As a teenager I once stayed a night in Rotherham. Never felt the urge to go back!
I also spent a day in Blackpool one January a few years back. A really awful day weatherwise, nowhere open, everything looking run down and grimey. Nothing worse than an empty place that should be full.
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Thread: Worst city/town in the UK?
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25-10-2016 08:37 PM #31
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25-10-2016 08:56 PM #32
Rhyl, run down seaside down the last time I was there it was an absolute dump.
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25-10-2016 09:08 PM #34
Honourable mention for Bangor in Wales! Went for a job interview at the University there once - was so glad to leave again!
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I stayed there for a couple of days whilst down for the Grand National this year and I couldn't make my mind up about it. On one hand some of it is quite charming and some of the art deco buildings are a nice throwback to the heyday of the British seaside resort. It's also easy to see why it's ideal for families looking to keep kids amused for a few days.
On the flip side some of the place is really run down and a lot of it looks like to could be resolved by a lick of paint and a good clean. We met some friends just down the road in Lytham one night and it was like a different world. I suppose the prices paid explain why though.PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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25-10-2016 10:48 PM #36
About 8 years ago I stopped at Morecambe for a few hours.
What a dull and dead place it seemed to be. I felt I was in a movie scene about a post nuclear strike.
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25-10-2016 11:55 PM #38
Any of the Lanarkshire towns deserve a mention, particularly Airdrie. Also once spent a childhood family holiday just outside Great Yarmouth. No idea what's so great about it. The seaside resort side of the town was OK I guess, though looking a bit tired, but then you walk a bit along the sea-front and find yourself in the middle of an industrial port. Beautiful.
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26-10-2016 03:49 PM #45
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26-10-2016 05:22 PM #47
Ipswich is a dreadful soul destroying place - and my nearest "big" town. Would much rather drive the hour to get to Norwich than the 10 minutes to get to Ipswich!
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26-10-2016 05:55 PM #48
Whitburn, was there for a funeral for an older generation of the Fiances side a few years ago, wouldn't fancy living there.
Sheffield. Been down the last 6 years for the snooker. The first year we left the hotel and turned left looking for a pub. We didn't know the city centre was to the right, we walked for at least 20 minutes of utter desolation with literally nothing open. Ended up near Brammall Lane and that was a grim area. The immediate environs at The Crucible are nice, don't venture further than that other than the hotel when down.
Another mention is the area between Glasgow airport and the city centre. Had to get a rearranged flight home to Glasgow the year we had the bad snow. Hadn't heard of any of the towns on that line but they all looked like the land that time forgot.
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26-10-2016 06:48 PM #49
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We've been too blackpool a few times over the years anow your right it is a strange place as you say some really nice buildings and plenty to do plus reasonably priced all round but even going on one Street back is pretty grim some real dodgy characters kicking about.
We went on a Saturday last year the place was mobbed,absolutely roasting and filled with stag and hen parties just felt there was real tension in the air sort just waiting for it too all kick off.
Really just come away from the place with a sore head but sort of enjoy it at the same time
As for bad towns in Scotland I'm going Alloa and Callander
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27-10-2016 12:00 PM #50
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Birkenhead absolute dump
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27-10-2016 12:39 PM #51
Barnsley - like a live version of the Jeremy Kyle Show.
Merthyr - As someone said earlier, when towns lose their industry they lose their soul.
Sunderland - only been there for the football but the area around the Stadium of Light is like a setting from an apocalypse movie.
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27-10-2016 06:52 PM #52
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There's a definite link in a lot of these places and now defunct industry. Any number of ex-mill towns in East Lancashire (Blackburn, Burnley, Nelson and the like), the old steel or mining towns in Yorkshire (Doncaster, Featherstone, South Elmsall spring to mind) plus there can be few places that match Motherwell for sheer greyness.
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27-10-2016 07:30 PM #54
Had the misfortune of having to change trains once in Warrington. Had an hour to spare so went for a wander.
Scary place.Last edited by Hibby Bairn; 27-10-2016 at 07:33 PM.
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27-10-2016 08:05 PM #55This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteMadness, as you know, is a lot like gravity. All it takes is a little push.
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27-10-2016 08:23 PM #57
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27-10-2016 09:22 PM #58
Wolverhampton is a complete hole of a place. Missed my connection there on my way to Oxford (which as someone else has mentioned isn't that great itself). It was quite late and I had to hang around for another train. It was like being in the land that time forgot. I think I had the only face on show. Everyone else I saw there either had hoodies pulled tight across their face or were wearing a balaclava.
The weird thing was that up until that point I had assumed Wolverhampton must be a nice place as my then boss was from there and was quite posh.
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27-10-2016 09:50 PM #59
S****horpe was a bad place to spend three months working back in 1974.
We used to work every day to get the job finished sooner.
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28-10-2016 09:07 AM #60
Maybe not the worst place I've been in but visiting Stornoway was certainly a big disappointment.
Nothing like the picturesque town the song conveyed.
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