Eerie Scots shopping centre still lying abandoned nearly 20 years after closing

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An abandoned Scots shopping centre still lies derelict nearly 20 years after it closed for good. The Five Sisters Freeport Shopping Village, between Glasgow and Edinburgh, is boarded up and overgrown with weeds.The resemblance to a post-apocalyptic ghost town meant it was used as the location for the filming of 2015 reality game show I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse.The eight-episode BBC3 show saw contestants trying to survive in the abandoned shopping centre, which was overrun by the undead, for seven days.But when the retail park opened in 1996, it was a hotspot for designer clothes.

There were over 40 stores at the shopping village, which was just off the M8 motorway. Within travel distance for most people in central Scotland, it was open seven days a week, from 10am, with shops selling items by Versace, Levi's, Rockport, DKNY and Calvin Klein, The Mirror reports.

As well as a soft play and go-karts, there was also a Leisureland facility, restaurants and cafes. More than a million visitors were recorded in the first year, and bosses at Freeport Leisure decided to extend the premises.Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today.You'll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland.All you have to do is click here if you're on mobile, select 'Join Community' and you're in!If you're on a desktop, simply scan the QR code above with your phone and click 'Join Community'.They submitted a planning application to West Lothian Council, wanting to add a snow centre and golf course as part of an £18million upgrade.

As well as ski slopes, snowboarding, toboggan runs, and a children’s winter wonderland, there would also be a putting range had the