Dozens of traveller caravans have arrived at a field less than a mile from the Merseyrail station they left last night.
Photos taken on Saturday showed a large number of mobile homes in the car park at Spital station in Wirral.
Dozens of caravans are believed to have arrived at the car park on Friday afternoon and were reported by a member of the public.
It is understood that they left the station on Sunday evening, only to relocate to a council-owned field on the corner of Croft Avenue and Bromborough Road, next to Woodslee Primary School, less than one mile from Spital station.
Cllr Julie McManus, Wirral Council's cabinet member for community services, said: “Council officers have spoken to the group and have been told that they will be moving on tomorrow.
"However, as the site is council land, we have also started the necessary legal process that will allow us to take action if they don’t move on as planned.
"The group has said they will leave the site in a clean and tidy state when they go.”
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Merseyrail confirmed that the top end of Spital station, with around 36 parking spaces, is now open and the company hopes to have the whole car park open by tomorrow.
In June, caravans parked in New Brighton sparked fears that chaotic scenes seen at a similar camp two years ago could be recreated.
Travellers had parked two caravans at The Dips but they left following “swift action” locally.
There had been fears that this small camp could grow, after a much larger number of caravans set up camp at The Dips in 2018.
The government is considering new measures to allow local authorities and the police to deal with “unauthorised encampments” more easily.
Travellers' rights groups have consistently said the community faces discrimination within the UK and have called for changes in the way travellers are treated by police, local authorities and government.
