Tourists rush to visit abandoned UK village that only opens to public once a year
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Tourists rush to visit abandoned UK village that only opens to public once a year
Staycationers are about to return to one of Britain's rare abandoned villages in open top red buses. You may never have heard that the UK has some small villages that are completely bereft of their residents, but it does.
In fact, the areas were once filled with Brits going about living their everyday lives. But, that all changed in the 1940s during wartime.
Imber in Wiltshire was emptied during the Second World War in 1943 and used to train Allied forces in preparation for D-Day. After the end of the war, the former locals were denied permission to return to the village on Salisbury Plain – and the British Army still train there to this day.
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Usually, that means that not only does nobody live in the village, but also that Brits can't just casually stroll up to them on a sunny weekend. You can't make your way to the village by car or on foot for most of the year.
But, once a year curious visitors are permitted to return – on an annual 'Imber Bus'. This year's bus will return on August 19 for one day, giving fascinated passengers and relatives of former residents the chance to explore the old, abandoned village.
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Imber isn't the only abandoned tourist attraction in the UK that was created during wartime. Gruinard Island sits 1km off the coast of Scotland near Laide and Ullapool and is totally uninhabited to this day. It’s visible from the mainland on a clear day, but holds a terrible past dating to World War II.
British military scientists began to test them on the island in 1942. This included the use of anthrax – a deadly bacterial infection which, when breathed in, eaten or absorbed through broken skin causes a range of devastating medical effects including huge sores.
The island was contaminated for a further 48 years before being declared safe and now some Brits can be taken on a short-lived tour. You can find out more about the dark history of the island on the tours.
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