![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/inside-once-popular-uk-seaside-town-where-family-homes-now-sell-for-just-5000/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_CCP_NEC_200323HORDEN018JPG.jpg&description=A UK seaside town which was once bustling with tourists has now seen them scared off by "stabbings and shootings" and house prices have dropped to as low as £5,000 A once popular seaside town that has lost its tourists due to "stabbings and shootings" has seen house prices plunge as low as £5,000. Horden, in Durham, was a thriving mining community but it is is now a very different place since the collapse of the industry. On the north east coast, the town home to around 8,500 residents is bordered by the two picturesque Denes, the villages of Easington Colliery and Blackhall Colliery, and by the new town of Peterlee. Four properties were listed on RightMove in late May this year up for auction with a starting price of £5,000. Locals in the area blamed the rising crime and lack of proper attention from the authorities as the reasons behind the downfall of the village. One local from Horden told the Express: 'We are based in the most deprived area of County Durham. The council has given homes to the most deprived people and not many people come to this area. 'No tourist would want to come to this village as there have been numerous cases of stabbings and shooting.' In March, two men were arrested for manslaughter after a delivery van driver died in Horden. The town's proud and long-time mining history gained fame across Europe, after tireless workers set a record for the most coal mined in a single day, extracting 6,758 tonnes on May 9, 1930. By the 1930s Horden Colliery was known as the 'jewel in the crown' of the region, and the largest producing coalmine in Britain. The Horden Colliery was shut in February 1987, as the coal mining industry in the UK died and since then the village has suffered social and economic issues. Among the recently sold properties in Horden, one in Tees Street went for £30,250 - despite it being bought for almost double the price in 2006. Another, in Seventh Street, was sold in February for £22,750, while four years ago it was sold for £36,){kind=link}
A UK seaside town which was once bustling with tourists has now seen them scared off by “stabbings and shootings” and house prices have dropped to as low as £5,000
A once popular seaside town that has lost its tourists due to “stabbings and shootings” has seen house prices plunge as low as £5,000.
Horden, in Durham, was a thriving mining community but it is is now a very different place since the collapse of the industry.
On the north east coast, the town home to around 8,500 residents is bordered by the two picturesque Denes, the villages of Easington Colliery and Blackhall Colliery, and by the new town of Peterlee.
Four properties were listed on RightMove in late May this year up for auction with a starting price of £5,000.