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Wales

Abandoned places · United Kingdom

Places mapped

2,943

Share of the country

11.4%

Most common kind

subterranean · 1,377

In detail

1,018 ruins, 699 mines, 678 quarries, 165 derelict buildings

What is mapped here

• industrial14factories, mills, power stations and works
• subterranean1,377mines and quarries
• military78bunkers, batteries, barracks and airbases
• settlement1ghost towns, abandoned farms and camps
• institution112hospitals, asylums, schools and prisons
• transport149closed stations, airfields, wrecks and dams
• heritage1,212ruins, castles, churches and towers

By town

• Aberystwyth534
• Flint186
• Colwyn Bay102
• Prestatyn96
• Brymbo93
• Ebbw Vale54
• Rhosllannerchrugog49
• Buckley48
• Carmarthen45
• Barry42
• Ammanford37
• Rhyl34
• Llandudno33
• Llanelli30
• Pontypool28
• Swansea24
• Newport19
• Maesteg19
• Merthyr Tydfil18
• Gorseinon18
• Neath17
• Aberdare17
• Cardiff16
• Briton Ferry16
• Pontypridd14
• Gelligaer13
• Bridgend11
• Wrexham10
• Risca10
• Penarth10

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