Gypsies and Travellers

Gypsies and Travellers' sites

We do not provide a site for travelling people. However, there is a private site at Lake View Caravan Park, Penrith.

Gypsies and Travellers' rights

Everyone has rights, including Travellers, Gypsies and people on whose land unauthorised camping takes place.

Gypsies and Travellers are protected from discrimination by the Race Relations Act 1976 and the Human Rights Act 1998, together with all ethnic groups who have a particular culture, language or values.

Cumbria Gypsies and Travellers' accommodation assessment

In 2007 Cumbria County Council commissioned a 'Cumbria Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment' on behalf of the six local authorities and Lake District National Park.

See Cumbria Gypsy and Traveller accommodation assessment for more information.

Gypsies and Travellers during Appleby Horse Fair

The Gypsy and Traveller accommodation assessment also included an assessment of Appleby Horse Fair with the aim of providing an evidence base to assist the creation of a strategic response and pragmatic solutions.

See Cumbria Gypsy and Traveller accommodation assessment for more information.

Last updated: Wednesday, 2 August, 2023.