Bizarre story about Britain’s twin ghost towns, where visitors can only visit once a year and straying off path could KILL you

DEEP in the British countryside lie two eerie ghost towns that only allow visitors once a year and where wandering off can be fatal.

Imber, Wiltshireand Tyneham, Dorsetwere both deserted WWII when residents had to flee.

Two villages were abandoned to become military training grounds. Here is Imber in the photo — Two villages were abandoned to become military training grounds, here Imber is picturedCredit: Getty

In Imber (pictured) there are warning signs everywhere due to unexploded military debrisCredit: Getty

Both cities are just an hour and a half drive from each otherCredit: Getty

Imber only needs to open to the public once a yearCredit: Getty

They were given just a few days to pack their bags before the areas became military training grounds.

For one of the villagers, from Imber, the news was too much to bear and he died just weeks after he had to leave.

After the war, it was announced that both villages would be retained for military training and that the villagers would never return home.

All that now remains of Imber are blown-out tanks flanking the road and signs warning visitors not to leave the footpaths due to unexploded military debris.

Tragically, the once vibrant city is now known as the ‘loneliest village in the world’ England“.

And it looks like this will remain the case, as the area is only mandatorily open to the public one day a year and is limited to a maximum of 50 days.

Now Imber is a shadow of its former self and only the bare bones remain – although the church has been restored.

And Tyneham has a similarly sad story to tell, as it appears residents also believed they would return.

One of them even left a heartbreaking sign that read: ‘Please treat the church and homes with care.

‘We have given up our case houses where many of us have lived for generations to help win the war and keep the people free.

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“We will return one day and thank you for treating the village kindly.”

After the end of the Second World War, the government announced their decision to retain Tyneham as part of the Lulworth Ranges, a military area used by tanks and armored vehicles for target practice.

However, perhaps the future isn’t so bleak for this town, as the shooting range trails are open most weekends and between 175,000 and 185,000 people visit each year.

Residents of both villages started campaigns to be allowed to return home, but that never happened.

It comes as residents of a dilapidated “ghost town” which has been abandoned for 16 years, it’s like being in a post-apocalyptic world.

Much of Gildas Avenue in Kings Norton, Birminghamhas already been demolished, while others houses remain abandoned and boarded up.

The majority of the people in the area left years ago Carl Harris, the “last remaining resident” of the streetwho signed a deal with the municipality last year to purchase his house.