Research shows that nearly £800m of unlocked property potential sits inside the abandoned Camelot theme park site.
Set over 140 acres, research suggests the area that was once Camelot could hold 6,294 properties with an average price of £126,000.
This equates to £793,016,000 of potential property value if a scheme could be arranged.
However, the building of well over 6,000 properties is a huge scale production, unlikely ever to get approval – but there clearly a lot of potential for the area that just sits abandoned.
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The research by togethermoney.com into derelict properties includes the Chorley based Camelot theme park in a list of similar abandoned properties all over the world, including Germany, China, Japan and even Namibia.
The research states: “Inspired by the legend of Camelot, the UK theme park located three miles from Chorley opened its doors in 1983 and operated until November 2012 when due to declining visitor numbers the park closed for good.
“Whilst certain rollercoasters were sold to theme parks around Europe, many of the rides remain abandoned seven years later. ‘Urban explorers’, whilst warned off the site, are regularly found walking the tracks of the decaying rollercoasters, avoiding the 24/7 security that roam the perimeter.
“Several planning applications for housing estates have been submitted and subsequently rejected by Chorley Council, the most recent in March 2018.”
Camelot has been abandoned for years now, collecting dust and looking seriously creepy.
You can explore the park in these haunting photos: