Houses in a seaside town which has become deserted are up for sale for as little as £5,000.
Horden, in County Durham, was once a buzzing place where thousands of people worked but it has become a 'ghost town' since the decline of the coal industry, the Mirror reports.
Once home to Horden Colliery, the town gained fame across Europe, after tireless workers set a record for the most coal mined in a single day, extracting 6,758 tonnes on May 9, 1930.
But it was shut in February 1987, as the coal mining industry in the UK was killed. Now, there are streets of boarded-up homes are flogged for as little as £5,000, as more and more locals have left the area.
The few residents have stated there are no more places for people to go in the area to socialise, and a drug problem is rife in the town.
YouTuber David Burnip, who goes by the screen name Wandering Turnip, recently visited the town. One local who spoke with the Burnip said the town has "gone down the banks since the collieries finished".
He said: "You had all the working men's clubs, and all the public houses. There is practically none left here now."
The man went on to claim drugs have "taken hold" in the area and the problem doesn't affect just younger people, but also some residents in their 40s and 50s.
The YouTuber also visited some of the currently vacant properties available in the town with the cost shocking to viewers. Four properties were listed on RightMove in late May this year, up for auction with a starting price of £5,000.
Among the recently sold properties in Horden, one in Tees Street went for £30,250 - despite it being bought for almost double the price in 2006.
Another in Seventh Street was sold in February for £22,750, while four years ago it was sold for £36,000.
Not all the homes that recently hit the market, however, went for such a low price.
One in Rosedale Terrace was being sold for almost £98,000 in February - while it was previously bought in 1996 for £23,500, RightMove showed.
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