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Tent in Camp Bling

Living on Camp Bling - someone's home

Life on Camp Bling

In 2005 a group of Essex environmental protestors moved onto the burial site of a Saxon King next to a busy Southend road in their bid to stop it being widened.

Camp Bling, as it has become known, is the home of a group of eco-warriors determined to halt the building of a new link road in Southend.

Welcome sign

Welcome to Camp Bling sign

They have erected tree houses and other buildings out of wooden pallets close to the burial site of a Saxon King.

The protestors have lost a public inquiry which had given Southend Council permission, to carry out the works at Priory Crescent, to alleviate congestion to and from the east of the town.

Two years on, and the Government has yet to decide whether to give the council the 拢25,000,000 it requires to widen the road.

Meanwhile the protestors have laid down their roots and have a communal area to live in.

Tree house

Tree houses have been erected

One of the protestors, Irene Willis, has been keeping and audio diary for us which has been recorded over the last month.

So what is life like on Camp Bling? Listen to Irene Willis's pieces to find out:

**UPDATE**

Southend Borough Council has revealed major changes to the Priory Crescent road-widening scheme. Officials say that the proposal will not harm Priory Park.

The new plans are cutting it's costs by half, requiring a shorter distance of the A127 to be widened and preserving the burial ground of the Saxon King currently occupied by 'Camp Bling' protesters.

Conservative leader of Southend Borough Council, Nigel Holdcroft, spoke to 大象传媒 Essex's Georgette Ginn and explained that a new version of the scheme is essential.

Despite this news, residents of Camp Bling say they wont be leaving any time soon, as they don't want ANY part of the road to widened.

last updated: 05/08/2009 at 15:36
created: 12/06/2007

Have Your Say

Paul
At the end of the protest the camp will be gone and the trees will be still there. The tarmac would be there forever. Camp Bling and its supporters are to be congratulated for saving one small piece of green land.

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