URBEX ABANDONED VILLAGE HALLSANDS DEVON
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- čas přidán 24. 02. 2017
- Join CollidingPlanets Exploring around this abandoned village thats been decaying for over a century. The village was washed into the sea 100 years ago and only one house was left standing and the lady owner Mrs Elizabeth Prettejohn refused to be moved and she lived there for a further 40 years.
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I imagine the old lady sitting in a rocking chair with a shotgun on her lap. Meddlesome government employees would come round, trying to convince her to move to some dreary state retirement facility. She would sit there gently stroking the shotgun and smiling at them say, "It's tea time dearies and you're not invited, now run along (gesturing at them with the weapon), come on, out you go, skedaddle, make like the wind . . . .
Lmao...that deserves to be pinned, thank you.
NightOfTheWorldlings Unlikely scenario. You get shotguns on farms in Devon but generally not in fishing villages.
Its an interesting place. There used to be a couple of houses lived in at least in the summer there untill fairly recent years. There are or were some coastguards cottages on the cliffs a bit further along, Im not sure how many are left now. In the 1980s a friend bought one for a couple of thousand pounds as a sort of summer place but he was told that, if a storm started to get up, he had to get out immediately, even if it was in the middle of the night, as the whole place could go over the edge any time particularly in rough weather.
There was a hotel too, in the other part of Hallsands but I believe thats all gone now. We used to go there & sit outside with a plate of chips. The space where you could sit & eat was right on the edge even then. Theres still the remains of a wrecked ship on the beach there or was the last time I was there.
@@sarahstrong7174 There was the Trout Hotel - did you eat those chips from there and was the wrecked ship on the beach then as well (year please)?
@@greatbritishentertainmentl5636There were South & North Hallsands. The Trout Hotel which is not shown clearly in the video, but I think you just catch a glimpse of it in the distance in one of the photographs, used to serve cream teas at one stage but was then turned into holiday flats, though I think they continued to serve teas from the ground floor for some time. It was the other hotel in the other part of Hallsands, called Hallsands Hotel that you see clearly in one of the photographs that served the chips. I used to go there with friends but the concrete area next to the hotel, where we ate the chips, fell into the sea (you can see the ramp, that lead up to the concrete area, to the left of the hotel in the photograph). That was the part of Hallsands that had the ship on the beach. It was in the mid to late 1980s that we used to get the chips & then I went there a few times with different friends in the early 90s. I think that was when the ship was beached there. The Hallsands Hotel, shown in the photographs towards the end of the video, that served the chips & had weekends with a psychic medium called Dilys, was still there but the hotel was no longer open to the public, though some divers still used to stay there. There was sometimes a van that sold chips parked in the small car park. The first time I went to Hallsands, about 1979 there were still a few more houses at least partially standing than shown in the video. The house with the blue shutters was still in use at that time.
I was born in South Hallsands 66 years ago. My grandfather's building company built Trouts Hotel. You can still see a block on the side right elevation inscribed with 'Blake Brothers 'and the date which escapes me now. We used to call Miss Elizabeth Prettyjohn 'Lisbeth Anne'.. I used to visit her most days and she would take me to feed her flock of hens. Even as a very small boy I would walk to North Hallsands, along a road which has long since gone, to wait for the fishing boats to come in. Sometimes the fishermen would collect me and take me around Start Bay to check their pots. I could go on but thanks for the video as it brought back so many fond memories.
Sounds totally Wonderful
Thankyou, greatly enjoyed your contribution. God Bless! XXX
It really pisses me off when people of influence are able to ruin honest hard working people's lives like this, with no redress. It's just plain wrong. Thanks for a great upload.
The licence to dredge shingle from the Skerries Bank was revoked in 1902, when it became obvious that the beach at Hallsands was melting away, but by then the damage had already been done.
I walked down there in the 90s the top house was being lived in....there wasn't a viewing platform there then....I walked all the way to the other end...stood on the remains of the village pub....think it was called the London Inn...if I recall right...stunning views
Thank you for the beautiful shots of this curious place. Glad I did not have to climb back up myself!
