Ketch Caravan Park stands deserted as everyone has gone

The Ketch Caravan Park off the A38 Bath Road in Worcester, once an idyllic riverside location, now stands deserted and desolate as everyone has gone.

BLEAK: The Ketch Caravan Park has a desolate air now all the holidaymakers and static home owners have gone (Image: James Connell/Newsquest)

Left is only empty pitches and piles of rubbish which makes for a forlorn sight to anyone driving over the Carrington Bridge - and brings back many memories for those who have now left forever.

There were about 60 caravans on the site, including statics and touring caravans.

Bags of rubbish lie piled near the reception at the site close to the River Severn and tyre tracks in the mud show the departure of many families, some of whom used the site for three decades.

PACKED: Belongings have been packed up at the Ketch Caravan Park (Image: James Connell/Newsquest)

John Powell, 77, and Judy Powell, 74, were among those forced to leave after the eviction notice and have now had to sell their original static caravan for scrap, getting £500 for it which the family described as 'better than nothing'.

They have bought a new caravan at Hampton near Evesham. Mrs Powell said: "We go past there in the car. It just looks deserted. It looks a mess now. 

"There are no caravans on the Ketch field. We haven't heard if they're going to do anything (with the site) but they haven't got planning permission to do anything with it there. 

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"They wanted us off soon enough but they haven't decided what they're going to do."

Their disabled daughter, Sarah Powell, 54, distressed by leaving the Ketch, is happy at Hampton her mum says. "She loves it there. She can sit outside and see the river and the boats," said Mrs Powell.

In October we reported how a woman who wished to be known only as Sue, one of the few still on site, said she was donating her static caravan to the RSPCA.

She described it as "devastating>"

Sue, who has used to Ketch Caravan Park for 28 years and is from London, added: "I have two daughters that live up here. That's why I got the static in the first place. But I bear nobody any ill-feeling over this.

"It is certainly the end of an era. I would never do it again. I would live here from April until the end of October. You will never get a view like this anywhere else. But I can't change anything."

As previously reported, caravan owners received a letter in April from Tremlo Limited which read: "You will need to leave the Park by that date and to make arrangements to remove the holiday home and any other personal possessions from the Park by no later than November 30, 2023 (being one month from the date of termination).

"The Agreement will of course remain in force until October 31, 2023, and you will be entitled to continue to occupy the holiday home until that date."

The site managers have so far declined to comment.