Abandoned Wild West Theme Park - Cornwall

WARNING - Dan had my camera for some of this trip. Some of Dan's previous work:


On Sunday I got up at 6:30 to start the 2 hour drive down into the depths of Cornwall.

This is the second site of five we visited that day.
This was tricky to find. I knew the general location.
Luckily while I was driving along a road that ran on the top of a valley, I saw a barn in the distance which looked vary American and headed towards it.

Arriving here, we saw 2 buildings and thought the rest will have been knocked down. I was absolutely gutted because the place looked pretty damn cool:



American style deck:



American style me (Nathan laughing at the grass and my Texas accent):





Everyone seems to be crazy about HDRs:


Inside the barn:







Nathan dancing with a mannequin...



I realised at this point that we hadn't found the barn yet. We saw a bridge and decided to head in that direction.




Carriage!




I checked on my phone and saw a load of buildings in the woods so we headed in that direction. I noticed these troughs and recognised that they were the things kids 'hunt for gold' in.
We carried on a bit further and this is the sight that greeted us. By far the most excited I've been in a while. Made me feel remarkably alone.

























We saw an upstairs room with no stairs inside the building. I Climbed onto this and half-way across there was a massive crack sound. The beams looked pretty solid from below. I promptly returned to the floor.
Turns out the stairs were at the back of the building...




There was a vault with a locked door. Some people had clearly tried to get in before unsuccessfully. The walls were smashed away at.



There was however, a massive hole in the roof to the bathroom above where someone had got in.




The safe was locked. There was a few pictures inside but not much else.







No.



Not ALL of my boots.



I don't even know...







GIVE THAT MAN AN OSCAR
https://flic.kr/p/nTo7B6

'T' for Tom!


My shots:


Everyone seems to be crazy about HDRs:



My favorite shot:



And finally, because every abandoned place has Christmas decorations:

Excellent. That arcade machine is a great find. Am I right in thinking that first piano is an empty shell prop?

Still looks good after it was heavily vandalised got some good shots here

Thanks for sharing.

Lol, looks like you had a fun day out! Great weather for it too!
Brilliant stuff, thank for sharing!

Excellent report I visit Cornwall quite often and drove past this once when it was open.

Doing a bit of Googling revealed that the site is to be redeveloped starting in September here is alink to what is planned for the future.

http://www.cornishguardian.co.uk/Wild-Western-ghost-town-coming/story-20604792-detail/story.html

John

Really interesting good job.

Brilliant report. Nice pictures, thankyou for sharing

Thanks for sharing! Great photos. I'm hoping to pay a visit there when I go to Cornwall in a few weeks

That's really cool ... What a buzz to come across the extra buildings and stuff...nice work that my friend.

Bloody Hell, this place has gone downhill in last year or so, such a shame that folk can’t just enjoy a good mooch and leave without vandalising and spoiling it, there is/was a stairway from the saloon to the whorehouse upstairs it wasn’t too safe when we visited.
Nice Pics I enjoyed looking, Many Thanks.

Great work. Thanks for posting. There are some great little extra's, I particularly liked the coffin photo. You guys really do investigate every site you visit. Top work.

YEEEEEEEHHHAAAAAA!!!!! another funny day for u guys.....ur last 2 posts u seem to find "dead peoples stuff"......coffins and body bags, u gona find a proper stiff next

Love the piano shot

Good to see Spirit is still standing, well most of it! Good report there man.