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What's the worst place you've ever been in the UK?

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In2mindsss · 20/06/2026 22:47

Ill go first.

Morecambe. Nice views but proper creepy.

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DawnBreaks · 20/06/2026 22:49

Bradford

Sheggsie · 20/06/2026 22:50

wigan, got stuck in a one way system!

SqueakyFromme · 20/06/2026 22:50

I agree with that, I think it may be something to do with the drownings. Blackpool is horrible too.

SilenceInside · 20/06/2026 22:50

Recently, Blackpool. Really quite shocked by the deprivation if you went anywhere other than the seafront main tourist areas. Stayed there till evening thinking we might find somewhere for an evening meal but felt unsafe and decided to leave.

SqueakyFromme · 20/06/2026 22:50

DawnBreaks · 20/06/2026 22:49

Bradford

I’ve heard that is dreadful

3smallpups · 20/06/2026 22:50

Portsmouth, only had to divert in to the town on the way past as needed petrol but it was really not nice

SqueakyFromme · 20/06/2026 22:51

@DawnBreaks are you a fan of Carry on/ babs Windsor ?

SpaceRaccoon · 20/06/2026 22:51

In2mindsss · 20/06/2026 22:47

Ill go first.

Morecambe. Nice views but proper creepy.

I went into a public toilet there amd someone had left behind a be-shat pair of trousers.

IdenticalHandTwin · 20/06/2026 22:51

Bootle

BobbysDazzler · 20/06/2026 22:52

Blackpool, full of methheads, drunken asses and just unbelievably run down. Lots of people in the car park complaining to each other that their cars had been broken into!!

CocSoc · 20/06/2026 22:52

In2mindsss · 20/06/2026 22:47

Ill go first.

Morecambe. Nice views but proper creepy.

Creepy in what way?

Squirrelsnut · 20/06/2026 22:53

Stoke on Trent

Heartbroken38 · 20/06/2026 22:53

Thornton heath

DawnBreaks · 20/06/2026 22:53

SqueakyFromme · 20/06/2026 22:51

@DawnBreaks are you a fan of Carry on/ babs Windsor ?

Babs Windsor was Hope Springs. 😃😃

Clearinguptheclutter · 20/06/2026 22:53

SqueakyFromme · 20/06/2026 22:50

I’ve heard that is dreadful

Bradford is ok in parts. City centre is nice!

Dewsbury OTOH. Pretty bad.

CocSoc · 20/06/2026 22:53

SqueakyFromme · 20/06/2026 22:50

I agree with that, I think it may be something to do with the drownings. Blackpool is horrible too.

I went to blackpool with my kids from school recently. So during the school day on a normal tuesday.

I was very surprised at how many grown ups were playing on the 2p machines on their own at 1pm in the afternoon.

SqueakyFromme · 20/06/2026 22:53

@SpaceRaccoon ’Be-Shat’ 🤣🤣🤣🤣

EmmaOvary · 20/06/2026 22:53

Heartbroken38 · 20/06/2026 22:53

Thornton heath

Ha, I was there today and used to live there. I have to agree.

SunnySunnyDayz · 20/06/2026 22:54

What do you mean by worst? Unsafe, deprived, rude people, stupid prices?

I grew up in one of the most deprived towns in the country, wouldn't want to live there but the people are friendly and quality of life is quite good because of the money pumped into it.

PinkNBlueBunnies · 20/06/2026 22:54

I know this isn't in the same league as shit run down cities, but... Scafell Pike. We went in from Wasdale Head and I just got such a terrible sense of foreboding, I put up with it for about an hour then I had to leave. It just felt... malevolent? I've never felt like that outside of nightmares before. As soon as we got on the road again I started to feel better.

freshstartdreamer · 20/06/2026 22:54

Chesterfield
Loughborough

Gettingbysomehow · 20/06/2026 22:55

Bedford where I was dragged up and more recently wigan.
Absolute dumps.

SqueakyFromme · 20/06/2026 22:55

DawnBreaks · 20/06/2026 22:53

Babs Windsor was Hope Springs. 😃😃

Ohhhh who was Dawn Breaks ? That’s carry on girls isn’t it with the donkey and the itching powder at the Miss Fircombe contest ! 🤣

Pinepeak2434 · 20/06/2026 22:55

Tottenham
Romford
Bradford

Purplepet · 20/06/2026 22:55

Slough. Been through or to it many times and it has a reputation for a reason.

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