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.
Cheshire West and Chester
Seacombe Drive, Ellesmere Port.
- Arrived 21 May 2026
- Current Status: Initial assessments will be carried out.
- Notes: Council land
- Information updated: 22 May 2026, 10.30am
Temporary Stopping Place, Oil Rigs Road, Ellesmere Port
- Arrived 21 May 2026
- Current Status: Initial assessments will be carried out.
- Notes: Council land
- Information updated: 22 May 2026, 10.30am
Temporary Stopping Place, Oil Rigs Road, Ellesmere Port
- Arrived 19 May 2026
- Current Status: Initial assessments will be carried out.
- Notes: Council land
- Information updated: 20 May 2026, 2.10pm
Whitby Park, Stanney Lane, Ellesmere Port
- Arrived 14 May 2026
- Current Status: The group have now left the location
- Notes: Council land
- Information updated: 18 May 2026, 2.30pm
Blakeden Lane, Winsford
- Arrived 14 April 2026
- Current Status: Court order has been served to remove caravan.
- Notes: Council Land
- Information updated: 15 May 2026, 11.10am
Brooklands Fields, Crewe
- Arrived 21 May 2026
- Current Status: Police to carry out initial assessments
- Notes: Council Land
- Information updated: 22 May 2026, 10.30am
Please note: 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
