An urban explorer has revealed the eerie inside of a “crumbling” abandoned shopping mall left to rot with moss-covered floors and a shattered roof.
Jamie Robinson was stunned by the state of the site after stepping inside the derelict complex.
The adventurer found collapsed roofs, smashed shop windows and rotting floors throughout the huge, empty space.
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The 25-year-old described the mall as “crumbling”, saying every inch of the floor was covered in glass and dirt – before sharing the footage on TikTok, where it’s racked up over 233,000 views.
“It was quite a different explore for us,” Jamie, from Belfast, Northern Ireland, told What’s The Jam.
“Usually they are quite creepy, scary and it’s a mystery but this one was the opposite.
“It was a bit of a personal experience – when I was a kid my mum used to make us go to that shopping centre every Easter for her to go shopping.
“So it was quite an interesting experience seeing this shopping centre in a completely different state that what I had seen as a child.”
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The abandoned Flagship Shopping Mall, in Bangor, Northern Ireland, opened in 2005 but closed in 2019.
Jamie, who explored the site with friends, said: “Since then, in the last six years, it has just been left to rot.
“The floors and the roof all coming down.
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“It was left abandoned and now it is just crumbling.
“You can literally hear when anyone is walking because of the amount of glass and the roof is coming down around everywhere.
“You’d think the retail space would be re-used or re-purposed, and not wasted like this.
“The main hall is so overgrown, green mould everywhere, it’s crazy.
“They used it for a bit for dogs after closing but since it has been abandoned.”
Jamie said the mall had once been used for training rescue dogs, which explains the wheels, pallets and pads scattered around the main hall.
In his video, he films himself walking through the centre – showing boarded-up shops, broken glass, green and black floors, the main atrium, and an old café area.
He captioned the post: “Abandoned Flagship Shopping Mall.”
The clip has since gained more than 2,000 likes and 100 comments.
Borsch said: “I will never understand how a beautiful coastal town like Bangor has fallen into the state it has.”
Oren joked: “Looked the same when it was open.”
Lindzi said: “This really breaks my heart. So so many memories of this place from childhood right through to working in Street Life.”
Amanda added: “Why did Bangor need to be like this, my hometown is ruined. Hoping it picks up, could be a very beautiful place.”
Adam said: “Such a waste.”
Evelyn added: “So sad.”
Rory said: “Complete waste, some amount of memories in there.”
Jennifer added: “Shocking, what an absolute waste.”
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