Opened by the Glasgow Central Railway in 1896, the Botanic Gardens railway station has closed twice over the years, first during the Great War due to funding constraints and then permanently at the outset of World War Two.įor the next 25 years, the subterranean facility lingered on as a ghost station, acting as a throughway for trains that never stopped. Glasgow Botanic Gardens Railway StationĪ post shared by Queen V 19th century Botanic Gardens in Glasgow are a popular destination, but few tourists know that they’re just a stone’s throw from one of the city’s most iconic abandonments: a subterranean Victorian railway station that has been disused for decades. The castle was abandoned in the early 20th century when financial difficulties forced the 20th Earl to sell New Slains, which was quickly gutted and left to the ravages of time. Said to have been invited by the 18th Earl of Erroll, Bram Stoker walked the corridors of New Slains while visiting Cruden Bay in 1894, likely drawing inspiration for his classic horror novel Dracula, which was published three years later. Built by Francis Hay, Earl of Erroll, at the end of the 16th century to replace Old Slains Castle, which had been destroyed on the orders of King James VI following a religious rebellion, the castle’s most distinguished visitor finally arrived some 300 years later. Only the internal walls offer a glimpse back to the structure’s heyday.

The roof has long since collapsed and a carpet of grass extends throughout. A post shared by Photo History more than a derelict shell, the haunting ruin of Slains Castle, also known as New Slains Castle, cuts an imposing landmark on the windswept coastline of Aberdeenshire.

Abandoned castle town