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Where was the most boring place you ever visited?

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NetflixWithoutFriendsIsWrong · 25/01/2026 13:20

Just that. Interested to see if anyone says what I'm thinking...

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BengalBangle · 26/01/2026 01:51

Portishead is the most insipid place on the planet.

CalzoneOnLegs · 26/01/2026 02:06

Oopsylazy · 25/01/2026 14:21

I hated Fraser Island. 2 hour bumpy coach ride (literally up and down hillocks the whole way) to look at a (bad) shipwreck on a mediocre beach and then eat terrible food in the one cafe there. Then have the awful ride back to look forward to.

Have you seen the news story and they’re killing all the dingos there now

sashh · 26/01/2026 02:28

Anywhere on Mothering Sunday (mum wouldn't let us call it mothers day.

Mum was never a morning person, so she would wake up at about 10.00, have several cups of tea and cigarettes.

About 12.30 she would decide where she wanted to go.

We lived in Lancashire, we went to Port Merion, it was shut.

We went to Edinburgh, it was shut.

This was the late 1970s or early 80s. Most places were shut on a Sunday.

So we just went on a long (hungry, mum didn't believe in breakfast) drive.

A, still hungry, walk around a closed place (mum said we would eat when we got there).

In the case of Port Merion it was a walk around the car park and a glimpse of it through a bush.

HughGrantsfurrysquirrel · 26/01/2026 02:33

santasbaubles · 25/01/2026 13:37

Valencia was dull, dull, dull. Also a week in rural Austria nearly tipped me into depression and made me realise I am not into scenery as the focal point of a holiday.

The IOW - every bleedin' time.. Family and friends love it there.
Underwhelming. Antiquated. Dead. The scenery isn't "breathtaking."
The trip on the Hovercraft is fab though. Most exciting part by far.

HughGrantsfurrysquirrel · 26/01/2026 02:34

Sorry, inadvertently tagged someone🤭😳

Portugal1987 · 26/01/2026 03:06

Rhodes! So so boring

EreWeGo · 26/01/2026 03:56

JohnBetjeman · 25/01/2026 14:00

Slough

Come friendly bombs

Veryproudtobehere · 26/01/2026 03:58

Wintersgirl · 25/01/2026 14:01

Not boring (well I think it is!) but my PIL live near Burley in the New Forest, there's a weird vibe there that's suffocating. there is a lot of black magic that happens around there too, we visited them a couple of weeks ago and went to the village pub, we sat by the window and I watched a car go up the hill and out of the village, I couldn't wait to do the same.....odd place

Not surprised as the birthplace of wicca.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Forest_coven

New Forest coven - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Forest_coven

Bookescapeartist · 26/01/2026 04:04

HeadyLamarr · 25/01/2026 14:16

Aw, I loved Rotterdam and Brussels. The cube houses, the amazing market building, lots of nice places to eat in Rotterdam. The Grand' Place, doing at your of chocolate shops, the Magritte museum in Brussels, lovely outdoor cafes everywhere.

Mine was L.A. Endless multi-lane highways with thousands of exits, no feeling of a centre, and air pollution so thick that the mountains vanished in it. I love plenty of cities but L.A. felt soulless.

Heady, you did not see the soul of LA, it has it in abundance. Maybe you spent too much time on the freeway.It'a a great city.

sunshinestar1986 · 26/01/2026 04:06

All the comments just show that people have different tastes 😂
I find exploring anywhere new enjoyable.
But I don't like anything touristy.
I went to Windsor last summer, my friend showed me around, it was just overcrowded and overpriced, it just felt so fake.
No thanks
I really want to visit the lake district. I don't know why its so hard for me to arrange! I've been all over the world but can't seem to drive 4 hours away 😕

Bookescapeartist · 26/01/2026 04:07

Blackpool, went on a day trip in winter as a teen and depression descended. Got back on the coach with my mate because that was preferable to anything Blackpool could offer and I sat on the bus and felt teary that people had to actually live there and manage to not get mentally ill somehow. I think we even struggled to find an M and S which would have redeemed the day for us. Even now if a town is miserable, I think shit it's Blackpool 1987 vibe..

Veryproudtobehere · 26/01/2026 04:16

Samanthajane5 · 25/01/2026 14:24

Liverpool imo is def one of the most boring cities in the UK

Home to one of the most iconic sports stadiums on the planet, and certainly the most iconic in England (along with centre court Wimbledon). Every game there are tourists from all over the world with their cameras out such is its status.

Just saying ANFIELD sends a shiver up my spine.

EreWeGo · 26/01/2026 04:17

The Isle of Wight and, I feel terrible saying it, but the Bahamas. Oh, and the Canary Islands.

popdepop · 26/01/2026 04:25

Paphos-Cyprus. Tacky

Kikimusnik · 26/01/2026 05:00

TigerRag · 25/01/2026 15:37

Crawley
Harlow
Slough

Harlow is very boring and very grey!
I was born in Harlow, moved away a good few years ago now, I do visit family occasionally but generally can't wait to leave again 😂

Whatwouldnanado · 26/01/2026 05:31

Harwich. So much potential because of the maritime history but it was simply grim.

Luckystar67 · 26/01/2026 05:52

Lassi in Kefalonia. Most boring holiday we have had.

teambrief · 26/01/2026 06:07

Geneva.

kerstina · 26/01/2026 07:18

loislovesstewie · 25/01/2026 21:17

Wales. All of it. I'm prepared for the bollocking now.

Yep lol 😂 you have no soul !

Auburngal · 26/01/2026 07:24

Scunthorpe. Stopped there on a coach holiday to Scotland. The N should be replaced by M.

Sartre · 26/01/2026 07:25

The Canary Islands have little to offer and places like Salou and Benelmedena. My Mum lives for holidays like that where you basically do fuck all for a week. My brain needs to roam and explore, I need history and culture.

Sartre · 26/01/2026 07:29

ProfessionalPirate · 25/01/2026 23:06

Controversial but - the Lake District. I already live in a very picturesque part of rural Britain and while the Lake District has a certain charm, it’s just not enough to compensate for the weather and lack of stuff to do (beyond going for walks).

Abroad - Kos.

Windermere has lots to offer but it’s so busy all of the time, you spend half of the time in queues. And you’re right, it rains about 98% of the time so you spend your time wet and queuing.

TinaTwinkleToes · 26/01/2026 07:39

Peterborough and Redditch

kerstina · 26/01/2026 07:45

Agree with Redditch but I used to like going there for a bit of retail therapy with my Mum . Quieter than going into Brum.

Busybeemumm · 26/01/2026 07:59

EarlofShrewsbury · 25/01/2026 14:04

I love it too. The building is fabulous just on it's own. I like to imagine it empty when I'm there, I think it would be quite eerie.

We went the first week lockdown lifted and yes it was so eerie and a special moment to be there with only a few other people. My young DC was freaked out as it was so empty and just wanted to go home. One of my favourite places.

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