Last updated at 3:24 PM on 1st November 2011
Gypsies evicted from notorious Dale Farm have set up camp in Newcastle.
The travellers have declared that they will stay there "for life" after descending on a car park just outside of the city centre.
Dozens of families, with caravans, transit vans and pets in tow started to arrive near to the Sage Great Park, in Gosforth, Newcastle on Saturday - and they are now refusing to budge.
One traveller, who was holding a baby but did not give his name, spoke in a thick Irish accent about the deadlock.
Temporary home: Travellers who say they have been evicted from the Dale Farm estate in Essex, have set up camp in Newcastle (pictured)
He said: "We were kicked out of Dale Farm. You probably saw it on the television. We have nowhere to go.
"It is a life on the road now."
His partner, a woman, added: "We are here for life now."
Others added they need a place to "call home" and somewhere for their children to "get an education".
Last week, hundreds of travellers took over Team Valley Trading Estate, in Gateshead.
They brought with them around 30 caravans, cars, vans and gas cylinders after hundreds were evicted from Dale Farm at Crays Hill, Essex, after a showdown with Basildon Council.
Moving on: The move to Newcastle came after the travellers left Dale Farm, near Basildon in Essex last month (pictured after the eviction)
The site is part owned by travellers, but over the years a rogue camp began to grow on part of the Green Belt land without planning permission.
Last month, Basildon Council secured an eviction order and, despite protests which erupted in violence making national headlines, and the site was eventually cleared.
Now, the North is feeling the repercussions.
One worker for software firm Sage, which is based just a stone's throw away from the car park where dozens more families have set up this week, said: "There have been a lot of discussions about it in the office.
"Absolutely everyone is talking about it in fact. We have heard they've come here from Dale Farm but they can't stay.
"It's a car park. A lot of people will get very angry very quickly."
Eviction: A group of traveller girls follow a caravan as it is driven from Dale Farm during the eviction in Essex
The company did not pass comment but confirmed that it did not own the car park.
A spokeswoman said the firm was liaising with Northumbria Police.
Mother-of-two Elizabeth Elders, a learning support worker, lives at Brunton Lane, which overlooks the flurry of caravans that have suddenly appeared.
She said: "We have travellers that come back here every year at around the same time.
"The travellers usually stay for about three or four days, but I wouldn't be very happy if they were there for a long stretch.
"It has been reported to the police that they are there. My husband called and we were told it is being dealt with."
A spokeswoman for Northumbria Police said: "Police were informed by partners that notice has been served at a site in North Park in Newcastle."
Newcastle City Council said, however, the land is private and the authority expects the matter will be dealt with the Great Park Consortium.
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