Overview
- The encampment began last week when two tents were pitched on the grassed central island of St Stephens roundabout and grew to three tents this week.
- Residents and passers-by warned the location posed a road-safety risk because occupants had to cross lanes and drivers could be distracted by the shelters.
- Norwich City Council says it has been engaging directly with the person living on the roundabout and with Pathways to identify suitable housing and support on a case-by-case basis.
- Reports on Wednesday said the tents vanished overnight, leaving a discarded Christmas tree and a bicycle on the site, and it remains unclear whether the occupants, council staff, police or others removed them.
- The roundabout incident forms part of a wider pattern of short-lived camps across Norwich, leaving locals frustrated and raising a continuing tension between rapid clearance, public safety and the need for tailored homelessness support.