A fairground that was permanently closed five years ago has been visited by urban explorers, who have documented how nature is reclaiming the land in a series of eerie images.

Pleasure Island in Cleethorphes, northeast Lincolnshire, was abandoned in 2016 and has since been left to slowly decay.

An urban explorer, who goes by the name Abandoned UK, visited the former park to see how it is faring several years after its demise.

Colourful facades throughout the park show the grime and dirt of being unloved for several years, but the buildings themselves are intact.

In one shot, the faded peach exterior of the dodgems can be seen.

Elsewhere, Ali Baba’s Arcade toilets appear relatively untouched by time, aside from the vegetation springing up around it.

Several parts of the fairground have graffiti from previous visitors – the only sign of human life.

Debris litters an empty water feature – which appears to be an old animal enclosure.

There is one common theme throughout the park – nature reclaiming the land, with grass and weeds growing up through the paved ground.

Inside one large yellow room, takeaway containers are leftover on the floor, presumably from the final visitors to the park.

A video exploring the park was posted on YouTube, where it was viewed more than 5,000 times.

The fairground originally opened in 1993 on the site of the former Cleethorpes Marineland and Zoo.

It was closed for good in 2016 and its contents – including a 1904 carousel – were put up for auction, with the final items sold off in October 2018.

A fairground that was permanently closed five years ago has been visited by urban explorers, who have documented how nature is reclaiming the land in a series of eerie images.

Pleasure Island in Cleethorphes, northeast Lincolnshire, was abandoned in 2016 and has since been left to slowly decay.

An urban explorer, who goes by the name Abandoned UK, visited the former park to see how it is faring several years after its demise.

Colourful facades throughout the park show the grime and dirt of being unloved for several years, but the buildings themselves are intact.

In one shot, the faded peach exterior of the dodgems can be seen.

Elsewhere, Ali Baba’s Arcade toilets appear relatively untouched by time, aside from the vegetation springing up around it.

Several parts of the fairground have graffiti from previous visitors – the only sign of human life.

Debris litters an empty water feature – which appears to be an old animal enclosure.

There is one common theme throughout the park – nature reclaiming the land, with grass and weeds growing up through the paved ground.

Inside one large yellow room, takeaway containers are leftover on the floor, presumably from the final visitors to the park.

A video exploring the park was posted on YouTube, where it was viewed more than 5,000 times.

One person said: “It’s such a shame everything gone it’s just derrilict.” [sic]

“Brings back old memories,” added another viewer.

Someone else commented: “It’s so sad to see a place that once brought many people’s faces happiness & enjoyment no matter what their age was.”

“Sad to see parks abandoned like this,” another person agreed.

The fairground originally opened in 1993 on the site of the former Cleethorpes Marineland and Zoo.

It was closed for good in 2016 and its contents – including a 1904 carousel – were put up for auction, with the final items sold off in October 2018.