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.

And

• 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.

And

• 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.

Wroxham in Norfolk is the weirdest place. All the shops are Roy’s of Wroxham, Roy even owns the car park.

There are some brilliant names on Bodmin Moor. Minions, Blunts, Quethiock, Bethany, Polyphant....

You don’t want too, certainly not missing much. 🤣

They have actual Minions on the road signs going into Minions, pretty cool.

But Bodmin moor is a bit strange as a place I agree.

Oh yes Dungeness. Once was enough.

Slapton was badly hit in the Second World War. I think that’s why it feels so empty. There was a huge hotel on the front but that was lost in the war. I think it leaves its mark.

The Louvre - makes me ill every time I go.

A housing estate just off the road where I live. Went once to walk the dog and couldn’t get away fast enough. Feels oppressive and weird and full of secrets. It’s a very posh estate, too, not run down. I reckon it’s built on some Iron Age burial ground.

Yes I agree with Wroxham…very strange place. Also Coleford in the Forest of Dean has strange vibes. Both places we’ve visited whilst on holiday but won’t rush back to either unfortunately

True but I was really responding to the stupidity of thr pp saying "The North" when 'The North' is a large area. As us the the South. In reality,, although I am a proud Northerner, I actually like some areas of the South!

Retford. Just something I couldn't put my finger on. Only the town centre though. There is a lovely square but something just didn't feel right.

Crawley

Not weirded out as such, but Stansted Mountfichet Castle. It's not original, it was built in the 1980s on the site of the original castle as a 'Living Museum'. It really gets to me that it looks like a castle, but it isn't one, it's just someone's idea of what it probably looked like.

Funny how brains work.

Weird village near Bridlington called Nafferton. Bloody weird place. Hated it.

Thetford forest. Seriously creepy.

Holy crap, you have properly given me the shivers there @Shovealoadon. I have recurring dreams very like what you have described - about the furthest recesses of an old house I am living in that I go in very rarely, because for some reason it they are too terrifying. I expect I will have it tonight now!

This might be because of the listening station at Fylingdales. The car radio used to randomly switch off in that area although that hasn't happened for a while now.

Totton - Fuck yes….

I have travelled the UK extensively and have been to many of these places. I don’t agree with most of them except Chesil Beach. The roar from the waves is unlike anything I have heard in this country and with it being stone underfoot, it makes you feel quite unstable.

I did visit a fort once that is steeped in history. Where it is situated is off putting but I was fine until I entered the fort. I just felt really out of sorts - almost dazed and cloud like. The fort is circular with a courtyard in the middle. It was a fairly busy day.

They had some buildings that displayed WW2 memorabilia. I had finished looking and told my DH that I would meet him in the courtyard to wait for him on a bench. I can’t fully explain what happened next - I was just sitting there when the sound suddenly cut out and it was as if the breeze suddenly stopped. I was suddenly aware of being in a very different time although the courtyard was now empty. Then suddenly the noise and breeze returned and I was back. It only lasted about 10 seconds.

I have attended ghost walks, been to many historic buildings and sites and never experienced anything like that before or since.

I stayed in halls in Milliners Way in my first year which were quite a way from the main uni campus in town. There was an underpass I hated walking through and on one occasion when walking back to my flat through that underpass (I was walking with my then boyfriend and another male friend) I was mockingly groped by a man who was part of a much bigger group of men walking in the opposite direction. It was horrible.

and Eccles...

Basingstoke in late 1980s

No way! Is there anything specific that creeps you out or just a general vibe? I used to love going there as a kid so curious if I missed something!

Drove through it last year for the first time with DH. We were taking an alternate route and had never heard of Avebury. We got really good vibes from our drive. Beautiful countryside, feeling of awe/ wonder even before we reached the stone circles. It does feel properly ancient and you can feel the weight of time and history.

My mother would agree😂
I’m a southerner but have lived in the north for twenty years. I would never go back south now and when I visit family on the south coast I can’t wait to return to my adopted home.

Two different places

North Berwick is in Scotland, Berwick is a little north of Newcastle on the Scottish border.