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.

I went to a caravan in Jaywick once.

I don't know why, I still haven't got over it

Bracknell is an absolute pile of shite

70isa
Almost posted Romford . At least the hospital isn't falling down anymore, but you may never escape and spend the rest of your life going around in circles!

Marymother of cheese...you forgot the mountain....and the sea! A place I call Home!

My friend actually runs a clothes shop in Rochdale which seems to be doing pretty well.

Port Talbot. Shudder.

Actually, having been to Wales on holiday last year, I can honestly say that Carmarthen was exceptionally dull. Does that count?

Shit - I'm loathe to reveal my town as it's very small and I aready give away too much here... let's just say it's a town in South Northants and EVERy....no every...shop is either a card shop, a pawn shop or a charity shop.

From the already named ones that I have experience of, Spenny is top of my list! :-D

Only half of Crouch Street is nice though, some wannabe gangsta owns the old cinema which is blighting the other half of crouch street.

ISpyPlumPie, you are not wrong about Leigh.

Thought the medway towns made an alarmingly late entry....

What about Aylesbury, High Wycombe

Would only live somewhere else if I won the lottery otherwise Port Toilet sorry Talbot will always be home!

Cumbernauld always got a lot of bad press up here. Wonder if it has improved.

Cumbernauld is not only a bad town , it's an ugly bad town.

(people are nice though)

Tiny- is it on Baillie Street?

Herend, I actually don't think Colchester needs another chain store. They need to drop the business rates, and encourage small independent shops. Bring a little life and something more interesting to a town full of boring big name stores.

Barnsley - the one in South Yorks not Gloucs.
Canvey Island.

Cumbernauld is famously shite in town planning circles.

I grew up near Romford. It is a hell hole. I also worked in barkingside during my A Levels

And finally I give you Holyhead. It's a shame as it used to be brilliant by all accounts. Now it's just a sad little thing with empty shops and dodgy people.

So no better droves? I thought it could only get better.

They turned down John Lewis? They are not fit for purpose. Could have saved the shoppers deserting Colchester for Westfield Stratford.

Jaywick....We've hung out in some right great spots hey ?

I almost forgot pittsea. We used to go to the market there, it was horrible.

So I have

Pittsea
Folkstone
Dartford
Gravesend
Woolwich

So no-one watched the bouncer thingy on C4 the other day then...?

Newport

I think Jaywick is THE most deprived town in the south. I drove around it once, I was shocked.

Pitsea Market :o

Grim.

I'm like a guide to all the shittest places in Essex.

I was in Cumbernauld two weeks ago.How the hell is anyone supposed to get around that place on foot?
Now admittedly I have dyspraxia and no sense of direction,but even so I can usually get to where I want to be in the end,and get back from there. Not so with Cumbernauld.