15 British Mining Towns Brutally Erased From the Map (Britain Lied To You About This)

Britain built communities to dig coal, tin, lead, and slate, and then walked away when the work was done. Fifteen of the mining towns the country left behind — from the Welsh valleys to the Cornish cliffs, the Yorkshire coalfields to the Scottish lead mines. Some are still there, held together by memory. Some have been scraped from the earth entirely. All of them tell the same story: the country needed them, used them, and then stopped needing them. Watch the full playlist of Britain's Lost Towns & Cities:    • 9 of Britain's Most Devastated Towns After...