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Second home owners in 'Cheshire-by-the-sea' force primary school to close

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Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A seaside village dubbed 'Cheshire-by-the-sea' will lose its only school because a surge in second homes bought by wealthy holidaymakers has left it with just seven pupils.

Pupils at Ysgol Abersoch, in Gwynedd, northwestern Wales, have been dwindling for years due to tourists snapping up properties, North Wales Live reports.

The school is in the seaside village of Abersoch, which for years has been a popular holiday destination for second home owners from over the border.

But locals say they are being muscled out and claim the village is a 'ghost town' - especially in winter. READ MORE: United Utilities say priority is to help those with flooded

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