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

Land between Brooklands Grove and Frank Webb Avenue, Crewe

• Arrived: 15 May 2025
• Current Status: Group have left the location
• Notes: Land ownership - Unknown; 2 caravans
• Information Updated: 16 May 2025, 10.30am

Smithy Lane, Leighton

• Arrived: 14 May 2025
• Current Status: Group have left the location 
• Notes: Council-owned land; 4 caravans
• Information Updated: 16 May 2025, 10.30am

Warrington

B&Q, Delph Lane

• Arrived: 15 May 2025
• Current Status: Police to attend
• Notes: Council-owned land; 6 caravans
• Information Updated: 16 May 2025, 10am

Morrison's, Greenhall's Avenue

• Arrived: 14 May 2025
• Current Status: Bailiffs have been instructed
• Notes: Privately-owned land; 6 caravans
• Information Updated: 16 May 2025, 10.30am

Cheshire West and Chester

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