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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Hannah Rees & Thomas Molloy

Inside former Premier League ace Jermaine Pennant's abandoned Cheshire mansion

Spooky photographs showing the fire-ravaged mansion of former Wigan Athletic and Liverpool star Jermaine Pennant have been shared by an urban explorer.

The £1 million home in Widnes, Cheshire, has lay abandoned since 2020 and in November of this year, firefighters were called to a second blaze in the space of a month at the building. Daniel Sims - known as Bearded Reality on social media - recently shared footage of the mansion on YouTube after reading about the property online, Liverpool Echo reports.

He visited the abandoned home with a friend four days after the most recent fire, on November 5, and commented that it was "pretty lovely, even though it has been set on fire." He added: "One of the great things is that there was a pool at the back, and you have low flying planes.

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