Depressing Places in the UK

[The Ghost of Alex Higgins]

Bumper cars = dementia

[shabbado]

No one, not even carc or Shabba mentioned Shithole Yarmouth. Grimmest of the grim. a wannabe Blackpool.

This is Regent Road, early morning, 2018, the err Strip, but leading away from the sea to the town. Chocka in summer, starting at the Spoons furtter up near the town centre.

One may ponder if this is the best the town offers, what lies behind? Grim, more grim and grimmer.



Oy yay, the socalled Golden Mile and Pleasure Beach. I take my nephew there every year when visiting, started off in Joyland and the Snails, a tradition:



Then as he got older more the Pleasure Beach. It is good value, a pay once wristband and can go on everything all the time. Loved the Ghost House when younger and we always do the dodgems, when older, more the fright rides and the old wooden rollercoaster. Now aged 16, and post-lockdown next summer, sure he'll still like the dodgems, who doesn't and whatever new rides they have.

That may have sounded nostalgic, twas, but back to the thread, it really is an awful place, the Golden Mile stinks of yesteryear seaside holidays, so maybe it can change next year and think of the future. Socalled Golden Mile post-lockdown:

My kids loved Joyland. Can see the green just peaking through at the start of the clip. Spent a fortune in there

Great Yarmouth was alright. We went into the town twice in the week that we stayed at Hopton.
Parked just along from the Pleasure Beach and walked along the main promenade to Joyland and a little beyond.

We used Hopton as a base. Had a glorious day in and around the small towns of the Norfolk broads and also a spent a day a Roarr! and followed by a lovely pub meal at the Bridge Inn in Lenwade.

Norfolk is a lovely part of the country. Glad we visited but i won't be back any time soon. Quite fancy Dorset and the Jurassic Coast next summer (COVID permitting)

[Carlos J]

No one, not even carc or Shabba mentioned Shithole Yarmouth. Grimmest of the grim. a wannabe Blackpool.

This is Regent Road, early morning, 2018, the err Strip, but leading away from the sea to the town. Chocka in summer, starting at the Spoons furtter up near the town centre.

One may ponder if this is the best the town offers, what lies behind? Grim, more grim and grimmer.



Oy yay, the socalled Golden Mile and Pleasure Beach. I take my nephew there every year when visiting, started off in Joyland and the Snails, a tradition:



Then as he got older more the Pleasure Beach. It is good value, a pay once wristband and can go on everything all the time. Loved the Ghost House when younger and we always do the dodgems, when older, more the fright rides and the old wooden rollercoaster. Now aged 16, and post-lockdown next summer, sure he'll still like the dodgems, who doesn't and whatever new rides they have.

That may have sounded nostalgic, twas, but back to the thread, it really is an awful place, the Golden Mile stinks of yesteryear seaside holidays, so maybe it can change next year and think of the future. Socalled Golden Mile post-lockdown:

My kids loved Joyland. Can see the green just peaking through at the start of the clip. Spent a fortune in there

Great Yarmouth was alright. We went into the town twice in the week that we stayed at Hopton.
Parked just along from the Pleasure Beach and walked along the main promenade to Joyland and a little beyond.

We used Hopton as a base. Had a glorious day in and around the small towns of the Norfolk broads and also a spent a day a Roarr! and followed by a lovely pub meal at the Bridge Inn in Lenwade.

Norfolk is a lovely part of the country. Glad we visited but i won't be back any time soon. Quite fancy Dorset and the Jurassic Coast next summer (COVID permitting)

Aww, glad they enjoyed Joyland, Spent a fortune in there as well with nephew just riding the rides again and again, but hey. It is a place to go before you go on to the Pleasure Beach
bigger rirdes when older.

Also glad you enjoyed Norfolk and Roarrr!, a great place for kids and yes, Norfolk is a lovely place with the Broads towns.

But I am still a fan of sunny Suffolk. though nealrly lived in Norfolk as long. Shame you didn't cross the border. The 'Stoft, Lowestoft, is Yarmouth's better brother. And sunny Suffolk has so much to offer, Not fucking Southwold though, from Orwell resting and now a second home place of London types.

[Carlos J]

And here's Lowestoft:



My home in sunny Suffolk from early 2000s till moving to Norwich in 2012. A shit town, but a great town, as as per top commenter:

Brett Wilson
5 months ago
You deserve a medal, don't know how you have made Lowestoft look so good. Possibly because there are no crack and smackheads in the high street because of lockdown, just a thought

It's not that bad, well maybe. Feel far safer walking the night streets of Partridgeland.

But on a sunny day, nice beaches and what a prom. He sort of stopped before the Cefas building, big building in the distance at 14.30 and could have taken a walk in Kensington Gardens, just above sea level where he was, Nice painted huts until then, Even better beyond the Cefaas building it is a dunes beach and totally willd.

