New Age travellers | travellers
Livinginvans,lorries,buses,cars,caravans,bendertents,tipisoryurtsThisarticleisabouttheUKsubculture.Forthemusicalgenresometimestermedcrusty,seecrustpunk.ForthesimilarNewZealandsubculture,seehousetrucker.NewAgetravellersVehiclesusedbyNewAgetravellersRegionswithsignificantpopulationsUnitedKingdomReligionsNewAgeNewAgetravellersorNewTravellers,oftenreferredtoascrusties,arepeopleintheUnitedKingdomgenerallyespousingNewAgebeliefsalongwiththehippiecultureofthe1960s(overlappingwithBohemianism),andwhou...
Living in vans, lorries, buses, cars, caravans, bender tents, tipis or yurts
This article is about the UK subculture. For the musical genre sometimes termed crusty, see crust punk. For the similar New Zealand subculture, see housetrucker. New Age travellersVehicles used by New Age travellers
Regions with significant populationsUnited KingdomReligionsNew AgeNew Age travellers or New Travellers, often referred to as crusties, are people in the United Kingdom generally espousing New Age beliefs along with the hippie culture of the 1960s (overlapping with Bohemianism), and who used to travel between free music festivals and fairs prior to crackdown in the 1990s, who now congregate in community with others who hold similar beliefs on various authorised and unauthorised sites.
A New Travellers transport and home may consist of living in a van, "gypsy" Vardo wagon, lorry, bus, car, or caravan converted into a mobile home while also making use of an improvised bender ten...