The temporary park will be moved to another site later

The �97,000 temporary facility will be housed on a disused car park at Beckery Old Road, Morlands, Glastonbury.

Judi Hawkins, from local skateboarders group Urban Surfers, said: "Until now young people in the area had nowhere safe to skate.

"Now we've got the park we can concentrate our efforts on fundraising the �60,000 needed to buy extra equipment for the park."

David Rees, from the South West Regional Development Agency's (RDA) Somerset team, said: "Redevelopment of the site will obviously be long term.

New location

"It makes sense that community groups like the Urban Surfers are able to use the land on a temporary basis in the meantime."

The park has been designed using materials which will be easy to move to a new location in the future.

Construction work is expected to be completed in the next few weeks, with the skate park up-and-running by July.

The 40-acre former tannery is being transformed and redeveloped by the South West RDA, Mendip District Council, businesses and the local community.