14 haunting images that show the emptiness of Britain's only desert by Courtney Verrill on Mar 30, 2016, 10:43 AM Advertisement
 Many people will be surprised to hear that England has a desert. Located on the southeastern coast of Kent, Dungeness is a somewhat desolate landscape that is home to two nuclear power stations and a small estate. The United Kingdom's national weather service, the Met Office, classified Dungeness as Britain's only desert due to its dryness and lack of surface vegetation. Other than power plant workers, occasional tourists, and the few residents who live in homes on the estate, it's rare to see any signs of human life, and it's unclear just how many people live there. Photographer Robert Walker first visited Dungeness in 2011 and decided to document what he saw. "I am struck by the emptiness, the exhaustion, and the excess of weather," Walker told Business Insider. "The area feels out of sync, self-contained, and beyond conventions, all of which I find surprisingly liberating." Over the course of four years, he visited the desert multiple times to create a series he called "The Fifth Continent". Below, see the emptiness of Dungeness, Britain's only desert. SEE ALSO: These creepy photos of American cities without people make them almost unrecognizable Dungeness is about 77 miles southeast of London and covers an area of only 12 square miles. 
Dungeness is located on the southeastern coast of England, where the English Channel separates the UK from France and the rest of Europe. 
The desert is so isolated that it is only accessible by two roads: one from New Romney to the north, and another from Lydd to the northwest. 
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