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.

As a northerner who has lived in most regions of the UK, I know the north is the best part of the UK.

Retains it's fantastic awesomeness by scaring off those not from the north ;)

Lots of the places mentioned here are on ley lines, plus there are loads of old iron age forts, strange stone circles, UFO sightings, Witches covens and crop circles, might have something to do with it perhaps.

The North is lovely and the people are nicer up North. As proven by John Shuttleworth!

Glastonbury: full of people with drug and MH problems and New Age tat.

Agree with a previous poster about Bath. Every time I go there I anticipate a lovely day and every time I just feel flat and disappointed that there's not really much to do or see. And it's full of other visitors all feeling pretty much the same way.

@Roaminginthegloaming I always wondered what that was. The wall goes on for ages, is there more that 1 gate?

Coventry was a beautiful medieval city until it was bombed to shit by the Germans in WWII. 60,00 bombs were dropped on it in ONE NIGHT. It was hastily rebuilt in the 1950s, had a huge car industry in the 1960s, which has since been decimated. Jesus, learn some history will you. ?

Glenridding

@Barleysugar86 I've felt that too , but felt that it was more about the bridge than where it goes. I feel fine once I get to the other end.

I have two fairly niche places, the subway under the platforms at preston station and Mowbray park in Sunderland. I felt full on horror run now type vibes from both.

Swindon

Porthtowan in Cornwall. Stunning beach but the village is surrounded by hills. I had this really intense feeling of being trapped and felt uneasy the while time we were there. Husband loved it for the same reason!

Oh God yes OP Holy Island. I went to visit and the whole atmosphere was so strange. I could well see an episode of Dr Who on there. A really spooky one. The air was absolutely charged.
Also Pluckley Kent, again that charged air and a feeling something was waiting. It's hard to describe. I spent the night in the haunted Inn and slept like a log.

Yeah. Creepy.

And @SinnerBoy , that phrase made me laugh so much - the people with the mismatched ears!

For me, the only place I felt really uncomfortable was Brighton. We were visiting London for the London to Brighton veteran car rally, so after we'd watched them depart, we got the train to Brighton. I was really expecting to love it, I'm vegetarian and a bit of an old hippy and from what I'd read it should have been just my type of place - relaxed, lots of veggie restaurants etc. Wow, I couldn't have been more wrong! We were only there for about 5 hours but I was so hyper-vigilant the whole time, it just had a really threatening atmosphere I thought.

Portreath in Cornwall. Felt like we were being watched by curtain twitchers. Just eerie in general. Recently drove through Inverkip, Greenock and Port Glasgow, also had creepy vibes. I do find the seaside quite melancholic in general though.

I found it eerie too. One of my 7x G-Grandfathers was an infamous Jacobite: Major General John Gordon of Glenbucket. He was a horrible man who press-ganged young men into his army and many of them were slaughtered at Culloden. 'Old Glenbucket' escaped to Norway and then France with a price on his head.

I don't think anyone has mentioned Princetown on Dartmoor. I've been there many times (work related) and no matter the weather or season, I've always found it unsettling. The sight of the prison in the distance as you approach the village is eerie and it always feels colder up there.

Cardiff! Have never landed somewhere and wanted to leave so quickly in my life. I found the city uncomfortable and grotty in general with a strange atmosphere - it just always felt like something was about to kick off. Staff in shops etc seemed so rude & miserable that I had to ask my Cardiff residing friend if I was the problem! She assured that that it was normal. Constant rain and clouds made it so depressing, in the entire week I was there I didn’t witness the sun once. A bizarre place that I don’t ever want to return to - it’s a shame as I really wanted to like it!

Yes Princetown feels so desolate and remote....

YES! I totally agree and nobody I know has ever understood why. I love you.

hanwell community centre, it’s a random little community centre with a park backed onto it, used to go to the park as a kid as had a whole military themed set up, the community hall itself looks haunted, you always get the feeling someone’s watching you, pretty sure I’ve seen people in the window when it’s been closed and I’m talking 1900’s attire. Also has a bat covern, you see them flying at night. My mum told me after I mentioned to her about it that she spent the night there years ago along with my dad and some mates and she said it’s defo haunted. I know before it was a community centre it was a school that charlie Chaplin attended. Billy Elliott was also filmed there briefly aswell. It’s eerie as you get closer to it, I mean I haven’t been back in the 16 years since I lived near by but my friends still mention it to this day.

Walsingham Norfolk, very odd energy
even as a young child it felt off
50 years later it’s some how worse

I am trying to wonder what the problem is with Glasgow Central. It is a great train station, no issue for me..
I love the Black Isle, lovely part of the country if a bit desolate.
I've never really felt weird anywhere to be honest, except Glencoe, and Dunrobin Castle.

Wow, that's so interesting....

definitely something weird happened at a converted old hotel in Ipswich by the docks.

Heading east or west? I drive the Winchester direction most days and love some of the views, more so when it becomes the A343

Same with Long Meg and her Daughters in Cumbria.