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Douglas Dickie & Keiran Fleming

Ghost town near Glasgow dubbed 'Scotland's Chernobyl' to be demolished

An abandoned housing estate near Glasgow, which has been dubbed 'Scotland's Chernobyl', is set to be bulldozed after a long dispute between private landlords and and Inverclyde Council, with the local authority confirming officers had been instructed to prepare for compulsory purchase.

Clune Park was once a thriving housing scheme in Port Glasgow filled with a community of shipyard workers in the 1920s, however, it now lies in ruin.

It is believed that Less than 10 per cent of residents currently live in the 430-flat estate after it was abandoned, reports the Scottish Daily Express.

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