I revisited Hallsands in 2021 and thought I would inform you that the little stone shed building you looked inside as you descended into the village, had vanished leaving a large hole. All washed into the sea. Glad it didn't do it when you were inside ;-)
Thank you so much for taking us along on a quick look at the old Hallsands ruined village. It was a little scary! I could hear you breathing loudly, while you walked and I hope you're okay! That must have been a tough life for those fisherman and their families to live in the shadow of that cliff overlooking a very volatile ocean. Those poor old women in the photos looked cantankerous. I am sure they had a very rough life. I wonder how may people lost their lives there due to drowning while out to sea fishing or died falling into the ocean from the cliff? It looks like someone still occasionally lives there! Maybe people go there for a vacation because I can see someone has boats, canoes, hoses and other things. There is not much land there at all. You are really limited for gardening, playing or anything! Anyone reading this, be very careful and very aware of the ocean if you do go to walk on the beach. Because there is not much shoreline anymore, you will have to be very aware of king waves It looks like they lost the entire beach. The ocean rose up and destroyed the former beach area as well as the houses that were along the beach. I imagine some people lost their lives when this village fell into the sea. I wish they had photographed more of the children that lived there, I could see some of the little girls in the background when they were photographing the men and the old women. They did a good job with all the concrete. That must have been really muddy and slippery before the concrete! I guess when the navy dredged the harbor and lowered the sea level, the sea rose up and battered the cliffs and the lower parts of the village and it weakened the whole area. Those two remaining houses might be able to make it. It needs to be maintained. I did see fresh black high gloss paint on one of those back doors! They need to keep up with replacing boards, painting, fixing the broken door, patching the broken concrete. It's all about maintaining what is there! That old hotel looks haunted! It was a fun little trip. Thanks again!
Nobody died or was seriously injured during the night of 26th January, 1917, when the fishing village of Hallsands was swallowed up by the sea. The prevailing wind direction is from the south-west so Hallsands was relatively sheltered by the high cliffs from everything except rare easterly gales. The British Royal Navy needed to extend its base at Devonport (Plymouth) during the 1890's to cater for larger battleships, so millions of tons of shingle was dredged from the Skerries Bank in order to make concrete. The rest, as they say, is history.
Went there as a kid in the 70's and 80's and went back in the 90's. Love the whole area and plan to go back this year. Thanks for the video.
This is so magical - I am sitting here all melancholy thinking about what life was like there 150 years ago, and now nothing. Such history - thanks for going down there and sharing!!
Yes its hard to believe there was a village along there where people got on with every day life. There was once a pub there too. Thanks for watching.
Enjoy today.
Great video, wanted to go there this year, but went to bigbury bay.
As a diver, I did my first dives at hallsands.
I've had a few pints in the hallsands hotel, but alas what a sad site it is now.
I'll try to reach it next year and do a little up date film, happy memories of all the diving, beer, and BBQ at the hotel.
Remember, we all live on fragile earth.
That's a fantastic place . would make a great little inn and pub assuming no big storms come along . 😱
Thank you for adding the old photos at the end. Great video.
Really interesting, thanks for taking us for a sneaky look, I don't think we'd have been able to resist going down for a closer look either! 😁👍
What was brilliant that back in 1980s there was still plenty of access to the ruins and you can see how the lack of shingle has made the whole of start bay lose their beaches
Apparently, the ladies house was bought and used as a holiday hone, you could pay to stay in until 2012, when there was a landslide which damaged the road. Then it was decided it was too unsafe to stay there anymore.
Wrong
That was really beautiful.
Great video it looks like they only just left the village
Have you been to the lost villages on Salisbury Plain.?.
No whats it like.
Well done, Wayne!
So poignant-a community existed there, a way of life, and it just...faded away. Thank heavens there are at least some photographs to document the people and streets, the everyday life, and then someone like you to document the village's disappearance. You did a heck of a job-very professional!
Thanks for posting this-there are many of us in the States (I'm in Northern Virginia, a half hour from Washington, D.C.) who will probably never get a chance to see firsthand the places you explore and so these videos are greatly appreciated and enjoyed.
Thank you for your kind words. Its nice to think that someone 5000 miles away gets a chance to view this. I love America, would love to go there one day and explore. Yes Hallsands looked like it was a great community, its a shame now mother nature has washed it away. Thank you for watching.
Excellent video presentation with brave close-up shots of the boarded-up houses in the ghostly village remains. My heart was in my mouth as we wandered into that dangerous cliff side "shed" - its probably collapsed now! Love the story about Mrs Elizabeth Prettyjohn though and the unique new & old photographs. Well done indeed!.
Thank you.