Same as the north Denes, beyond Ness Point going north and sadly closed old Corton naturist beach, damned erosion and fringe elements of wankers blamed. The few times I went there was 90% old male. Not for me, Beeky, but if looking for a grandaddy and play, it would be cock heaven: http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/suffolk/hi/ ... 893196.stm

[lambrini]

Elephant and Castle
Islington
Mile End
Whitechapel

[henrycrs]

No one, not even carc or Shabba mentioned Shithole Yarmouth. Grimmest of the grim. a wannabe Blackpool.

This is Regent Road, early morning, 2018, the err Strip, but leading away from the sea to the town. Chocka in summer, starting at the Spoons furtter up near the town centre.

One may ponder if this is the best the town offers, what lies behind? Grim, more grim and grimmer.



Oy yay, the socalled Golden Mile and Pleasure Beach. I take my nephew there every year when visiting, started off in Joyland and the Snails, a tradition:



Then as he got older more the Pleasure Beach. It is good value, a pay once wristband and can go on everything all the time. Loved the Ghost House when younger and we always do the dodgems, when older, more the fright rides and the old wooden rollercoaster. Now aged 16, and post-lockdown next summer, sure he'll still like the dodgems, who doesn't and whatever new rides they have.

That may have sounded nostalgic, twas, but back to the thread, it really is an awful place, the Golden Mile stinks of yesteryear seaside holidays, so maybe it can change next year and think of the future. Socalled Golden Mile post-lockdown:

Yarmouth is dreadful . Never been the same since they closed the waxworks museum.

Blackpool
Peterborough
Luton

[Basualdo]

No one, not even carc or Shabba mentioned Shithole Yarmouth. Grimmest of the grim. a wannabe Blackpool.

This is Regent Road, early morning, 2018, the err Strip, but leading away from the sea to the town. Chocka in summer, starting at the Spoons furtter up near the town centre.

One may ponder if this is the best the town offers, what lies behind? Grim, more grim and grimmer.



Oy yay, the socalled Golden Mile and Pleasure Beach. I take my nephew there every year when visiting, started off in Joyland and the Snails, a tradition:



Then as he got older more the Pleasure Beach. It is good value, a pay once wristband and can go on everything all the time. Loved the Ghost House when younger and we always do the dodgems, when older, more the fright rides and the old wooden rollercoaster. Now aged 16, and post-lockdown next summer, sure he'll still like the dodgems, who doesn't and whatever new rides they have.

That may have sounded nostalgic, twas, but back to the thread, it really is an awful place, the Golden Mile stinks of yesteryear seaside holidays, so maybe it can change next year and think of the future. Socalled Golden Mile post-lockdown:

My kids loved Joyland. Can see the green just peaking through at the start of the clip. Spent a fortune in there

Great Yarmouth was alright. We went into the town twice in the week that we stayed at Hopton.
Parked just along from the Pleasure Beach and walked along the main promenade to Joyland and a little beyond.

We used Hopton as a base. Had a glorious day in and around the small towns of the Norfolk broads and also a spent a day a Roarr! and followed by a lovely pub meal at the Bridge Inn in Lenwade.

Norfolk is a lovely part of the country. Glad we visited but i won't be back any time soon. Quite fancy Dorset and the Jurassic Coast next summer (COVID permitting)

Roy's of Wroxham, the outta town shopping expeeeerience-ah!

[Hillman avenger]

Last year we were staying at Winterton for a break and our route took us through G Yarmouth . I had been before but forgotten what a dump it is. Blackpool without the irony.
But then we got to Caistor which managed to make GY look better. Stopped there to get lunch at a pub which had a scrawled sign on the door "If you don't support Brexit fuck off".

[Geezer]

Barrow-in-Furness
Rotherham

no way

i've had many a great night at the Tivoli!

You and me both my friend.

15 quid all you can some (tenner for the ladies (loose term, it was Rotherham))

[paolo]

Barrow-in-Furness
Rotherham

no way

i've had many a great night at the Tivoli!

You and me both my friend.

15 quid all you can some (tenner for the ladies (loose term, it was Rotherham))

Correct!

Straight upstairs, bouncers wouldn’t let you out near the pitch

[JudgeTedd]

Ladies and Gentlemen there is nowhere in the Uk as depressing as the town March in Cambridgeshire. Not only is the landscape completely flat and sparse.

But it’s near neighbour is Wisbech which is an absolute dive but somehow compared to March it looks like Las Vegas.

March’s other near metropolis is of course Peterborough. And if Adrian Durham is one of there more famous exports, you can imagine what that place is like.

[Vespa]

Basingstoke train station.

[lambrini]

Basingstoke train station.

Euston

Ugh

[davidarthur]

Rhyl wins hands down. Used to go there as a kid and for nostalgia took my kids a few years back. Left after 1 hour having seen at least 5 drunks (2 of which threw up in front of us) and had 2 people offer us drugs. And this was at 10am on Sunday.

[Carlos J]

Elephant and Castle
Islington
Mile End
Whitechapel

One of my exes moved to London Bridge. When visiting used to always go to The Rockingham Arms 'spoons at E&C for breakfast. Funny old place, but enjoyable enough.