Winchester busker Frank Williams has found himself a new home just days after being booted out of his old camp by the River Itchen.

The 54-year-old lost his four-year fight to stay in his 'dome' tent next to St Catherine's Hill last week after bosses at Winchester City Council finally enforced a court eviction order against him.

It meant that after more than a decade of living by the tranquil river, the popular busker had to witness his home being taken apart and his belongings boxed-up and removed.

However less than a week after council bosses moved against him, Frank said he has now found a fresh site not too far from his old haunt on which to put up a new dome.

The battle for the dome began in 2001 after it came to the council's attention that the land Frank was on was theirs, and that because he had been there for a decade, he was almost eligible for an adverse possession order on the land.

That order, often refereed to as 'squatters rights', gives anyone who lives on a piece of land for 12 years without being legally challenged the right to own the land.

Accordingly, the city council took Frank to court over the issue, and after finally convincing a judge in April that the land was theirs, got the eviction order forcing Frank to move.

Now though Frank says that despite the council's actions, he will still stay in Winchester and has found a new site on which to rebuild his home.

Though he was remaining guarded as to the exact location of the site, he did confess that he misses the sights, sound and convenience of the river on his doorstep.

Meanwhile, he is still adamant that he will continue to live his life in an unconventional way, and that he will also fight any future attempts to move him on.

Frank added: "I have found a new site and have already built myself a new dome.

"It'll be interesting now to see how long the council let me stay here before trying to move me on again."