The Park Lane Travellers rise from their slumber: Bleary-eyed campers emerge from tents pitched in exclusive Mayfair opposite £1k-a-night Hilton hotel

• It is not the first time a tent city has sprung up on the exclusive London road

A large enclave of tents has sprung up in a makeshift camp on London’s Park Lane directly opposite a Hilton hotel which charges as much as £1,000 per night for a room.

Photos appear to show a group of people living on a green area close to some of the UK’s most luxurious venues, using tents, metal barriers and wooden pallets to protect themselves from the muddy ground.

On Friday some of those living in the area were pictured getting up from their slumber and preparing for the day, including multiple women with pushchairs and young men.

Around a dozen tents have appeared opposite the hotel, in an echo of previous campsites which have angered locals. 

The scene on Park Lane pictured on Friday after tents sprung up in the area

Pushchairs suggest that young children might be among those living in the area

The site is opposite the Hilton Hotel on Park Lane, which costs as much as £1,000 per night

Some tents are pitched on wooden pallets to protect them from the wet ground

Most are covered in black tarpaulins in an attempt to protect those inside from the elements

A group of young people gather close to the tents on a green area in one of the capital’s most exclusive areas

It is unclear exactly how long the current group of people have been living on Park Lane, or how many of them there are

It is not the first time groups have set up camp in the exclusive Mayfair area: in June, traveller Aurel Roman and his partner Larisa erected a giant tent on a grass verge in the centre of a Mayfair dual carriageway.

And in 2021, a camp on Park Lane that was linked to a rise in crime and anti-social behaviour was torn down – seven years after it was erected.

It is unclear exactly how long the current group of people have been living on Park Lane, or how many of them there are.

It appears they have set up various camping tables to use and store belongings on, as well as using heavy black tarpaulins to protect their tents from the elements. 

The council for the City of Westminster has been contacted for comment. 

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