An abandoned 'zombie movie' set, once used in a BBC TV show, is hidden away on the outskirts of the city.
Lurking in a copse near Yarwood Heath, near Altrincham, the production set has been left to rot since the production In the Flesh was cancelled due to budget restraints in 2015.
Through the twisted forms of bare trees and dead leaves are coffins, skeletons, abandoned "planes", and half-submerged "refugee camps", littered with oil drums and camouflage blankets.
If you dare to shuffle a little further through the woods you will find a whole graveyard surrounding a swamp, with a rusted old boat left on the shores and open coffins scattered across the forest floor.
A ragged "plane" and a "crocodile" are also part of the set, as well as a camp complete with shelters, outhouses and assorted buildings.
One of the MDF buildings is covered in a zombie mural, painted with grotesque tributes to our undead friends.
Perhaps the most striking and interesting feature is the remains of a crumbling church wall with an altar and stained glass windows covered in yellow police tape.
The ruins give the impression of a mass uprising by the undead who have literally torn apart the church and graveyard, leaving behind scattered debris, broken tombstones, and corpses in their wake.
Most of the props, including the graves, the aeroplane, the coffins, and the crocodile, were all made of painted polystyrene, plastic, and MDF.
This isn't the terrible remnants of a past conflict but the abandoned TV set of the BBC show In the Flesh, the UK's attempt at a zombie show to rival the Walking Dead.
Although In the Flesh, which first aired on BBC Three in 2013, didn't reach the fame of the Walking Dead, it did receive more than 600,000 viewers.
Featuring Ricky Tomlinson and Kenneth Cranham, the show was set in the aftermath of a zombie uprising in the UK.
The story charts how following the uprising, many of those infected have been cured and returned to society to live amongst humans once again.
The drama series focused on one of those recently cured zombies - now known as sufferers of Partially Deceased Syndrome (PDS) - Kieren Walker as he returns to his family living in the fictional village of Roarton, Lancashire.
Filmed mostly in Manchester, as well as Glossop and West Yorkshire, the show lasted for two seasons totalling nine episodes, and received a generally positive overall response.
The images of the disused set were captured by an urban explorer who wishes to remain anonymous.
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