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Historic estate pitches in with camp site plan
THE Capital is set to get its first new camping and caravanning site for decades under plans to create a £2 million facility on the outskirts of the city.
A 20-acre site on the historic Dundas Estate has been earmarked by the UK-wide Camping and Caravanning Club for what would become the organisation’s first venture in the Capital.
The plan is to set up about 150 pitches on agricultural land at Craigbrae Farm, Kirkliston, to create what would become Edinburgh’s third official camping and caravanning site.
The two existing facilities, at Mortonhall and Silverknowes, have operated for more than 30 years and are often full during the peak summer season.
The lack of camping space in Edinburgh has led to fly camping in areas such as Holyrood Park during the Festival.
The company planning the new site believes it will provide a big boost to the city’s tourism industry, bring huge benefit to businesses in the Dalmeny, Kirkliston and South Queensferry areas, and be useful for people using the Rosyth-Zebrugge fast ferry service.
The Dundas Estate - home of the 19th- century Dundas Castle - includes more than 1500 acres of agricultural land.
It has been in the family of current owner Sir Jack Stewart-Clark since it was bought by his great-grandfather in 1899.
The castle, which is about a mile away from the proposed camping and caravanning site, was completely refurbished after Sir Jack inherited it and the estate after his mother died in 1995.
It is now available for corporate hospitality events, dinner parties and conferences, and to well-heeled couples as an exclusive romantic retreat or wedding venue.
Estate manager David Seed said: "We’ve been trying to increasingly diversify what we do on the estate in recent years, what with the introduction of weddings and corporate hospitality events at the castle.
"This is a good opportunity to use a site that is only about a mile away from Dalmeny Station, so it’ll be easy for people staying at the site to walk there, and there are no other facilities like this anywhere in the area.
"This will be a touring campsite so there will be no caravans based permanently there, and we hope local people will be supportive of our plans for it."
The Camping and Caravanning Club, which is based in Coventry, has more than 90 sites across the UK, including facilities at Dunbar, Lauder, Jedburgh, Moffat and Luss.
The club’s portfolio manager, Roger Adams, said: "We’ve been searching for a site in the Edinburgh area for years as we believe there is a real demand for another facility, especially in the west side of the city.
"We believe we have found an excellent facility for our members, because it is very handy for the ferry service, it is ideally placed for people to take the train into the centre of Edinburgh, and is ideally located for touring north.
"As well as the work which will be carried out on the land to create the site, we’ll be creating toilet and shower blocks and a reception building.
"Research carried out a few years ago found that people using camping and caravanning sites would spend an average of £60 a day in the local area, and we believe that this facility will provide a major spin-off for local shops and businesses as there will be no facilities on site."
Doug Cunningham, warden at the Edinburgh Caravan Club site at Silverknowes, said: "This is the first I’ve heard of plans for a new site but as far as we’re concerned we don’t have a problem with it."
A spokeswoman for Edinburgh and Lothians Tourist Board said: "A new camping and caravan site would serve both the city and West Lothian well, and it would also be handy for people arriving or leaving via the Superfast ferry.
"The Dundas Estate currently has a wide and successful range of facilities available, which a caravan park would add to."
BRIAN FERGUSON CITY COUNCIL REPORTER
Source The Scotsman
THE Capital is set to get its first new camping and caravanning site for decades under plans to create a £2 million facility on the outskirts of the city.
A 20-acre site on the historic Dundas Estate has been earmarked by the UK-wide Camping and Caravanning Club for what would become the organisation’s first venture in the Capital.
The plan is to set up about 150 pitches on agricultural land at Craigbrae Farm, Kirkliston, to create what would become Edinburgh’s third official camping and caravanning site.
The two existing facilities, at Mortonhall and Silverknowes, have operated for more than 30 years and are often full during the peak summer season.
The lack of camping space in Edinburgh has led to fly camping in areas such as Holyrood Park during the Festival.
The company planning the new site believes it will provide a big boost to the city’s tourism industry, bring huge benefit to businesses in the Dalmeny, Kirkliston and South Queensferry areas, and be useful for people using the Rosyth-Zebrugge fast ferry service.
The Dundas Estate - home of the 19th- century Dundas Castle - includes more than 1500 acres of agricultural land.
It has been in the family of current owner Sir Jack Stewart-Clark since it was bought by his great-grandfather in 1899.
The castle, which is about a mile away from the proposed camping and caravanning site, was completely refurbished after Sir Jack inherited it and the estate after his mother died in 1995.
It is now available for corporate hospitality events, dinner parties and conferences, and to well-heeled couples as an exclusive romantic retreat or wedding venue.
Estate manager David Seed said: "We’ve been trying to increasingly diversify what we do on the estate in recent years, what with the introduction of weddings and corporate hospitality events at the castle.
"This is a good opportunity to use a site that is only about a mile away from Dalmeny Station, so it’ll be easy for people staying at the site to walk there, and there are no other facilities like this anywhere in the area.
"This will be a touring campsite so there will be no caravans based permanently there, and we hope local people will be supportive of our plans for it."
The Camping and Caravanning Club, which is based in Coventry, has more than 90 sites across the UK, including facilities at Dunbar, Lauder, Jedburgh, Moffat and Luss.
The club’s portfolio manager, Roger Adams, said: "We’ve been searching for a site in the Edinburgh area for years as we believe there is a real demand for another facility, especially in the west side of the city.
"We believe we have found an excellent facility for our members, because it is very handy for the ferry service, it is ideally placed for people to take the train into the centre of Edinburgh, and is ideally located for touring north.
"As well as the work which will be carried out on the land to create the site, we’ll be creating toilet and shower blocks and a reception building.
"Research carried out a few years ago found that people using camping and caravanning sites would spend an average of £60 a day in the local area, and we believe that this facility will provide a major spin-off for local shops and businesses as there will be no facilities on site."
Doug Cunningham, warden at the Edinburgh Caravan Club site at Silverknowes, said: "This is the first I’ve heard of plans for a new site but as far as we’re concerned we don’t have a problem with it."
A spokeswoman for Edinburgh and Lothians Tourist Board said: "A new camping and caravan site would serve both the city and West Lothian well, and it would also be handy for people arriving or leaving via the Superfast ferry.
"The Dundas Estate currently has a wide and successful range of facilities available, which a caravan park would add to."
BRIAN FERGUSON CITY COUNCIL REPORTER
Source The Scotsman
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