Armoured Vehicle Parked On Path 'Needs To Be Moved'

The armoured vehicle is parked on Lansdowne Road in Manchester (Picture: David Ellison). 

An armoured vehicle parked on a path for four months "needs to be moved" says a local councillor.

Councillor David Ellison says there have been complaints about the armoured personnel carrier and that he has reported the incident.

Posting on Twitter, Cllr Ellison said: "I’ve reported the tank or armoured personnel carrier that’s been parked on Old Lansdowne Road.

"Residents have complained about it, it’s parked across the pavement and been there for 4 months.

"It needs be moved."

On his Facebook page he promised to "continue to push for it to be removed as it is causing a hazard".

However, not everyone responding to the councillor’s post agreed: 

“If the pot holes in an around west Didsbury wasn’t so bad then he probably wouldn’t need this type of transportation,” one wrote.

“We on Lansdowne [Road] love the tank,’ wrote another.

The tank used to belong to the British Army but is now thought to be owned by a private individual who does not wish to be named.