Every Gypsy and Traveller caravan site in England mapped and listed

The number of Gypsy and Traveller caravan sites across England has risen slightly with the East of England recording the highest number of sites. Find all the sites mapped by local authority
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The East of England contains the most caravan sites for Gypsies and the Travellers according to latest statistics out today. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Official figures showing the number of Gypsy and Traveller caravan sites across England have been released today.

The report published by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), is the most comprehensive count of local gypsy and caravan sites with details on total number of pitches and showing both those on authorised and unauthorised sites.

The number of those on authorised sites increased by 556 caravans since January 2010 with a total of 15,274 now being recorded. However the number of those on unauthorised sites saw a huge drop - down 26% on the previous year.

The decrease of unauthorised caravans was more pronounced on land not owned by Gypsies and Travellers with a large drop of 26% on the year with a much smaller decline of 8% on land that owned by either Gypsies or Travellers.

The total number of all sites across England only saw a marginal rise with 46 more caravans than in January 2010, making the total 18,383 in January 2011.

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The data which also shows gypsy, traveller and travelling showpeople caravan sites by local authority, illustrates which areas of England have the highest concentration. The east of England recorded the highest number of caravans - 24% of the total number- then followed by the South East.

Cottingley Springs in Leeds has the highest caravan capacity of those recorded in England with the capacity of 120 whilst Duchy Road in Salford has the highest number of pitches at 61.

London and the North East recorded the lowest number of caravans. The Google Fusion map shows all the Gypsy, Traveller and travelling showpeople caravan sites across England and is colour coded to show the sites with the highest number of pitches (the red circles). The spreadsheet to download also shows the number of total caravan sites over the years. What can you do with this data?

