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Whitby Abbey - The atmospheric ruins of Whitby Abbey have overlooked the neighbouring town from the cliffs for hundreds of years.

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Whitby Abbey - The ruins of the Benedictine monastery are famous for being the first place at which Dracula set foot on British soil.

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Armandale Castle - The ruins of this derelict country house are located on the picturesque island of Skye.

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Armandale Castle - The mock castle was destroyed in a fire in 1855, and has remained empty ever since.

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Armandale Castle - The remains of the house and its beautiful gardens are now open to the public.

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Abbey Mills Pumping Station - This ornate Victorian sewage pumping station is in East London.

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Abbey Mills Pumping Station - The grade-II listed building is no longer in use.

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The C station pump house is now flooded.

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Point of Ayr Lighthouse - The Point of Ayr lighthouse was built on the North coast of Wales in the 18th century.

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Point of Ayr Lighthouse - It was decommissioned in 1883, and is said to be one of the most haunted sites in Wales.

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Point of Ayr Lighthouse - Many people have reportedly seen the ghostly figure of a keeper at the top of the lighthouse.

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Fountains Abbey - Fountains Abbey was first built in the middle ages, and like Whitby Abbey, was dissolved by Henry VIII during the reformation.

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Fountains Abbey - Today its spectacular ruins and surrounding gardens are open for the public to visit.

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Fountains Abbey - It has been used a number of times as a film location, even for one of the movies in 'The Omen' franchise.

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Dunnottar Castle - This solitary castle is located on a rocky cliff on a stunning stretch of coastline in northeast Scotland.

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Dunnottar Castle - The castle has a long and very interesting history, and was the site of a number of historically significant battles, and at one point was even attacked by William Wallace. 

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Dunnottar Castle - After renovation work in the early 1900s, the site was opened to the public.

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Brunner Mond Soda Ash works -

The former soda ash factory is part of a vast industrial complex in Winninton, Cheshire.

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Brunner Mond Soda Ash works -

The first factory on the site was built in 1974, by Brunner Mond. It was later sold to a multi-national company, and much of the works are no longer in use.

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Brunner Mond Soda Ash works -

Its eerie industrial equipment wouldn't look out of place in a 'Mad Max' film.

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Poltimore House - This old abandoned manor house in Devon has fallen into an unfortunate state of disrepair.

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Poltimore House - The estate belonged to the same family from the middle ages up until the early 1900s.

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Poltimore House - It has since been the subject of a number of restoration projects in an attempt to return it to its former state.

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Camelot Theme Park -

There are few things creepier than abandoned theme parks, as proven by these bizarre pictures of what remains of Camelot Theme Park in Lancashire. The medieval-themed park first opened in 1983, and closed abruptly after less than 20 years in 2012.

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In the '90s, the park hosted up to half a million visitors each year. Now, all that is left is decaying displays and broken mannequins.

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