A group of Travellers have moved on from playing fields after being ordered to leave by police.

Officers were called to an unauthorised encampment at Stone Recreation Ground in Dartford.

At least four caravans were spotted arriving shortly before 10pm on Tuesday.

After talks with the landowner, officers issued the occupants with an order which required them to vacate the site within 24 hours.

It's understood the campers left this morning.

The latest unauthorised pitch comes within hours of a similar encampment being evicted just five miles away.

Four campervans, four vans and two cars were spotted on part of Dartford Heath earlier this week.

The unauthorised encampment, located on land off the A2 on Rochester Way, is believed to have arrived on Monday.

Enforcement officers from Dartford council visited the grassland site the same day and served a section 77 notice ordering the campers to vacate the land.

A court hearing also took place at Sevenoaks Magistrates Court on Tuesday, where officers sought an order for their removal.

This was granted in court and the group of campers left the site some time after 6pm the same day.

It has not yet been confirmed whether the convoy of caravans on the Rec is the same group spotted on the heath the day prior.

Dartford council says it is aware of the latest encampment and is working with police.

It comes a week after legal action was taken on a group that moved on to a field in Twydall at the beginning of the month.