Gypsies and Travellers
Status of current encampments
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.
Warrington
The Old Iceland Depot, Woolston
- Arrived: 8 October 2025
- Current Status: Section 60c police noticed served
- Notes: Privately-owned Land; 40 caravan
- Information Updated: 10 October 2025, 11.30am
Cheshire West and Chester
Morrisons, Ellesmere Port
- Arrived: 8 October 2025
- Current Status: Landowner Decision
- Notes: Privately-owned Land; 1 caravan
- Information Updated: 10 October 2025, 10.40am
Whitby Park, Ellesmere Port
- Arrived: 8 October 2025
- Current Status: Section 60c police notice served
- Notes: Council-owned Land; 5 caravan
- Information Updated: 10 October 2025, 10.40am
B&M, Ellesmere Port
- Arrived: 7 October 2025
- Current Status: The group have left the location
- Notes: Privately-owned Land; 5 caravan
- Information Updated: 10 October 2025, 10.40am
Whitby Park, Ellesmere Port
- Arrived: 4 October 2025
- Current Status: Legal to obtain court order
- Notes: Council-owned Land; 2 caravan
- Information Updated: 8 October 2025, 4.40pm
Aldi Car Park, Wellington Road, Ellesmere Port
- Arrived: 1 October 2025
- Current Status: Group have left the location
- Notes: Council-owned Land; 1 caravan
- Information Updated: 10 October 2025, 10.40am
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
