{"id":50305,"date":"2023-02-04T23:27:08","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T22:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=50305"},"modified":"2024-02-04T00:54:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T23:54:38","slug":"a-british-fairytale-ruin-the-abandoned-shoe-house-on-the-isle-of-wight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/02\/04\/a-british-fairytale-ruin-the-abandoned-shoe-house-on-the-isle-of-wight\/","title":{"rendered":"A British fairytale ruin: the abandoned shoe house on the Isle of Wight"},"content":{"rendered":"

England is a place very rich in legends, and it is also rich in very picturesque abandoned places, like the one that concerns us today.<\/p>\n

Puzzlewood: the millenary forest that inspired J.R.R. Tolkien and J.K. Rowling<\/a><\/rel>
\nSailing underground through Standedge, the longest channel tunnel in the United Kingdom<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

In the south of England is the Isle of Wight<\/strong>, which covers an area of 390 square kilometers and has been a holiday destination for many Britons for many years. In the extreme south of the island is Undercliff<\/strong> (that is, Cliff, in English), a rural area that has a warmer climate than the rest of the island. In that place someone forgot a shoe.<\/strong> I know this shouldn't be news, since in many parts of the world someone loses a shoe every day, but not like this one: It's a huge shoe, with doors and windows, like something out of a fairy tale.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In 2020, in the photo from the 28DL website published the photos of this shoe house that you can see here.<\/a> The author of the photos claims to have heard different versions about the place: it could be a holiday camp for children built in the 1980s 1950's<\/strong>, or maybe an old resort. I have searched for information about the place but there is hardly anything. Whatever that place was, the only thing left of it is this enormous and enigmatic shoe<\/strong>, which apparently is not easy to reach.<\/p>\n

Four years ago, the YouTube channel Abandoned Isle of Wight<\/a>, which has interesting videos about ruins on and around that island, he posted a video showing the inside of that shoe house<\/strong>, noting that it is located at the bottom of some cliffs between Ventnor and St Catherine:<\/p>\n