TRAVELLERS have been forced to move along after setting up camp at a site in Darwen.

Four cars and three caravans, which moved onto the Darwen Resource Centre car park, off Edward Street, yesterday morning, have now left the site.

They have left after council officers attended the area after a civil notice was served by the authority to remove the travellers from the site.

Police were also involved on the site as there had been 'reports of damage'.

Run by Blackburn with Darwen Council and Lancashire Care Trust, the centre offers services including mental health treatment.

The council said staff at the centre also temporarily had to use different bases to work from, as the centre had to close due to the travellers.

Lancashire Care said it had to cancel one of its clinics for mental health service users and said there would be another clinic in the next few days.