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Ghost Village: Mystery Abandoned Welsh Hamlet Found
5 Feb
Summary
- An abandoned hamlet in Wales sits eerily silent with 294 houses.
- The village was planned for 10,000 people, but work mysteriously stopped.
- Theories about the abandonment range from contamination to lack of funding.
An abandoned hamlet in Llandarcy, Neath Port Talbot, Wales, discovered by drone footage, presents an eerie, post-apocalyptic scene. The village, intended to become a thriving community of 10,000 people, now features 294 decaying houses, with weeds overtaking the landscape. Roads were never connected, and the site remains mysteriously deserted.
Originally planned as a new community around a former BP oil refinery, the project saw inspiration from Poundbury in Dorset. Prince Charles visited in 2013 after the first phase was completed, yet work halted more than a decade ago, leaving the hamlet unfinished.
The reasons for the abandonment remain unclear, with the site owner and local authority offering no definitive explanation. Online theories suggest issues like oil contamination, unstable ground, or a lack of financial backing for the ambitious project.
Despite remediation work undertaken since 2008 by STM Brighton Group, a subsidiary of Revantage, and a 2021 planning application for 1,800 homes, no progress has been made on development. Both Revantage and Neath Port Talbot council declined to comment, deepening the mystery surrounding the unfinished village.
