A medieval-themed amusement centre in Chorley, Lancashire, shut its gates for the final time in 2012, but an explorer went in and found the remaining part of the buildings look like the set of a horror movie.
The urban explorer has taken pictures of a creepy abandoned them park near Liverpool and turns out terrifying.
The medieval-themed amusement park Camelot near Chorley in Lancashire closed in 2012. Pictures show the remains of the theme park eight years on, including few rusted rollercoaster cars and crumbling buildings.
The photos were shared on a Facebook group for urban explores showing pictures of abandoned buildings. One of the pictures shows the boarded-up gates, complete with a castle-style portcullis. Others show the mock-fortifications of the central buildings of the park.
The largest rusted remains rollercoaster at the park, nightmare, can also be seen.
Another torn-down sign advertises a ride called Smiffy’s Dungeon of Doom. Camelot opened in 1983 and covered a site of 140 acres. It was built on the site of Martin Mere, formerly Englands largest lake, which was first drained in 1692. The lake was linked to the legend of King Arthur and was supposedly where Lancelot was abducted by a nymph Vivian.
Based on a legend, she raised Lancelot at the bottom of the lake and when he went to King Arthur’s court he was knighted as “Sir Lancelot of the Lake.”
In the 1990s, it saw a downturn in visitors, falling to an average of around 500,000 a year by the middle of the decade.
In 2005, that had plummeted to less than 340,000 and went into receivership in 2009.
August 2011, disaster struck when a 12-year-old boy with special needs plunged 30 ft from the Excalibur 2 ride.
Luckily the boy didn’t suffer life-threatening injuries and he was airlifted to Wigan Royal Infirmary. The park finally closed its doors in November 2012, with the operator knights Leisure blaming poor summer weather and events such as the London Olympics and the Diamond Jubilee for declining visitor numbers.
Some of the rides were sold but others, including Knightmare, remaining in the abandoned park.
The themed park has been damaged several times by arson and vandalism. In February, the track for rollercoaster was finally demolished.
Still not clear what the future of the park will be, but numerous plans have been made to build houses on the site. In the meantime, the creepy remains of a once-beloved British attraction will continue to crumble away.
Source: Daily Star