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Abandoned 'Chernobyl-on-Sea' still left derelict after 12 years in the UK

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The site of the old gasworks at Hollicombe has been derelict for decades. Despite planning permission being granted for nearly 200 homes on the site as long ago as 2012, it has not been touched. The large area, three acres in the valley between Tarraway Road and Mead Road, is now overgrown and strewn with battered fence panels and other debris.

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Daily Star

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UK's abandoned 'Chernobyl-on-Sea' eyesore likened to nuclear fallout zone

Located just a short distance away from Devon's best beaches, the old gasworks in Hollicombe has been left to decay for the past 12 years, with ugly hoardings surrounding the building site

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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Abandoned 'Chernobyl-on-Sea' still left derelict after 12 years in the UK

The old gasworks in Hollicombe is a stone's throw away from some of Devon's best beaches but it has been left to decay despite the area being cleared of toxic chemicals

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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