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An eerie theme park lies abandoned, after being a popular resort with local families for nearly 30 years.

An urban explorer going by the name of Noodle posted pictures online after visiting the site that was formerly home to Camelot, a theme park in Chorley.

It closed down in 2012 after being open for nearly 30 years, reports the Liverpool Echo.

(Image: Noodle / Flickr)

Owners Knights Leisure blamed low visitor numbers on bad weather and events such as the 2012 Olympics and The Queen’s Jubilee - and took the decision to close down, with over 150 staff losing their jobs.

Some years later, an urban explorer has visited the park and documented it with a series of creepy looking pictures.

(Image: Noodle / Flickr)

In the photographs, there are the remains of the medieval themed attraction such as mannequins littering the floor and abandoned ride carts lined up.

‘Noodle’, the explorer who posted the photos online, says the park felt like everyone else had become extinct.

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They said: “I got into urban exploration through a natural curiosity and drive to explore the unknown.

"I often found myself contemplating how much of the urban environment I lived was off limits and unseen by most of society, and found a surreal beauty in decay.

(Image: Noodle / Flickr)

“It was exhilarating to feel like I was on another planet, one where humanity was extinct and time stood still.

"A time capsule where nature had taken over and remnants of the past still stood gathering dust while life forgot.

“Eventually I met like-minded people who I shared and discovered these forgotten areas of the world with and it snowballed from there.”