To nominate as the country's worst town centre....

[moogster1a]

...Rochdale.
Good God it's a god forsaken place. There appears to be half a dozen payday loan shos, a few poundland things and some mobile 'phone shops.
It's got so bad that even maccy d's has shut down.
It's only redeeming feature is that Gabbots farm is still clinging on.

Another person defending Stevenage or St.Evenage as we like to call it. Yes, the new town is very 70's and suffers from poor town planning, i.e, many pound and discount shops, but the Old Town is very nice and even has a "naice" supermarket I grew up near Watford and actually prefer Stevenage, it's more "honest"

No idea x2boys

ItsSnow, are you nearby too?

X2boys - I used to live there!

Jaywick - the cheapest housing in the east and the rest of its problems

think i know wher you are e normasnob has it got a big secondary school that specialises in languages i live in opposite direction stoneclough nr prestolee

M0naLisa DD lives in Hull and have spent many a happy hour in that neck of the woods.

i wouldn't put Livingston in the worst towns though. Yes its a new town so basically a couple of large soulless shopping centres - bit like milton keynes. But not like some ugly town centres with lots of boarded up shops.

ItsSnow - you know what, I'm currently sat in Tiffany's in the town centre with a Cream Tea and feeling quite warm about the old town

its a small world itssnowdarling.

Who put Tooting?? I love it there, had a massive Primark and the indoor market bit had a brill fish and meat stall.

Makes a change from nearby centre court on Wimbledon which looks lovely but is dull.

X2boys, yep that's me.

I nearly bought a house in the same place as you. Love stoneclough.

I'm in a part of Bolton beginning with H (not Horwich).

Ooh I live in an H too. Bet yours is posher than mine.

Yes Stoke is pretty grim as a town - if you think the bit nearest the railway station is as good as it gets.

As a City it's not so bad, we are a city you know, we have a Minster and everything so really shouldn't be included in this thread at all

I completely agree with the OP, Rochdale is just awful! And god help me I'm heading there now, if I don't post again then the likelihood is I didn't make it out alive

I'm the other side of town - near a big cemetry!

Cumbernauld - ohhhh, the bus station

Ah see I said you were in the posher bit.

We're near town. Not far from what used to be Ritzy. It's delIghtful

pie smuggler will you bring me back a couple of samosas from the Samosa stop?
In fact, I may have to retract my OP as the Samosa Stop makes up for the grimness. ( actually, no it doesn't)

And yes I agree - Stoke is grim.

Anyone mentioned Kirkby yet?

is it near an asda lots of takeaways and a long road of the same name its snow darling , yes enormasnob its a nice area but hell to get upthe brew especially with a buggie

Bridgend
Newport
Port Talbot
Swansea
Morpeth
Matlock
Chesterfield

Matlock??Whats the matter with Matlock? Pretty boring ordinary place I think.

Long road - yes. Take-aways and Asda - no.