Police moved in late Monday to evict Occupy London protesters from a site outside St. Paul's Cathedral where they had been camped since October, reports said, citing police and protesters.
The protesters said vanloads of police arrived at the site to carry out the eviction, which was ordered by a court.
The local authority, the City of London Corporation, confirmed the eviction was under way and asked the protesters to move on peacefully, the AP reported.
Jeremy Cooke reported from the scene
There was a report of one scuffle but the scene was overwhelmingly peaceful, Cooke said.
Civic authorities had an eviction order allowing them to remove the activists' tents.
Last week a court rejected an Occupy London challenge to the order, ruling that the right to protest did not justify a semi-permanent camp on a public pathway.
Protesters against capitalist excess inspired by New York's Occupy Wall Street movement have been camped outside the 300-year-old church since October.
The eviction comes months after many U.S. cities dismantled encampments where Occupy protesters had gathered to protest corporate greed, the influence of money in elections and economic disparity.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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