Travellers removed from beauty spot near Rod Stewart's home after digging up land

The encampment was close to the rocker's mansion.15:17, 01 Sep 2026Cops are patrolling an area just a mile from Rod Stewart's mansion after suspected travellers ripped up a beauty spot over the bank holiday weekend.‌Hundreds of residents flocked to Sheering Mill Lane in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, to protest after work began on Saturday after the council's closure for the summer bank holiday.‌Heavy vehicles for tarmacking and fencing and construction equipment moved in on the area but the local council ordered a stop that evening and an injunction has temporarily blocked any further development.‌Singer Rod Stewart, 81, and his wife Penny, 55, live close to the site in his sprawling 18th-century Grade II-listed mansion called Durrington House.Hundreds of residents protested and camped ou