TRAVELLERS have been accused of leaving urine trails, human excrement and building rubbish on a busy industrial estate.

They deny it is anything to do with them, and instead have pointed the finger at builders, who they say are using their presence as an excuse to dump rubbish and avoid paying tip fees.

Employees at a nearby firm said the sooner the travellers leave the better. The factory's front door is now locked to visitors and about six tonnes of tarmac, earth and rubble is in a pile on grass outside the main entrance.

Doidge Fastenings works director Chris Ward said: "We've had human excrement smeared on our windows, and a stone through one of them." He said another traveller's camp had set up on the estate over the weekend. The group in the car park has been there since the beginning of the month.

"We wonder if we're going to come in one morning and find the place trashed," said Mr Ward.

"It's taken over our lives. We now have to park on the road, which is dangerous for everybody round here, and the young kids have been running on the roof.

Jerry Delaney, one of the travellers who have set up on the Doidge Fastenings car park on the Berry Hill industrial estate in Droitwich, denied the claims.

He invited the Worcester News into one of the caravans, which was clean and tidy inside.

"We wouldn't be human if we urinated on our doorstep - it's local people coming into our yard and doing it to give us a bad name," said the 25-year-old roofer.

"Builders are dumping their waste in the middle of the night around here, knowing we will get the blame.

"There are people that think we are a disgrace, but we've got our own facilities - there's a £20,000 caravan out there, which has a toilet we use," he said.

The caravan has plastic potted trees outside as decoration.

He said passers-by had thrown stones and shouted insults like "gypo" and "pykies" at them.

"We're on vacation at the moment and will be gone by Saturday," he said.

Because the travellers have not complied with a notice to leave, Wychavon District Council has applied to Worcester County Court for an order to recover possession of the land.

Property manager Penny Gibson said the council's claim would be heard tomorrow.

Police have has investigated complaints about the site, including reports a man kicked over wooden stakes, collected them in a wheelbarrow and used them to start a fire, around which drunken people danced.