The much-loved facility, which boasts a 22-acre lake, climbing wall and giant ropes frame, had been used by schools, youth groups and charities who stayed at the centre’s in-house accommodation block with 38 beds and a staff flat.
A few years later the county council then took over and expanded the facility under the wardenship of Brian Calvert.
In 1981/2 the county council withdrew support due to budget cuts, but Fenland, South Cambridge and East Cambs district councils took it over and appointed a new manager called Jim McCann who managed to generate and attract enough money to build most of the present facilities.
The Mepal Outdoor Centre had operated as a thriving outdoor activity site for schools and youth groups since the 1980s.
After the arson attack, trustees of the Mepal Outdoor Centre - who had been running the charitable enterprise for four years - handed the lease back to landlords East Cambridgeshire District Council and the centre was closed down in February 2017.
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This place is trashed there is no denying, but something about watching my best mate & Son racing up the climbing wall gave me a thrill
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