The local authority had previously served notices ordering them to leave, but to no avail.

It is now arranging for bailiffs to remove the travellers if they do not comply with the court order.

The council says it 'refuses to tolerate' anyone who settles on public land illegally and will hold them accountable for 'any litter and damage they may have caused'.

Ward councillor Judy Kelly said residents had told her the travellers had knocked over bollards and fly-tipped rubbish.