To not think Aylesbury is the worst town in the UK.

[SerialNameChanger2114]

I mean. It’s not the best place in the UK, but hardly the worst!

www.countryliving.com/uk/homes-interiors/property/a38671598/worst-places-to-live-uk/

I grew up in Oxford, I’d say blackbird leys and Witney are worse.

I’ve visited Luton and driven through Slough.

I’ve lived in Aylesbury for 12 years, and other than the traffic, it’s not that much of a bad place! Having read an article about someone stabbed in MK recently, it got me wondering why on Earth it’s so awful!

The old town bit is fine round st Marys?

There is MUCH worse than Aylesbury in the country

I would put it on a par with MK, nice bits and not so nice bits. It has a grammar school though, so that's certainly something in its favour.

FINALLY a thread where we can discuss / slag off a town / city that isn’t London!!!

I’d have thought Stevenage, Peterborough and Slough are all up there for Sad Towns aren’t they?

come friendly bombs...

First time I've seen one of these lists that doesn't include Stoke

@ShirleyPhallus

FINALLY a thread where we can discuss / slag off a town / city that isn’t London!!!

I’d have thought Stevenage, Peterborough and Slough are all up there for Sad Towns aren’t they?

I’m all for friendly discussion 😁

@TeenPlusCat

come friendly bombs...

Great minds

@LaurieFairyCake

The old town bit is fine round st Marys?

There is MUCH worse than Aylesbury in the country

Bedgrove/Elm Farm/Hawkslade and that side of town are all nice too 🤣

Hemel is worse!

I'm amazed Blackpool didn't make the top 10.

what did Witney do wrong, it's a lovely place to live?!

Luton is much worse!

Marginally prefer Peterborough to Aylesbury and the others - but non of those listed are totally shit imho - as mentioned by PP Luton would be pretty high up my list.

I've spent a lot of time in Aylesbury and actually lived in Peterborough.

Im currently watching The Last Kingdom on Netflix and Aylesbury (or Aegelesbure) in the 9th century was a terrible place to live

Sorry - I'm being silly.

Most places have their nice and not so nice parts. I used to live in what was classed a desirable village. I’ve seen recommendations to move there on MN more than once. Except I lived on the dodgy council estate on the edge of the village. Lots of crime and anti social behaviour. No amenities. Oh and the stink from the sewage works nearby on hot days! Lovely!

I mean yes if you could afford one of the posh houses near the centre I’m sure it was nice. Luckily I was able to move away to somewhere not as “desirable” but much better for my family.

Witney and Aylesbury are chalk and cheese!
I think I can safely say that it will never appear on a list like that!

(I don't live there, by the way, but do know it quite well!)

I wonder about Slough sometimes though, I drive through it a fair bit for work and know it hits various MN markers (grammar schools, great commute into London, decent property sizes, access to the river, good shopping in Windsor blah) so it makes me think that actually it might be a mass cover up by the residents of Slough to keep half of Ealing or wherever out of their schools.

Slough residents, feel free to tell me I’m barking

@SerialNameChanger2114
I meet my brother in Witney as it is halfway, and always think what a lovely place it is!

........and driven through Slough.

Depends which part of Slough. There has been an awful lot of building going on recently and I hardly recongnised the place.

I’ve worked in Aylesbury before - it’s fine. The old bit is nice and the bit down by Wagamama is ok. The theatre is great too. Surrounding areas are beautiful. There are far worse places to live in the UK.

Perhaps Witney is lovely now. It was a bit of a dive when I went to college but I admit that was a long time ago now!

@Pyewhacket

........and driven through Slough.

Depends which part of Slough. There has been an awful lot of building going on recently and I hardly recongnised the place.

I had to go to the gala there when I worked at bingo (so 15 years ago) and the bit you drive through coming back from Legoland to Aylesbury 😁

The list seems to have been compiled by readers of Country Living . I imagine they have never visited some of the lovely towns within the West Midlands conurbation!

I used to live in Aylesbury and found myself constantly looking forward to taking the train to London. It’s not the worse but definitely not the best. It’s meh. I prefer where we live now where we can get to London, Oxford and Birmingham easily.

I do like Milton Keynes though but I would rather be in a city tbh. Way more things to do other than the pub or movies.

the bus station in Aylesbury is quite grim - it is like a very dated underground dungeon where you can almost feel yourself breathing in fumes.

The town centre is ok tho, most things you want within walking distance and has a wide enough variety of shops eg waitrose AND an aldi/farmshop etc.

I would say I haven't noticed too many independent / boutique type shops tho if that is your "thing".