Worst towns in Britain?

[CarterUSM]

To quote the passport: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Yes, it is a part of that. Not simply the United Kingdom.

 

[thefab444]

I probably should have coloured the north of Scotland as white (insufficient population). I was so keen to get Glasgow marked in its true colour I forgot about the rest!

Scotland/North Wales have been ammended. Northern Ireland is a tricky one, if it were on this map, most of it would be white, Belfast area would be Poor, and the rest Acceptable.

 

[90019]

Ayr is a dump

As is Tranent, a town in which the biggest shop in the main street is Ladbrokes

 

[CarterUSM]

Yes it is.

See above.
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Ayr is a dump

I know, full title was what I was looking for! Yes, Ayr is pretty poor, though a quaint town centre.

 

[90019]

Yes, Ayr is pretty poor, though a quaint town centre.

It can't make up for the rest of it though.
The best part of Ayr is definitely the road away from it

 

[Zoe]

Yes, it is a part of that. Not simply the United Kingdom.

By that logic neither is the map posted as that was a map of the of Great Britain, a part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland but not simply the United Kingdom.

 

[Dai.]

I probably should have coloured the north of Scotland as white (insufficient population). I was so keen to get Glasgow marked in its true colour I forgot about the rest!

Scotland/North Wales have been ammended. Northern Ireland is a tricky one, if it were on this map, most of it would be white, Belfast area would be Poor, and the rest Acceptable.

I'm sorry, but I notice, the whole of the Glamorgan, you've put as brown. In my opinion, having been living near there for the past 21 years I'd have to disagree and call it excellent.

It is not in the United Kingdom.

Sorry Carter, I have to agree with everyone else, the United Kingdon or "UK" represents Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain is comprised of England, Scotland and Wales and Britain is just England and Wales.

Source:

Great Britain is the official name given to the two kingdoms of England and Scotland, and the principality of Wales.

Is Great Britain the same as the UK?

No, Great Britain and the United Kingdom refer to different areas.

Great Britain is very often, but incorrectly, used as a synonym for the sovereign state properly known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or the UK for short.

If you look at the full name of the UK, you will see that the UK includes Great Britain AND Northern Ireland.

And final edit:
link.

 

[CarterUSM]

Yep, I agree wholeheartedly Dai! I was just being pedantic about the full title!

 

[chris89]

Out of the places i lived close to in Somerset

City of Wells was by far the best followed by Street & Glastonbury (Only when pilton wasn't on)

I believe since i last been to Shepton Mallet it has gone to hell even more & Tbh i think Glasgow is miles nicer & at least more to do

Chris

 

[Spaceflower]

Sunderland. You may say it is a city but only because it won a competition. Still a small town in Durham if you ask me.

Biggest 'town' in the north east.

 

[LE Greys]

As a Hertfordshireman, I'm astonished that nobody's mentioned Stevenage. Once a nice little market town, it is now a deprived hellhole of concrete and roundabouts. Stand in what is for some reason called the Market Square, meaning the bit between the bus station and where Woolworths was, and look around you at the worst example of post-war modernism anywhere. The New Town was designed around the car, creating lots of roundabouts with pedestrian underpasses in them (a gift to muggers). Then there are the lovely modernist features of housing estates and tower blocks (well, those that haven't fallen down yet). The station is horrible, with the only serious building being rather inconveniently on a footbridge, thus limiting space and reducing shelter to a very small part of the platform.

All the blots on the landscape mentioned above owe part of their existence to Stevenage, which I believe was nicknamed "Silkingrad" when first built. I guess that makes sense.

 

[MrC]

A few more...
Plymouth
Dorchester

A bit puzzled why these two made the list. Plymouth has it's bad bits but it's not a patch on some of the other places mentioned in this thread. As for Dorchester what the hell is 'bad' about it? It's not perfect (what place is?) and can be a bit quiet, but candidate for worst place in Britain? Where are the slums, grotty night clubs, derelict houses/shops, packs of roving chavs & dogs, endless traffic etc?

