What places in the UK have weirded you out?

[Oollliivviiaa]

I know Glastonbury and Bath always come up but where else have you been that just felt "off". Not scary or unsafe as such, just made you feel unwelcome and want to leave. And logically, WHY do you think they do?

Mine are

• Glasgow Centeal station. I've been to lots of stations at all sorts of times but this station always makes me uneasy even during the day when it's busy. Maybe it's because it's such an odd station and easy to get disoriented in.

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• Berwick on Tweed. Really, really weird vibes there. People were nice enough but it felt a bit like there was some sort of sinister undercurrent. Why? I actually don't know. All I can think of is that it feels quite isolated and a bit like the edge of the world. Maybe the history of the place, means it feels like a no man's land? I know lots of people really like it.

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• Holy Island. The history, bleakness and again, isolation I think. Plus when we went, all you could hear was the wind and seals which is a bit spooky. I liked it there though.

I think some on here are just saying places they don't like rather than places that make them feel weird.

Just a shout out to any one in soon to be Universal megalopolis : Stewartby. Creepy creepy Midwich cuckoo village.

Carlisle. So depressing. Everyone seemed so miserable and rude. We lived there for a year, couldn't wait to leave!

oooohhhh - time slip Central - you picked up the vibe like a divining rod!

I knew that I should have been more specific...

I love Goathland even if it's a bit twee with all the Hearbeat stuff. I also love the drive over the moors to get there and the bleak ugliness of Fylingdales.

Went to view a basement flat with a friend when we were students 42 years ago. The ceilings were really low and , as we walked around, I had a vision of them on fire and melting. Didn't say anything to her. When we got outside she shivered and said" I don't want to live there".
First flat in Malvern Road in Cheltenham where fiance and I lived after I finished my degree at college. Felt like some one was watching from the hallway when you were in the bath. The cat would follow things with her eyes that I couldn't see. Things jumped off shelves. Saw my fiance out of the corner of my eye walking down the path. Turned to say hello. No one there. I visit a college friend in Cheltenham every 6 weeks or so. If I go to her house the quickest way is past that flat. Makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck everytime.

Clifton suspension bridge and the whole area surrounding it. I stopped for a look (from a fair distance away near some pretty houses) whilst passing through once and it just frightened me! Even pictures of it give me the creeps since then
Dublin (not UK I know)- I had a really weird miserable feeling whilst there

Beccles in Suffolk. Very odd place.

Westfield Stratford, always feels like something is about to kick off

Royston Vasey

Portmerion - hated it, couldn't wait to go home. So plastic, so uninteresting, just nothing there.

Isle of Man - it's pretty, but just something is off. A very sad place. The whole 'if you don't like it there's a boat in the morning' vibe.

@SpanielLarusso since say you are aware Dublin is not in the uk it is quite odd to mention it.

There's a lot of replies here, so I don't know if someone else has mentioned this.

Slapton in Devon was the site of the Exercise Tiger disaster during WWII. American troops were practising for the D day landings and 749 were killed in a friendly fire incident and an attack from a German u boat. Apparently dead American troops were washing up on the beach for days afterwards. It was hushed up at the time for morale.

Though im not "woo" in anyway at all, it wouldn't surprise me if it has a weird overall sadness to it.

Before anyone jumped on me to say "that's not in the UK!" I might have imagined it but I thought the OP asked for UK places but I can't think of many off the top of my head, thought Dublin is close enough for many to have visited

I love Matlock Bath, love that whole quaint touristy seaside town feel! And it’s a lot quicker to get to than the actual seaside! Hate the summer time traffic though.

Yes! I’ve been twice recently having never been before, I think it’s the fact that it’s in a valley with rocks either side as well as the fact that the shops and cafes are so out of place.

Loads of empty shops too!

Bodmin moor. Just empty and quiet when we went up there with a picnic and our two DS. I think because we live near Dartmoor which is so lovely we thought it would be similar. We all ate our food and rushed back to the car because it just felt off.

Those who hate Saddleworth Moor might be pleased to learn it is currently burning.

I live in Selsey! We moved from Chichester five years ago and I'm very glad we were here throughout Lockdown, that's for sure. It's beautiful here but feels quite isolated at times. We don't go out in Selsey (or anywhere much, anymore!) and it's quite an elderly population, and still very much a village at its heart. Probably a bit rough too as it's quite a poor area. That said, Chichester is no longer the "posh" city it once was, it's also pretty rough these days. The long and winding road on and off is a drag. I love it here but won't be here much longer, I get where you're coming from :-D

ha. Only just seen this @stclementine ….glad it’s not just me.

One all….

Bourton-On-The-Water. I bet it's lovely in the winter when it's not full of tourists but I felt really on edge when we visited, we literally stayed half an hour and I couldn't get out of there fast enough. All these people milling about looking like they didn't belong there, or that anyone really belonged there. Freaked me right out. I don't really like the Cotswolds in general.

@Pigeon31 I agree with Swindon. I’ve been for two interviews/assesments there this year and it is a very strange place. Wouldn’t want to live in the city centre that’s for sure. May be lovely outside the centre.

Carn Brea in Cornwall. It’s stunning and I love Cornwall more than anywhere else on earth, but Carn Brea always gives me an intense sense of doom.