Pictures have emerged from an eerie travellers' camp that was abandoned and left to rot 10 years ago.
In 2011, Dale Farm in Essex was the scene of one of Britain's largest and most violent evictions.
The travelling community who lived there was evicted by Basildon Council because it wanted to build new housing on the land.
However, new photos show that the construction of new buildings never started, and instead the properties that people once called home are decaying, overgrown by shrubs and trees.
Marble flooring is still visible, as well as charred remains from the fires that raged the site and electricity points are still attached to walls.
Even a police public order fire extinguisher could be seen amongst the rubble, an image shows.
Among other things, children's toys and garden tools were left in the area and were never removed.
Travellers living nearby have spoken out 10 years after the evictions, saying they were asked to leave as the council wanted to build new housing, but this never happened.
Dale Farm was once the largest illegal travellers' site in Europe, with 1,000 people living there at one point.
The evictions at the camp in Crays Hill, Essex, took a long time and were delayed multiple times in 2011 after a decade-long planning row.
Once, they were delayed due to fears bats could have made the land their home.
At the time, we reported that the High Court postponed the eviction three times.
When police moved in to clear the site in October 2011, 11 officers and six residents were injured, with 38 protesters arrested.
It is estimated the evictions cost nearly £7million in taxpayers' money.
Basildon Council were hit with a bill for £4.3m while Essex Police spent £2.4m on their involvement.
Mary Sheridan, a woman who lived at Dale Farm for eight years and was among those evicted in 2011, returned to the site two years later and told Socialist Worker : "I was happy living here.
"But look at how we have to live now. We’re living in filth."
Another traveller, Martin O'Leary, said the area he used to live on had become "a pothole, a swimming pool for rats".
Now, it is believed that around 400 travellers live on a permanent traveller site neighbouring the Dale Farm land, according to Basildon Echo News.
However, the community is reportedly "fed up of Basildon" and wants to move away from south Essex.
Leader of Basildon Council, Cllr Andrew Baggott, said: "The council has not been made aware of any land in the Dale Farm area coming up for sale at this time. The land has not been allocated for housing within the emerging Local Plan.
"At Basildon Council we will not tolerate unauthorised development on greenbelt land. As recent successful court action has shown, we will continue to pursue legal action against those who do not respect land within our borough.”
