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.

How do people ‘appear’ to speak no English? 90% is very precise. Did you approach 100 people?

We drove through Macclesfield recently and I felt like I was being smothered and was going to die, it was so grim and oppressive, I’m no stranger to mill towns but it was hideous. DD had bought us a spa break at Shrigley hall and I couldn’t wait to get out of the place, really gloomy.
I made DH drive the other way towards Manchester when we left, rather than go back home via Macclesfield.
Another place I really hated was Urqhart Castle on Loch ness, it felt evil, no other word for it.

Dungeness gives me the creeps it's just so bleak

Alford in Lincolnshire

I think you mean ooop north - honestly it’s not that bad but you do need a big coat on. 🤣

The German Underground Hospital in Jersey was re-branded as the Jersey War Tunnels. I remember going as a young teen - I agree it has a disturbing atmosphere.

The Cannock Chase is quite creepy...

Boscastle, Battle and Bodmin Gaol.

South Croydon isn’t too bad. The further south you go the better it gets. Purley is ok, Coulsdon and Kenley, Sanderstead are really quite decent.

The bit to avoid is around west Croydon station, going north towards Thornton Heath.

Agree, I went there for work recently, and stayed in the city centre. I can’t put my finger on why exactly I felt uncomfortable but I really did. From the train station, then the taxi to the hotel it just felt off, a weird vibe that I’ve only ever felt in one other place - Croydon. Even during the day, walking to find something to eat, I felt really on edge and decided I wasn’t going to go out at night so just stayed in my hotel.

Laugharne. So racist it was almost unbelievable. Was with mixed race friend and we were stared at all day with a really aggressive feel to the staring. Bloke in the pub told us it was because my friend is black and they thought we were lesbians. Exhausting and scary. Left after a day and went to Tenby, no issues whatsoever, lovely place.

Have you watched the new uncanny episodes on bbc? There’s a similar story from a man who was stalked by a black creature similar description for years.

Yes! I just posted about this before seeing your post!

Cong in County Mayo. Went to a pub and it felt like we’d stepped into a scene from The Wicker Man. We’d planned to stay a couple of days but left the next morning.

@HeartandSeoul as another one in Bath I don’t get it either. But in fairness it’s much nicer on a nice day - as is anywhere I guess. It doesn’t have lots of indoor stuff to do if you hit on a shit rainy windy day ! I’ve never found it remotely unfriendly either- maybe it’s just one of those places that’s better to live than visit -plenty clearly don’t feel weird about it looking at our house prices and demand

I need to see this, I love that sort of stuff...

Saddleworth Moor always creeps me the hell out. Even if it wasn't for the history it's just so quiet and eerie despite being right at the side of the motorway.

Honestly, watch them, they’re great! The podcasts are good too :)

Strange what weirds people out, I find Cannock chase really peaceful, I love wandering around the war Cemetery and the memorial to the German Airship crew.
We lived in Germany for years when DH was in the RAF, we used to walk in the local woods and once found a Nazi cemetery with beautifully tended graves. When we went back we couldn’t ever find it again.

Glad it's not just me that gets weirded out by flatness! It feels like you could fall of the edge of the earth or something, to me anyway. (I'm not a Flat Earther, for the record 😆 just gives me that sort of feeling even though it's illogical.)

I booked a week's holiday with dd a couple of years ago in Hastings. Was a very long, unpleasant drive in the rain and dark to get there. The next day we went around the town and thought "oh my god what have we done?!". But the weather was lovely, the flat we were staying in was great, just opposite the main beach in Hastings. We walked to St Leonard's and went into Hastings and into Old Hastings several times and I ended up really liking it and want to go back 😁!

It did help that it was our first trip after the pandemic, dd is an adult and it was just after the summer holidays.

I also love Selfridges, Liverpool and Polperro.  ☺️

As I was trying to collect for charity I probably approached nearer 500 people over several days.
Im sure there will be a statistician on MN who will be able to say if this is statistically significant.

Take it you’ve never been to Bacup??? Home of brassic lol!!! One of the strangest places in England. Apparently the league of gentlemen when looking for filming locations wanted somewhere weird. They came to Bacup and found it too weird and only filmed a little bit. We are also famed for Juliet Bravo and I believe an episode of hetty wainthrop was filmed here. Walking into any of our local drinking establishments highly resembles the pub scene in “American werwolf in London”, if you’re not local that is. Personally I love the place.

Cornworthy in South Devon, it had a reputation for having a Witches coven, not sure if it was just cobblers but when I was in my 20s myself and a friend knew of the villages repuation so we decided to take a drive through one evening, not late but about 8.30 and every single person came to the window to watch us drive through, it was so spooky, needless to say we didn't hang about!

My view is due to a lot of people who lives there act very superior, very dismissive of local places (esp Leeds). It’s a sought after place, very beautiful but the residents pull it down.