by Joe Jeffrey
Ballater Caravan Park set to reopen to tourers this week
A Scottish caravan park destroyed during this year’s flooding caused by Storm Frank is set to reopen, with bookings in excess of £70,000 having already been made.
Ballater Caravan park, in Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, was forced to close in January after an estimated £1 million worth of damage was caused to the park, resulting in 60 caravans being wrecked and 40 more being swept away in the floods which ravaged the local area. An estimated £20,000 in booking fees was also lost.
Toilet and shower facilities were also destroyed, leaving a reparation bill estimated to be in the region of hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Although most of the caravans destroyed were static, the touring section of the park, which is made up of 72 hard-standing and grass pitches was also hit hard, and the aftermath of the storm left the park looking like a warzone as can be seen in the footage below.
But now, following extensive repair works carried out, Ballater will reopen its doors and open up part of the park to touring caravans this Friday.
