colin Posted July 6, 2009 Posted July 6, 2009 Workington on the Cumbrian coast is particularly depressing. It used to be dependant on the steel & coal industries, but of course they have all gone now. I was there last summer, on holiday in The Lake District and decided to have a look at the place. We had a look at the docks where they used to export & import goods. All empty and windswept now. The town is dead and lifeless. A real shame. It's got an industrial heritage and now that the industry has gone it's lost any soul it ever had. It used to have a football club in The League. It went years ago. Some bloke called Bill Shankley used to be the manager workington town
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Rovermatt Posted July 6, 2009 Posted July 6, 2009 Swansea is about the worst place in the UK I've visited. Blackpool is also a place i hate on a weekend when the thousands descend. My mum's from south Wales and I have to say Swansea is indeed a hugely depressing place.
Ritchie Posted July 6, 2009 Posted July 6, 2009 My mum's from south Wales and I have to say Swansea is indeed a hugely depressing place. What about Bridgend and Newport? Old Colwyn is a dive too.
Rovermatt Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 What about Bridgend and Newport? Old Colwyn is a dive too. My mum's from Bridgend. It's basically a sh!thole.
philipl Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 I think that BBC list was compiled based on pockets of deprivation with appalling statistics. There is a notorious estate from hell in Windsor (I think it is called Windsor Castle ). Having my London base in Clapham I can vouch that I certainly drag the neighbourhood down a notch or three. Both Boro and Luton have very little going for them whereas the other places on the list are a predictable mix of good and bad- some mostly good.
Rovermatt Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 Lisburn - There are far grottier places on the planet than Lisburn, but few as dull. A vast suburban housing estate, Lisburn has somehow gained city status by virtue of the fact that loads of people live there and it has a nice council building. Yet this is a 'city' without a single hotel or any nightlife to speak of. It is in effect a suburb of Belfast yet its residents believe it not only to be the epicentre of Ireland, but of the entire universe.
Clitherover Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 The ugliest, most souless town i have ever been to is Glenrothes in Fife, Scotland. What we first thought to be a fire station turned out to be a church, say's a lot about the towns architecture really. Anyone who's been there has to agree that it makes Bacup look like Venice. St Columba's Fire Station Glenrothes.
Rovermatt Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 Surprisingly found Hollywood quite a dump... I'm from Holywood. It's far from a dump. Where on earth were you?
Wiggy Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 I'm from Holywood. It's far from a dump. Where on earth were you? That's irony, right?
LeChuck Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 There was a book written on this, entitled: Crap Towns: The 50 Worst Places To Live In The UK Here is what the author concluded, crappest town being #1. 50. St Albans 49. Hinchley Wood 48. Widnes 47. Barrow-in-Furness 46. Skelmersdale 45. Yate 44. Bridgwater 43. Alresford 42. Slough 41. Dagenham 40. Keighley 39. Hastings 38. Huntington 37. Maghull 36. Reading 35. Billingham 34. Newport 33. South Woodham Ferrers 32. Dover 31. Oxford 30. Peterhead 29. Tintern 28. Mirfield 27. Horsham 26. Hayling Island 25. Ipswich 24. Leiston 23. Aldeburgh 22. Brighton 21. Ascot 20. Didcot 19. Wolverhampton 18 Peterborough 17. London 16. Islington 15. Croydon 14. St John's Wood 13. Crouch End 12. Stockport 11. Portsmouth 10. Hackney 9. Basingstoke 8. Beshill-on-sea 7. St andrews 6. Liverpool 5. Winchester 4. Hythe 3. Morecambe 2. Cumbernauld 1. Hull Granted this was published a good six years or so ago now, so things will have changed. My home town comes in a very respectable 47 - if there really are 46 crapper towns than Barrow then this country must be more depressing than I imagined.
b12_simon Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 According to the BBC THE 10 WORST TOWNS 1-Luton 2-Windsor 3-Sunderland 4-Glasgow and Edinburgh 6-Clapham 7-Bath 8-Nottingham 9-Corby 10-Middlesbrough Have to say Luton is somewhere I have never been......I believe it has some "similarities" to Blackburn. Can't see why Windsor would be second? Or why Glasgow and Edinburgh would be lumped together. Edinburgh is OK innit? The trip to Celtic Park a few years ago with Rovers certainly opened my eyes to Glasgows delights. That list's garbage - Nottingham's great.
Rovermatt Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 Hollywood / Holywood Hollywood is a part of Los Angeles. Holywood is a town in Northern Ireland. I assume the post above was referring to NI, in spite of the spelling.
Presty On Tour Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 That list's garbage - Nottingham's great. I went out in Nottingham last weekend for a mates birthday. I thought it was alright, the main square is cool.
b12_simon Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 I went out in Nottingham last weekend for a mates birthday. I thought it was alright, the main square is cool. I lived there for 3 very happy years. A world of entertainment after the "joys" of Blackburn.
JC4LAB Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 Nope..Hollywood Los angeles..Has its celebrity bits but a lot of it was "downtown"America..Pretty rough
Backroom Tom Posted July 7, 2009 Backroom Posted July 7, 2009 North of the border, I did a weeks training just outside Edinburgh in a place called Muirhouse I believe, never again the place was frightening, made Rishton look like Monte carlo
Ritchie Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 North of the border, I did a weeks training just outside Edinburgh in a place called Muirhouse I believe, never again the place was frightening, made Rishton look like Monte carlo Have you ever been to Cumbernauld?
ABBEY Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 North of the border, I did a weeks training just outside Edinburgh in a place called Muirhouse I believe, never again the place was frightening, made Rishton look like Monte carlo they used to shoot you when you were learning to climb a telegraph pole, i kid you not a safety course and you had to air rifles whilst climbing. Have you ever been to Cumbernauld? i have had a few good nights out round there with the wrestling club,its not that bad.
SouthAussieRover Posted July 8, 2009 Posted July 8, 2009 Greymouth on the south island of NZ. Grey by name and grey by nature.
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