Someone quoted this on FB. Poorest areas in the UK?

[Chocolatedeficitdisorder]

What on earth has happened to Blackpool?

As a Scot, It wasn't the list I expected to see, but I'm not familiar with most of the areas.

Top twenty most deprived regions in the UK
Tendring- around St Osyth and Seawick
Blackpool- the Area near The Central Pier
Blackpool- Around the Promenade by the North Pier
Thanet- In Cliftonville West
Blackpool- in the Region by the South Pier
Tendring- in the Area by Clacton-On-The-Sea
Blackpool- in the Region That Falls between Waterloo Road and St Chad’s Station
Coventry- In the Area around Hillmorton Road In Henly
Blackpool- In Woolman Road As Well As Clinton Avenue
Waveney- In the Location of the South Pier in Lowestoft
Blackpool-Around the Cookson Street
Kingston upon Hull- near St John’s Grove
North East Lincolnshire- In the Area That Is Around Oxford Street in Grimsby
Burnley- The Area That Falls On Tay Street and Howard Street
Burnley- The Region That Lies Between Belvedere Road and the Church Street
Mansfield- In Sandy Lane
Blackpool- In Carshalton Road As Well As Clevedon Road
Blackburn with Darwen- The Region of Wensley Fold
Great Yarmouth- By the Seafront

Deprivation breeds deprivation. Blackpool has been on a downwards spiral for many years. There are so many absolutely beautiful towns and villages around Blackpool that it’s easy for decent people to move out without going too far.
There’s also plenty of B&B accommodation for people who can’t afford proper housing or have been evicted, or been in prison etc.
There’s plenty of cheap pubs for people who want to drink themselves into oblivion.
So much money has been put into developing the sea front, yet just a few streets back there are run down, boarded up flats and B&Bs.
The town centre is minging so doesn’t attract shoppers from outside of Blackpool.
Most jobs are seasonal and low paid.

@Chocolatedeficitdisorder

Poorest areas in the UK? I think that list is England only and didn't include Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I think you're correct. They have made all of these claims on the page I linked to and seem to confused between what is an island, a country and a political union.

'The Poorest UK Places'
'..east of Jaywick near Clacton-on-Sea is the most deprived region in the country.'
'Top twenty most deprived regions in the UK'
'holds for Britain’s five million low paid workers'

Still, I have fond memories of beach holidays in Blackpool. It saddens me that it's so reduced now.

...east of Jaywick ??? You don't have to travel very far eastwards from Jaywick to find yourself in the North Sea.

It's not all seaside towns though. Look at Brighton, pretty wealthy, impossible to get a house there anyway. How does Brighton make it work and Blackpool, Hastings, Littlehampton etc so bad?

Here is the data map
maps.cdrc.ac.uk/#/geodemographics/imde2019
you can look up each of the criteria

@lemsipuser

It's not all seaside towns though. Look at Brighton, pretty wealthy, impossible to get a house there anyway. How does Brighton make it work and Blackpool, Hastings, Littlehampton etc so bad?

Brighton also has the whitehawkand Moulscoomb estates which are both in the 5% of most deprived estates in the country. Whitehawk is less than a mile from the million pond homes in the marina and it is like a different world.

Looking at that map, the data is only England.

It's a fascinating map. Looking at the town I used to live in, people used to say it was a dump South of the river but posh North of the river and it was such a weirdly sudden switch. It really is - goes from 4th to 8th decile.

Brighton is probably close enough to London to do weekday commuting, so you'll have some high earners living there.

Monday-Friday commuting, I mean, so having a rental in London for the week and going home at weekends.

I live in a NE coastal town and it’s very gentrified these days,

In some of those areas you only have to move a single street & find a different world. One street deprivation, next street cared for working working class or retired & a street further its aspirational - It is quite sad.
Lowestoft is a case in point - I am hoping that people go back there - its a beautiful beach with some lovely countryside around. That will bring more work to people who live there.

I believe there's an algorithm including wages, employment, amenities etc

Slightly off topic but the “Crap Towns” books show how uk towns were ruined. Most towns in the south or south east are able to support higher earning costs commuters and have low unemployment and higher wages. Brighton is one of these and has the advantage of some very nice houses. There are pockets of deprivation but not widespread deprivation. Clacton is probably the worst in the south east.

Isn't it also because if all the B&Bs? As their holiday business declined, they became temporary housing for the homeless, used by local authorities outside the areas.

Deliberate policy is also partly responsible. Deprived areas have services & organisations to support their population. When councils need to house others with similar problems they send them to the area that has the services.

Or at least that’s the public reason. It’s definitely not due to not wanting drop outs in naice areas.

Jaywick in Essex is the most deprived ward in the UK

Because London has excellent public transport
NONE of its wards are in the most deprived areas

It can't help that well-off 'staycationers' tend to visit - and spend their money - in seaside towns that are already full of people like them. They're not going to Blackpool - there's nothing there for them. They're off to Padstow.

I always thought the issue with Blackpool is it chased the hen/stag money for years, alienating its core audience. Then the hen/stags all buggered off to Eastern Europe.
I know someone from work went and told me some eye opening stories of his weekend there. It lost too much of its family friendly reputation.

I just took a google street view trip around St Johns Grove in Hull - Crikey

??? I’ve seen a lot worse than that! Some houses face open space. Some houses look pretty good. Others at one end look like tips. But not many. At least it’s residential and not all boarded up!

Live close by Blackpool, as people have suggested there are various reasons, lots of low paid seasonal jobs and transient population. Combined with the fact it has had a confused target demographic over the decades - are you adult or are you family orientated? The two don't go hand in hand, and the council tourism section really needed to focus on which it wanted to market itself as and focus energy on that.

??? I’ve seen a lot worse than that!

I agree, St Johns Grove in Hull doesn't look bad at all and most of the homes look as if they're being kept well.

There are far worse in most towns and cities.