Did you notice the bench still hanging on when looked through the shed with the anazing sea view? There used to be a concrete platform there.
What you are calling a shed was a lived in house; it is shown clearly in the older photographs. Hence the stairs and bannisters.
Hello, new subscriber here, and I'm from the US. I can't begin to tell you how much I love and appreciate your videos. It's truly like stepping into a time machine of some sort, and being wisked away to some beautiful place far, far away. I find myself getting so deepy immersed that it feels like I'm actually there walking through these places with you. I saw where someone else had said something about how they would never be able to see these beautiful places if it wasn't through your videos, and I agree with them 100 percent! So for that, i thank you Sir from the bottom of my ❤! For what I wouldn't give to be able to travel and visit just a fraction of these places. Don't take me wrong, I also live in what some people would consider one of the most beautiful places in the world, and I don't take it for granted! I try to get out and enjoy it as much as i can. I live in Tennessee, Strawberry Plains, right at the base of a huge Mountain, The Great Smokey Mtn. National Park. People come from all over the world to visit, maybe one day I can share some of my beautiful home with you. Xoxo
Where you live sounds absolutely beautiful and amazing. Always wanted to visit the States. Perhaps I will one day. Yeah this place that i filmed is slowly being lost to the sea. Its crazy how a whole community used to live there. Thanks for subscribing.
This was the view they had every morning. Whether calm and in summer, or winter and seeing the wild sea horses. Breathtaking.
It must have been a stunning place to live at one time. Shame they all had to move, except one stubborn resident who decided not to...good on her.
Thanks for the closeups! Awesome 👌
I stayed in the Hallsands hotel once some years ago. At that time a huge gap had opened up in the back yard of the place that led to the outside toilets.
I've been waiting for this 👌🏻💯 great vid Wayne, I want to go back there someday and actually go down to the buildings next time
Like because I didn't go past the signs last time
Thanks Sam. There was no way i was going all the way down there and not go past the signs...lol. I was going to go further but the water was a bit choppy.
cool, interesting that the sea will claim what she desires.
Only because millions of tons of shingle were dredged from the Skerries Bank, which protected Hallsands Beach from the onslaught of easterly gales, during the 1890's to make concrete for the expanding Royal Navy base at Plymouth!
What a wonderful village. ❤️❤️❤️
I have an old fishing book where the author tells of staying at Hall Sands fit the rod fishing. He describes being picked up by rowing boat with his father, and tells of the villagers and the local pub.
That’s lovely thank you.
Love to see these lost places though not good for former residents. Cheers Rob
Very interesting story and a very nice explore loved watching it.
Thank you Rolf :)
Great explore 👍
Very nice, respectful presentation. Another lovely community broken. Very sad. Thankyou. XXX
0:45 That view looks beyond beautiful!!!
Thank you :)
*Wow what a awsome find!!....Shame the village had to crumble into the sea. would love to of seen inside that house. great explore. New supporter here!!* 😊👍
Yes, there is a lot of history washed into the sea there. Thanks for watching.
Really enjoyed that video.....amazing to see how much beach there was in one of the final old b/w photo's....do you know when the village was originally built/settled?
There was a chapel at Hallsands in the year 1506. The fishing village developed over the course of the next century.
Great video man!! Glad you walked down to check the place out! Very interesting!!
Thank you Kappy. I couldn't help myself i had to go down there lol.
CollidingPlanets Exploring I don't blame you!! But that one little shack at the end was terrifying when you looked over the edge! That's a long way down haha!!😂
Yeh it was terrifying going in there not knowing if anything was supporting my feet..i was very tempted to go up the stairs in there...but had second thoughts...lol.
when u went down the hill did the 1st house have an alarm and camera on it? then one house seemed to have a moden outside socket?
Yeh well spotted..i was wondering that as well..perhaps the local people still use it for tourism purposes...not really sure though seeing as its supposed to be a dangerous place to be. Before i jumped over the gate it said on the gate that it had police sensors in the building so if i tried to get in them it would trigger off in the station.
Stunning video and archive photos!
Thank you for sharing this bit of history. May I ask what music you used at the end?
Sorry i can't remember. 👍
Brilliant video, always been fascinated by this historic village.
It must have once been a beautiful place.
@@collidingplanetsexploring6630 You would not want to be there at high water in a SE gale.
Really enjoyed this video. Amazing story. Thank you.
Thank you glad you enjoyed it.
Incredible vid absolutely brilliant
Hi - There is another 'ghost' village in Dorset called Tyneham, have you been there?
yes , near lulworth , the army kicked them all out , saying they could come back after the war , but changed their minds , as usual ! its a popular ruined village , with car park .
....and also Dunwich (Suffolk)
Lovely place Wayne! I wonder how long it will be until all falls into the sea.
The way the place is deteriorating and the way the road is collapsing above i think its a matter of time and bad weather. Its not a place i think i would stay the night lol. Thank you Matt.
Absolutely brilliant keep up the great work boys first place I'm going to when l get my time machine fixed any takers??????
20/03/2121 Thank you for the vlog. It is interesting that Hallsands has been abandoned because, I am sure that modern engineering and architecture could rebuilt it and keep it safe. The last picture of how much sand and shingle was taken reveals how much that bloke ripped them off; typical of the elite! Greeting from the land of Oz.
Thank you.
Give me that shed anyday..... Great Vid ..... Keep it up mate.
Thats what you call a shed with a view...lol.
great video enjoyed it beautiful views well done
Thank you x
Wow what a cool place, shame for the people who used to live here. Cool video really enjoyed it 👍🏽🙂
Thanks mate.
Really strong exploration... lonely and beautiful...thanks
There was much more to see at Hallsands when I visited the area during the Summer of 1988, but bits keep on falling into the sea!
Brilliant photography. Inspiration to do some water colour painting
nice mate ... so sad in a way too
I visited here last year 2021 lovely area x
Great video!
Thank you :)
Amazing place, well done.
Excellent.
Amazing x
Wonderfull footage !
Thank you.
thanks for sharing never herd of that place before ;)
Yes its a lovely place...worth a visit.
looks nice but a bit to far we are in Toronto ;)
lol Very nice :)
Not abandoned, that's our house😂
The shed and path have all gone now
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Beautiful music - please tell me what is the name of the tune?
So sorry i really can't remember. But thank you.
That site is a house-developers dream location.
not really its all collapsing into the sea thst ramp he walked down with thst stone house on the left...thats gone now too just those teo houses on thenright remain but no access down except to scale down the cliff
Until the next easterly gale comes along .....
wow.i willhave to go there,looks a great place to visit for pictures
Yes its a nice place. Thank you thanks for watching
Awe I loves it ! daddio xx
Thank you Charlea x
Such a shame look at the view would have made a wonderful holiday home 🏡
I really suggest you learn how to pick locks, there are a few methods. One way literally takes 2 minutes to learn and within @10 you can pick cheaper locks. I would really liked to look in those buildings. Thanks for filming what's left before it's washed away
Lol...i do know how to pick a few but these were alarmed from the inside, thanks for watching.
Kinda illegal what youre suggesting
I bet it was a lovely village .
this place is amazing perfect house for me to live too bad you cant get in but on the other hand it will stop vandals getting in . but doesnt matter i will just live in that shed hahah
Lol...the lady in the video lived there for 40 years after the rest fell into the sea. You never know it could last another 40 years. Yes Arnoud i think the shed would be safer...lol.
Shall I assume Devon is somewhere in Europe⁉️
Guess I have to research what the video should have told us.
It's on the South-West peninsular of England. :)
The path down and the 'shed' are gone now, FYI.
I have just done an updated video on hallsands. Please note the “shed” that you looked into that dropped straight into the sea has now completely gone.
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Omg..I can't believe that.
Yes not much left of it now. Just the 2 houses. Can’t even walk down there any more
You were lucky that road collapsed not long after, could have gone when you were walking it.
Eery
Don't bother making videos if you don't regulate your volume high enough, we shouldn't be expected to place our devices on our ears (heads) it's not advisable health risk ~ your voice volume should be as loud 🔊 as your music 🎶‼️
What a fabulous place 😍 I love your ignoring the signs "It didn't say Trespassers will be prosecuted only Danger!" 😂😂 Trespassers might be flattened would be a better sign 😂😂
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Another cheeky oaf cant do as he's told and KEEP OUT. He says there's no way in to the buildings, wee house breaker.
Pity one of the owners didn't give him a hard lesson in respecting property.
Be ironic if when he got home his own house had been "explored ".
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you are on private property and the two houses are owned by people who use it what right do you have to try and get in ?????????
A site the british clearyded the English from , like the british do
I have no idea what you mean.