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Welsh caravan park facing race against time

A Welsh site is in danger of being eaten by the sea

by Jack Beresford

The co-manager of a caravan park near Abergele in Wales has admitted that coastal erosion could see the site eventually cease to exist.

The continuing erosion of the Welsh coastline could spell the end for a caravan park situated near the cosy local setting of Abergele.

A number of barriers have previously been installed on the coastal area of the Caste Cove site, but, as North Wales Weekly reports, water has been collecting around these and is now eating into the sand dunes.

Speaking to the news provider, co-manager Sarah Rowson outlined the issue along these coastal defences.

“Where they stop [the barriers], which is at our caravan park, there is a swirl of water taking away the sand towards the sea wall.

“Eventually it’ll end up taking the sea wall and our caravans with it.”

She explained that the Environment Agency has already examined the site with a view to solving the problem. However, with time running out, Ms Rowson was keen to highlight their plight.

Recent weather conditions are unlikely to have helped things, with a number of caravan sites up and down the country closed this week amid flood warnings.