Significant numbers of Latvians moved to the UK after World War 2 in 1947 under a government backed scheme called Westward Ho.

The first group of displaced persons (DPs) from the British zone of occupation of Germany arrived in the UK in 1947, called the Balt Cygnets.

[5] Another wave of Latvian migration to the United Kingdom came after the accession of Latvia to the European Union, of which the UK was then part, in 2004.

The 2011 UK Census already recorded 53,977 Latvian-born residents in England, 692 in Wales,[6] 4,475 in Scotland,[7] and 2,297 in Northern Ireland.

Historically, the highest estimated number of Latvian nationals residing in the United Kingdom was in 2017, when there were 117,000.