The Camping and Caravanning Club and the Crown Estate have been forced to close their Windsor Great Park campsite for the summer, due to waterlogged ground conditions.
It follows a period of intense rainfall in the UK, with last month seeing the wettest June on record since 1910. This heavy rain has left much of the Windsor campsite location inaccessible to vehicles.
Worse still, the team behind the site believe that the conditions also make it virtually impossible to put the infrastructure in place that is required to run a safe operation.
Camping and Caravanning Club director general Robert Louden said that the public’s health and safety had been of “paramount concern” in the decision and to carry on regardless would have been “irresponsible”.
“We are extremely disappointed that the temporary event site has had to be cancelled especially as it was due to provide campers with a unique holiday experience of camping in Windsor Great Park during the period of the Games,” he said.
Any campers who have pre-booked will be offered a full refund, or help in finding an alternative location.
