Balmoral rangers slammed wild campers yesterday after a group had left tents and rubbish strewn on the Queen’s private Scottish estate on Saturday. The estate’s rangers shared a picture on Twitter of the seemingly abandoned tents and rubbish that were left on the Balmoral grounds. Some of the camping chairs were pictured knocked to the … Read more
House that has lain abandoned for 30 years goes up for sale for £400,000 on Brixton road where Sir John Major grew up that was once dubbed ‘the most dangerous street in Britain’ Four-storey, five-bedroom terraced house is on Coldharbour Lane in Brixton where Sir John Major used to live Agents expect bids to begin … Read more
Black Labrador is left abandoned tied to railings alongside note saying he had ‘not learnt to be good’ Black Labrador found chained to fence near Jasmil Kennels in Upchurch, Kent The dog was found with note which said owner had looked after it for 10 years Swale Borough Council’s stray dog service now looking to … Read more
Walls strewn with bullet holes and graffiti, crumbling brickwork and shattered glass. It’s hard to believe that these abandoned buildings once stood gleaming – part of the exclusive Dalmatian beach resort of Kupari, where the Yugoslav military elite and their families would holiday. These fascinating before-and-after pictures highlight the transformation of the resort – which … Read more
Photographs taken by an ‘urban explorer’ show the eerie remains of an 1850s Virginia home once owned by a Confederate colonel — which hasn’t been inhabited for several decades. Bryan Sansivero, a New York-based photographer, snapped the images of the abandoned Greek revival-style house in northern Virginia, showing an exterior being slowly reclaimed by nature and an … Read more
Haunting images show the inside of a decaying farmhouse in the heart of the Northern Irish countryside full of old newspaper clippings, stopped clocks and intimate love letters. Photographer and archivist Rebecca Brownlie was invited to visit the abandoned cottage near Cookstown, County Tyrone after the last of three brothers who lived in the farmhouse died. … Read more
Bird lovers in lockdown should not help fledglings on the ground after leaving the nest for the first time because ‘it interferes with a vital stage in their development’ RSPB says the baby birds stay on the ground for two days after leavin the nest They are watched by parents during this fragile time who … Read more
Hatch of the day! Couple put rescued egg in the oven and out pops a duckling Will Hall, 26, and Alice Kendall, 22, discovered the orphan egg near their home The couple from Winchester, Hampshire, used their oven as an incubator It hatched after two hours and the couple are debating what to name the … Read more
The world has left an awful lot behind – as these haunting images of decaying industry from all four corners of the globe reveal. They feature in new book Abandoned Industrial Places, by David Ross, which contains more than 200 photos of empty factories, laboratories, mills and mines. And while spooky, they are also irresistibly … Read more
No infinity pools, no tuxedoed cocktail bar staff, no palm-fringed golf courses. Klein Curacao, which lies 15 miles to the south-east of the Dutch outpost of Curacao, is a rogue island in a Caribbean paradise – uninhabited, barren, scarred with shipwrecks and graves, and blighted by a grisly history. In the 17th century it was … Read more