WOODEN shacks have sprung up on College Green, where anti-capitalist protesters say they want to create a "slum city".

Some shacks already have proper front doors, four walls and even makeshift wardrobes.

Campaigners have told the Evening Post they eventually want to replace all tents with shacks and even hope that some will become three storeys high.

Occupy Bristol, the UK's biggest tent protest outside London, began 34 days ago when around 200 people turned out to raise concerns about corporate greed and the current political system.

It has now tripled in size, with around 60 tents set up on the public green space.

Protesters have hammered together wooden pallets that cover a large part of the camp and provide a walkway off the wet mud, which has now replaced grass where the tents stand.

Wooden shacks have been built on top of some of the pallets, some already with four walls and roofs planned.

When asked if they were building "huts", protesters insisted they were "more like houses".

Robert William Kennard showed the Post around his shack, which includes a wood-burning stove, a make-shift wardrobe, a sofa and a wooden kitchen table and chairs.

He hopes his shack will eventually be three storeys high to enable him to watch over the camp at night to keep it safe.

Another protester called Matt, 22, who did not want to give his surname, said: "Eventually we want to get rid of all the tents and live in these wooden structures.

"They are temporary and we are not digging into the ground, so technically we could pick them up and move them whenever we wanted.

"We want to create a slum city."

The wooden frame of a single bed was seen being repaired outside one of the shacks.

Occupy Bristol campaigners told the Post the shacks were warmer, sturdier and harder for opponents to burn down.

They claim members of the English Defence League sent threatening messages via Facebook and said a group tried to intimidate them on Remembrance Sunday.

Protesters use the shacks for their "night watch", which they say is necessary due to drunken students who have tried to set fire to tents.

The camp also now has its own reception area – a gazebo with chairs and cushions and boards listing the protesters' aims and what news coverage they have received.

Various banners with slogans such as "What would Jesus do?" and "Abolish Slavery" cover the front of the reception area.

The group have also installed a paper counter, which lets the public know how many days they have been there.

The Bristol protest is just one of a number of similar "Occupy" protests around the world, where protesters camp out with the aim of getting their message across.

It has been reported that authorities in the US and Switzerland have begun moving against protesters, with police clearing camps from their cities.

At Occupy Wall Street in New York – the very first "Occupy" protest which began in September – police in riot gear raided the camp and evicted and arrested dozens of protesters.

However hours later the National Lawyers Guild obtained a court order allowing the protesters to return with their tents.

The guild said the injunction prevents the city from enforcing park rules on the protesters.

Meanwhile, The City of London Corporation has attached eviction notices to tents on the public highway close to St Paul's Cathedral, warning protesters that proceedings will be issued in the High Court if they are not removed by 6pm today.