| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Baltic-born residents 108,711 Lithuanian-born (2011 census) 61,441 Latvian-born (2011 census) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| London,Birmingham,Manchester,Liverpool,Kingston upon Hull,York,Kings Lynn andGlasgow | |
| Languages | |
| English,Latvian,Lithuanian,Russian. | |
| Religion | |
| Catholicism · Judaism • Protestantism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Balts |
Baltic people in the United Kingdom are those born or raised in the UK, or residents, who are of ethnicallyBaltic, meaningLatvian orLithuanian, origin.
In the early 20th century, manyLatvian andLithuanian refugees began to settle in Glasgow and at its height in the 1950s, there were around 10,000 in the Glasgow area.[1]
Significant numbers of Baltic people moved to the UK in 1947 under a government-backed scheme calledWestward Ho. The first group ofdisplaced persons (DPs) from the British zone of occupation of Germany arrived in the UK in 1947, called theBalt Cygnets.[2]
The2011 UK Census recorded 95,730 Lithuanian-born residents inEngland, 1,353 inWales,[3] 4,287 inScotland,[4] and 7,341 inNorthern Ireland.[5] The census recorded 53,977 Latvian-born residents in England, 692 in Wales,[3] 4,475 in Scotland,[4] and 2,297 in Northern Ireland.[5]
The previous,2001 UK Census, had recorded 4,363 UK residents born in Lithuania and 4,275 born in Latvia.[6]
There is a Latvian section at theBrookwood cemetery near London.[7]
