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

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...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.

nr astley bridge my father in law lives there

Ghastly and ItsSnow, I know where you are.

Netto There is no other part of Putney than the best one, from a housing perspective . But the "town centre" if you can call it that is not nice. Just a busy main road, with traffic so bad that you cant breathe on a summers day. No focal point. Just cars.

However, I have just also now remembered;
Canning Town
Seven Sisters
Holloway.
Elephant & Castle

No. Nowhere near AB - not far from Bolton School.

hey ghastley in my single days i used to love ikon and and jumpin jaks

itsSnowdarling are you near Hogwarts?

x2boys that's where I am.

The bus to the Trafford Centre seems to go through all the more desperate areas of Farnworth, Pendlebury, Monton, Walkden. It was a sad journey last week.

think i know where you i get bit confused on my geography that side of bolton itssnow

I met DH in Ritzy

Northampton - spent 3 years of my life there in despair - will happily go to Coventry over Northampton any day (not that I am recommending anyone visit Cov - other than the Cathedral and Transport museum it is very dire.)

Castleford - awful place - second what has been said about Carlton Lanes - shudder

Wakefield - totally soul-less. And whoever leaves the shitty knickers in the toilets also leaves some in Lightwaves Changing rooms - I assumed all swimming changing rooms stunk of pee until we moved

Darlington was dire when I last went - and as for Spennymore.........

Rotherham - never again

Kidderminster - Love the fact that to get to the college, SatNav Sean directs me through Aldi car park

does,nt it ghastley my claim to fame is my sister in law works in the club in farnworth where they filmed phoenix nights .

Worksop
Dinnington
Rossington
Conisbrough
Mansfield

Never heard it called Hogwarts before, but quite appropriate! Yes we are close to it.

ah ghastley my sister met her dh in the roxy in bury

I used to love the restaurant at the Red Lion in Worksop. Quite posh nice food and very cheap. Sadly it closed and became a beefeater. Also got some bargains in the second hand stalls in the market there.

Quint, Elephant and Castle is grim, but I always feel it likes to celebrate it's grimness - 'we're a shithole, so what?'

I agree about Putney, the traffic is awful, like Streatham High Road, or Fulham or most London high streets. Nice pubs though

industrial towns that have lost their industry seem quite popular...

Bracknell town centre a concrete monstrosity!!

DS goes swimming there. He christened it Hogwarts.

Many a wonderful relationship started as a " ten to twoer" at the local nightclub I'm sure.

Bloody hell, had many a good night out in ritzy/ikon

Dudley. Used to live there. I moved.

Lesley are you from there? I quite miss the old place, recently looked on streetview and it's changed a lot

Apparently there is a porn film called 'any more for Spennymoor?'

To which the answer would be a resounding no.

they have closed ikon down now was in the bolton newsa few weeks ago such sweet memories

I am to old for Ikon (sob) remember Ritzy well though!

No I'm not. Used to visit when we went to clumber park. And discovered the restaurant in the red lion one evening and promptly made it part of our routine when going to clumber. Haven't been there for about 2 years I think since it became a beefeater- is it worse now as a place?