What would you like in (insert your town/village/city) that currently isn't here?

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A gym with a built in crèche. This definitely used to be more of a ‘thing’ in the 90s/00s but I can’t think of any near me that have one now. I’m guessing it’s probably just due to staffing etc but it’s a huge barrier for people who want to exercise and end up saying they’ll do it at home but just don’t. Even just where you can see them so wouldn’t feel weird to leave them with a stranger

A bank.
I've lived here over 20 years and we have lost.

Nat West
Barclays
HSBC
TSB
Lloyd's
Santander
Bristol and West (can't remember what they became).

We are about to lose Halifax.

A bus service.

Public transport

A cinema. Not a big multiplex, just a couple of screens. I'd like it to show the latest releases and block busters to make enough money to keep going and then indie films and old classics for those of us with different tastes.

An independent book shop - WHSmith sells the chart toppers and Sainsbury's has a few but I'd like a decent choice.

A veggie/vegan grocery. There's a lovely one in the next town but I don't always want to travel there. We have a Holland and Barrett but that seems to be all supplements these days. They don't have a fridge or freezer section any more and our small Sainsbury's doesn't sell decent tofu.

My town centre seems to be mostly charity shops, cafes and takeaways with a few chain shops sprinkled in between. We do have a good independent hardware store, though.

A swimming pool, M&S, a youth centre, bowling alley, a hospital with an A&E and a Police Station.

A local pub.

In the village, I'd like our post office/village shop back, and the cafe in the next village.
i'd like our red telephone box back, too, even without a phone.
I'd like to have some HA/council houses reserved for young people from the village, so they aren't priced out.
I wish we had some orchards and more pasture around the village; we have a lot of arable.
It has improved, but I would like to see more and higher hedgerows.

Waitrose. My nearest one is in Cowbridge which is 37 miles away!

I think there are only around four in total in Wales!

Outdoor pool

Sunshine.

I think that now that so many libraries are closing/reducing hours we also lack places for students to go and study.

A post office.
We had one within a shop until early last year and while the post office counter was well used and always busy, the shop part wasn’t due to a well known small supermarket opening next door so it closed, taking the post office with it.

The supermarket company were asked if they wanted to take the PO counter into their store and they declined saying they didn’t have room.

A lot more bus routes.

Post Office here too. Ours closed due to retirement and no one took it over. But I understand no one in their right mind wanting to take on that role in light of everything.

A decent SEN school for kids with ASD and SEMH. My son has been out of school for 3 years as he just doesn't 'fit' anywhere

A decent town centre. Ours is not dying, it is dead. The only reason to go there now is if you vape, need a Turkish barber, or need your phone fixed. Oh, and you are spoilt for choice if you want to buy a junkie.

It needs nuking from orbit.

A bank, nhs dentist, decent bus service and fewer Airbnb’s.

There's one on craggy island 😁

Diversity

I'd like a shop
A bus route
A lovely beauty salon
A coffee shop that didn't charge £4

You got to think though, lots of towns probably had lots independent shops but closed down as people did not use them because of retail parks and on line.

A school and a playground.

I'd like our out of hours/emergency doctor back - now its only available during office hours so if we get ill or have an accident in the evening or the weekend have to travel 50+ miles to the nearest hospital

I'd also like a Lidl.

Our village has a primary school and a very small shop and that's it. I'm happy to walk/drive to everywhere else but there is currently no childcare provision for under 2's at all since Covid so this would be a want. It's put us off having a second child.