I really fancied this place a lot, so when up there visiting the girlfriend we made a little trip to it. It's actually quite beautiful and considering were it's sitting it's reasonably untouched. In all the places I have been this area had to be the most of unsettling I have ever encountered. You just feel you have to keep your wits about you at all times. When you enter the estate, slap bang in the middle is one massive CCTV camera. You are surrounded by a whole range of abandoned flats, church and shops. The Clune Park estate was built to provide housing for workers that were working in the thriving shipyards around the area in the 1920's. The estate has declined over the years, and now just a handful of people live there. The council want to demolish the area, but are having issues with private landlords. The school opened in 1887 and served the local children till it's closure in 2008. The school is listed now along with the church. We did not bother with the flats or church, it was the school I mainly wanted to see. And I did not fancy walking in on someone living there by mistake.
The upstairs is prob one of the nicest areas I have seen with natural decay and greenery growing in. The staircase going through the levels is quite stunning.
The upstairs is prob one of the nicest areas I have seen with natural decay and greenery growing in. The staircase going through the levels is quite stunning.
