A music festival is a time of enjoyment, relaxation and good vibes – unless you want to take a picture at Wireless.

Members of the public say they have been intimidated and followed out of Finsbury Park for taking photographs of the Wireless festival site.

Film director Jeremy Llewellyn-Jones was walking through the park on Monday, when it was open to the public, taking pictures as part of his hobby as a photographer.

He was approached by two men wearing hi-vis jackets who he says aggressively questioned him about why he was taking pictures.

Mr Llewellyn-Jones said: “These two men angrily asked me not to take pictures and I told them that I have rights and freedoms and will take pictures on public land as is my right.

“They then became aggressive and followed me out of the Hornsey Park Tavern gate on to Seven Sisters Road. They seem to think the park is their property.

“The barricades around the park remind of the West Bank Barrier in Palestine or prison walls or some kind of fortress, this event is exclusive of local people and deprives them of amenities.”

Mr Llewellyn-Jones is not the only person to have been told off by security staff for taking pictures at the festival site.

Community activist and campaigner Martin Ball had a similar experience when taking photos in the park, and says he was told organiser LiveNation ‘owns’ it for the duration of the festival.

He said: “On two separate occasions I’ve been told to stop taking photos and the second time I was barked at aggressively to stop. It was intimidating and unnecessary.

“They told me they owned it for the weekend as they had paid Haringey council for it.

“They’re ruining our park and excluding people and frankly their attitude to photographs is rather tiresome, it makes you wonder what they’re so worried about people seeing.”

Haringey council has insisted it always requires the highest standards for staff using the park and has promised to raise the issue with LiveNation.

A spokesman for Haringey council said: “We always expect the behaviour of representatives from organisations which use our parks to be of the highest standard and where a complaint is made to us we will raise this with the organisation involved and ensure that it is looked into on a case-by-case basis and in a timely manner.

“Money from events held in our parks is reinvested back into parks – ensuring they are of the highest quality and offer a range of modern facilities. In Finsbury Park alone income from events has so far paid for improvements including refurbishment and expansion of the ball court area and better lighting for the athletics track.”

LiveNation says it is investigating the incident.

A spokesman for the organiser said: “We obviously take how our staff work within the park very seriously and we are currently investigating the incident.”

The events company also clarified that it does not, in fact, own the park for the duration of the festival and had not briefed its staff to that effect.