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I took some photos a while back on an adventure to Aldershot because I enjoy seeing dead malls and places that are going abandoned.

This is the shopping center. Unfortunately it was blocked off but through the gate I got a really great photo of the eerie liminal space beyond!

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[โ€“] TeaHands 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This whole thing is just abandoned? What? Why? That's insane.

[โ€“] LillianVS 3 points 2 years ago

it's strange, baring in mind this was a few years ago but at the time I visited they had 1 side closed off to the public. Effectively the dead side with no shops or anything and only one small portion of it left that seemed to be very active.

I have deep facination for places on the cusp of abandonment. Another one I visited was the Swindon Tented Market. From my childhood I remember it being an incredible place but when it closed it was just empty. With nothing in it.

It's a shame, places have a lot of potential to be community spaces but they opt to just let it die...