Lost Places & Forgotten Faces travels to abandoned sites across the UK and the world.Lost Places & Forgotten Faces travels to abandoned sites across the UK and the world.
Lost Places & Forgotten Faces travels to abandoned sites across the UK and the world.

Urban explorer’s incredible photos of abandoned farm near Chesterfield – said to have been haunted

An urban explorer has photographed a crumbling farmhouse close to Chesterfield – that reportedly has a history of the paranormal.
By Tom Hardwick
Published 27th May 2022, 11:48 BST

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If you have travelled through Derbyshire on the M1 southbound, you will have seen this abandoned farmhouse – the Sutton Lodge Farm – south of Duckmanton.

An urban explorer – Lost Places & Forgetten Faces – recently visited the site, which is said to have been haunted. Here are 11 of the photos he took of the derelict site – giving a much closer view than motorists usually get as they pass by.

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The large, ruined farm was once part of the Sutton Scarsdale estate.

1. Sutton Lodge Farm

The large, ruined farm was once part of the Sutton Scarsdale estate. Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces

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The farm was abandoned back in the 1960s after the construction of the M1.

2. Abandoned for six decades

The farm was abandoned back in the 1960s after the construction of the M1. Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces

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Lost Places & Forgotten Faces said: “The farm was reportedly haunted, with at least one family vacating due to 'unexplainable events'. The full story is in the book Haunted Chesterfield by Carol Brindle, page 44.”

3. Haunted history

Lost Places & Forgotten Faces said: “The farm was reportedly haunted, with at least one family vacating due to 'unexplainable events'. The full story is in the book Haunted Chesterfield by Carol Brindle, page 44.” Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces

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Despite having been left for decades, much of the old structures still remain.

4. Remains

Despite having been left for decades, much of the old structures still remain. Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces

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