Eerie Abandoned Shopping Centre Left to Rot for 20 Years Leaves Urban Explorer Stunned - The Mirror

Eerie abandoned shopping centre left to rot for 20 years leaves urban explorer stunned - The Mirror

The Five Sisters Freeport Shopping Village in West Calder, Scotland, opened in 1996 but was forced to close just four years later after the opening of a nearby outlet mall

'I visited Scottish shopping centre abandoned 20 years ago and couldn't believe what I found'

Five Sisters Freeport Shopping Village in West Calder opened in 1996 with designer brands like Calvin Klein and Versace but closed in 2004 after nearby rival outlet caused footfall to decline

'I explored a shopping centre that's been empty for 20 years – it was insane'

With the rise of online shopping, the big retail developments of the 1990s have become extinct: one urban explorer found one of the biggest and saddest examples