OK my candidates - Weymouth (yup, it has all the things I quoted earlier), Wythenshawe and Bridgewater.

 

[atomicdanny]

There are some nasty parts in "the South", although these are mostly confined to the South East.

This map clearly lays out my view of the UK, based on a general overview - obviously there will be nice areas within the counties coloured brown. No where has yet proven itself worthy of "Excellent" status.

I'm a bit hurt that the whole of kent is classed at the point of no return though!, there are some good parts of kent, although Dover, Deal, (edit forgot about the dump called Sheerness) the Medway towns deserve to be the lowest of the low though! Canterbury is ok although its "Student City" now though!

edit - I think that Portsmouth and Southampton should be also classes as the point of no return as well though but that is my opinion

 

[CarterUSM]

I think Plymouth is a bit harsh also, it did get wrecked during the war.

 

[Greenback]

I wouldn't have Plymouth on the list. It has some good pubs and chips!

 

[Ivo]

A small selection of my own. Only places I have properly visited, as opposed to only passing through or not at all, are listed. Some are listed above.

Basildon
Birmingham
Bradford
Chippenham
Clacton-on-Sea
Glasgow
Guildford
Havant
Kettering
Margate
Milton Keynes
Newport
Northampton
Slough
Swindon
Weston-super-Mare
Wolverhampton

 

[317666]

Cambridge. Terrible place.

 

[flymo]

The worst place I've ever visited is Holyhead. Couldn't get away fast enough.

 

[Greenback]

Whitley Bay on a rainy Monday in March is pretty grim. Great Yarmouth (why the great?) is pretty grim at any time. I'd also never recommend a visit to Port Talbot.

The Cardiff Valleys have some less than salubrious places, such as Bargoed and Tredegar.

I also found Rochadale to be an utter dump, totally devoid of interest except for the co-op.

 

[Zoe]

Torquay.

 

[Spaceflower]

Peterlee. This would ofcourse change with the addition of a railway station.
Crook, Stanley, and Redcar are pretty grim too.
Seaham was bad until they built East Shore Village. I wish they would do something with the harbour.

 

[Ivo]

Great Yarmouth (why the great?) is pretty grim at any time.

To distinguish it from Yarmouth IoW and make it sound better

 

[ChrisCooper]

Any Town in Leicestershire, plus the big villages (infact I would say Birstall and Shepshed rank bottom), and of cource Leicester itself.

 

[MCR247]

I didn't personally like Southampton when I visited

Birmingham

I'll just about give you that, but it isn't that bad

Northampton

I like Northampton, although I didn't explore much.


York, does anyone else find it really boring?

 

[Zoe]

Barking is about the worst but most towns in the East London/Essex border area are not good at all. Dagenham, Ilford and Romford just to name a few more.

 

[SouthEastern-465]

Its fair enough forum members saying places in particular are s*** h***s but do they actually live there?

I live in Lewisham in SE London, and I can say its a complete and utter sh*thole in some places and other parts are fine same with every other place... Than saying that, There have been countless murders, stabbings, shootings

 

[Ivo]

Barking is about the worst but most towns in the East London/Essex border area are not good at all. Dagenham, Ilford and Romford just to name a few more.

Is Barking really the least desirable of the least desirable? Assuming the definition of "border area" extends either side of the M25 then I would suggest Brentwood (or even Basildon if we're allowed that far) is the worst one of them all. If we must remain within the M25, I am still not sure I would agree with Barking, unless Becontree counts as a part of Barking in which case I would be more inclined to agree. I would also suggest that west of Barking is even worse, but by that stage we are probably too deep into Greater London (even though as far as at least West Ham was formerly in Essex).

 

[Zoe]

I would suggest Brentwood

I used to live near Romford and I was always under the impression that Brentwood was quite an exclusive area. It may just be that people that lived inside the Greater London border would think anywhere outside is better though.

 

[142094]

Biggest 'town' in the north east.

Keep dreaming!

 

[90019]

I didn't personally like Southampton when I visited.

Most of Southampton is pretty crap. According to my brother, it's redeeming feature is that it's not Portsmouth