Tower block at Scots 'Chernobyl' estate pulled down as demolition continues
Tower blocks at an abandoned Scots housing estate dubbed "Britain's Chernobyl" are being pulled down as the major demolition continues.
The first of several high-rises at Clune Park in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, has been reduced to rubble along with a number of other buildings, all of which have been lying empty since 1997.
Demolition work began last month, and has since seen the area's school, church and community centre pulled down.
A total of 430 flats across 45 blocks will be demolished. The first phase will see 138 properties across 15 blocks at the corner of Robert Street and Wallace Street torn down.
Inverclyde Council now owns 80 per cent of Clune Park after years of legal wrangling with landlords.
It is hoped the demolition work on the Montgomerie Street site will make way for up to 165 new homes.
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The estate, built in 1905, is made up of 430 flats in rotting tenement buildings as well as a rundown church - all covered in graffiti and litter.
It was abandoned in 1997 and is now a ghost town. Pictures show the site resembling something from a post-apocalyptic film, with a number of urban explorers also attracted in recent years.
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