An idyllic market town has been besieged by travellers who have moved onto three public parks in just one week.

A large number of caravans and vehicles began arriving in Taunton, Somerset, last week and have since taken over a number of sites up and down the area.

They arrived at Hamilton Park on Friday June 6 where at least nine caravans are parked up and several other vehicles have been spotted with the campers.

Just two days later, around 20 vehicles, including cars, vans, small trucks, mobile homes and caravans were driven onto Lyngford Park.

And in the latest incident, a convoy of vehicles have pitched up in Stoney Furlong Field, where eight caravans were seen parked up on Monday.