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.

Warrington

Padgate Telephone Exchange, Station Road North

• Arrived: 3 July 2025
• Current Status: The group have now left the location
• Notes: Privately-owned land; 4 caravans
• Information Updated: 8 July 2025, 2.45pm

Cheshire West and Chester

Rudheath Primary Academy, Northwich

• Arrived: 5 July 2025
• Current Status: Landowner to arrange bailiffs
• Notes: Privately-owned land; 7 caravans
• Information Updated: 7 July 2025, 4pm

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