Many of the inhabitants of the new site at New Stadium Road, a cul-de-sac next to the busy M32, are gig economy workers who work endless hours for companies including Deliveroo and Uber Eats, locking up moped scooters next to ramshackle mobile homes.
Dark reality of life in UK’s caravan ‘shanty town’… frost-bitten winters with broken heating & immigration raids at dawn HIDDEN under the shadow of an Ikea superstore, this so-called 'caravan city' reveals the stark reality of life for those without a home to even furnish.
A chef and market stall trader who wanted to remain anonymous told The Sun: “I was living with two of my friends, then they got girlfriends and so I was forced out and had to find somewhere else to live.
Freezing in below-zero temperatures with no heating and working delivery jobs around the clock, residents in the dingy motorway layby say they have nowhere left to go after being priced out of the housing market in trendy Bristol.
Surrounded by opulent homes, the caravan dwellers near Clifton Downs are mainly from professional backgrounds.