Data summary

Gypsy, Traveller and travelling showpeople caravan sites by local authority

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SOURCE: DCLG
1 North East NE 195 195 0 329
2 Durham UA NE 90 90 0 104
3 Middlesbrough U A NE 16 16 0 45
4 Northumberland UA NE 32 32 0 64
5 Redcar & Cleveland U A NE 14 14 0 34
6 Stockton-on-Tees U A NE 29 29 0 54
7 Gateshead NE 14 14 0 28
8 North West NW 425 383 42 661
9 Blackburn & Darwen UA NW 20 20 0 40
10 Blackpool U A NW 26 26 0 52
11 Bolton NW 26 26 0 52
12 Bury NW 17 17 0 25
13 Cheshire East UA NW 17 17 0 17
14 Cumbria CC NW 15 15 0 30
15 Halton U A NW 37 25 12 74
16 Lancashire CC NW 47 47 0 74
17 Liverpool NW 14 14 0 22
18 Manchester NW 66 66 0 70
19 Rochdale NW 27 27 0 54
20 Salford NW 61 31 30 62
21 Sefton NW 16 16 0 25
22 St. Helens NW 20 20 0 40
23 Wigan NW 16 16 0 24
24 Yorkshire and the Humber Y&H 557 533 24 1043
25 Barnsley Y&H 28 28 0 56
26 Bradford Y&H 46 46 0 94
27 Doncaster Y&H 59 49 10 98
28 East Riding of Yorkshire U A Y&H 41 37 4 47
29 Kingston-upon-Hull U A Y&H 70 70 0 100
30 Kirklees Y&H 12 12 0 24
31 Leeds Y&H 41 41 0 120
32 North Lincolnshire Y&H 13 13 0 13
33 North Yorkshire CC Y&H 123 113 10 151
34 Sheffield Y&H 31 31 0 61
35 Wakefield Y&H 38 38 0 114
36 York Y&H 55 55 0 165
37 East Midlands East Mid 270 256 14 495
38 Derbyshire CC East Mid 33 31 2 66
39 Leicester U A East Mid 21 21 0 42
40 Leicestershire CC East Mid 23 23 0 33
41 Lincolnshire CC East Mid 89 77 12 161
42 Northamptonshire CC East Mid 92 92 0 169
43 Nottinghamshire CC East Mid 12 12 0 24
44 West Midlands West Mid 554 540 14 938
45 Birmingham West Mid 15 15 0 15
46 Dudley West Mid 19 19 0 32
47 Herefordshire U A West Mid 59 59 0 114
48 Sandwell West Mid 15 15 0 25
49 Shropshire UA West Mid 46 46 0 94
50 Staffordshire CC West Mid 31 31 0 35
51 Stoke-on-Trent U A West Mid 45 33 12 74
52 Telford & Wrekin U A West Mid 36 36 0 70
53 Walsall West Mid 19 19 0 40
54 Warwickshire CC West Mid 81 81 0 110
55 Wolverhampton West Mid 40 40 0 40
56 Worcestershire CC West Mid 148 146 2 289
57 East East 926 853 73 1803
58 Bedford UA East 16 16 0 32
59 Central Bedfordshire UA East 49 49 0 98
60 Cambridgeshire CC East 162 151 11 404
61 Essex CC East 169 169 0 314
62 Hertfordshire CC East 195 180 15 387
63 Luton U A East 20 20 0 26
64 Norfolk CC East 147 100 47 246
65 Peterborough U A East 64 64 0 128
66 Suffolk CC East 40 40 0 40
67 Thurrock U A East 64 64 0 128
68 London London 474 456 18 676
69 Barking and Dagenham London 11 11 0 15
70 Bexley London 10 10 0 12
71 Brent London 30 30 0 60
72 Bromley London 36 36 0 72
73 Camden London 5 5 0 5
74 Croydon London 19 19 0 19
75 Ealing London 24 24 0 48
76 Hackney London 27 27 0 39
77 Haringey London 10 10 0 10
78 Harrow London 1 1 0 1
79 Hillingdon London 20 20 0 20
80 Hounslow London 20 20 0 20
81 Kensington & Chelsea London 19 19 0 19
82 Kingston upon Thames London 15 15 0 15
83 Lambeth London 15 15 0 15
84 Newham London 15 15 0 30
85 Redbridge London 16 16 0 16
86 Richmond upon Thames London 12 12 0 12
87 Sutton London 33 15 18 52
88 Tower Hamlets London 19 19 0 34
89 Waltham Forest London 13 13 0 26
90 Wandsworth London 11 11 0 11
91 South East SE 1017 989 28 1408
92 Bracknell Forest UA SE 13 13 0 13
93 Brighton and Hove UA SE 23 0 23 23
94 Buckinghamshire CC SE 80 80 0 160
95 East Sussex CC SE 29 29 0 40
96 Hampshire CC SE 78 78 0 138
97 Kent CC SE 201 201 0 260
98 Medway Towns U A SE 11 11 0 12
99 Milton Keynes U A SE 18 18 0 18
100 Oxfordshire CC SE 80 80 0 160
101 Southampton U A SE 14 14 0 36
102 Slough UA SE 39 39 0 39
103 Surrey CC SE 230 230 0 290
104 West Berkshire U A SE 18 18 0 36
105 West Sussex CC SE 128 123 5 128
106 Windsor and Maidenhead U A SE 25 25 0 25
107 Wokingham U A SE 30 30 0 30
108 South West SW 581 507 74 997
109 Bristol UA SW 32 12 20 45
110 Cornwall UA SW 64 64 0 104
111 Devon CC SW 17 17 0 20
112 Dorset CC SW 47 47 0 59
113 Gloucestershire CC SW 81 81 0 140
114 North Somerset U A SW 7 7 0 15
115 Plymouth UA SW 13 13 0 26
116 Poole U A SW 15 15 0 15
117 Somerset CC SW 104 79 25 149
118 South Gloucestershire U A SW 39 39 0 117
119 Swindon U A SW 54 37 17 91
120 Wiltshire UA SW 108 96 12 216
121 England ENGLAND 4999 4712 287 8350

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