Gypsies and Travellers

Below is a list of unauthorised encampments in the Cheshire and Warrington area. These are shown by Council area.

Each unauthorised encampment is given a name based on where it was first reported. The exact location of the encampment may be somewhere nearby. Similarly, there may be a slightly different number of caravans reported when the group first arrive. There is a procedure for dealing with encampments and the information is updated as this progresses. If you have checked the list below and want to tell us about a new encampment, please use our reporting form.

Cheshire East

B&M, Sandbach

• Arrived: 27 March 2025
• Current status: Police to attend
• Notes: Privately-owned Land; 3 caravans
• Information updated:  28 March 2025, 1pm

Warrington

Tatton Court, Woolston

• Arrived: 24 March 2025
• Current status: Landowner negotiated stay
• Notes: Privately-owned Land; 5 caravans
• Information updated:  28 March 2025, 1pm

Cheshire West and Chester

Brio, Ellesmere Port

• Arrived: 21 March 2025
• Current status: Group have now left the location
• Notes: Council-owned Land; 2 caravans
• Information updated:  28 March 2025, 1pm

Sealand Road P+R, Chester

• Arrived: 21 March 2025
• Current status: Tolerated trespass
• Notes: Council-owned Land; 4 caravans
• Information updated: 28 March 2025, 1pm

Oil Sites Road, Ellesmere Port 

Please note: this is not an unauthorised encampment. This is a temporary stopping place set up by Cheshire West and Chester Council and managed by Cheshire and Warrington Traveller Team.

If you have any issues that need raising, please email GypsyandTravellersenquiries@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk