Inside the once-booming seaside town that's so deserted homes go on the market for £5,000

A once-booming seaside resort in the north of England has become a 'ghost town', so much so that streets of homes are boarded up, while some houses are being flogged for just a few thousand pounds.

Horden, in County Durham, has felt the sting as its thriving coal mining industry declined. It was once home to Horden Colliery, which broke records for its productivity in years gone by and employed thousands of people from the area.

The town’s proud and long-time mining history gained fame across Europe, after tireless workers set a record for the most coal mined in a single day, extracting 6,758 tonnes on May 9, 1930, reports the Mirror. The Horden Colliery was shut in February 1987, as the coal mining industry in the UK was killed.

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Now, there are streets of boarded-up homes for sale for as little as £5,000, as more and more locals have left the area. The last remaining residents have stated there are no more places for people to go in the area to socialise, and a drug problem is rife in the town.

The Daily Star reported that Horden has completely transformed since the late 1980s, with YouTuber David Burnip, who goes by the screen name Wandering Turnip, recently visiting the town to document its change firsthand. One local who spoke with the Burnip said the town has "gone down the banks since the collieries finished".

He said: "You had all the working men's clubs, and all the public houses. There is practically none left here now." The man went on to claim that drugs have "taken hold" in the area, and the problem doesn't affect just younger people, but also some residents in their 40s and 50s.

The YouTuber also visited some of the currently vacant