I Explored the 5 WORST Areas to LIVE in Gloucester (#5 Isn't Well Known)

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  • @ukexplored
    @ukexplored  Рік тому +24

    Where are the Gloucesterfarians at? If you have any comments or feedback, or just want to chat - I welcome all comments!

    • @Budgiearmy
      @Budgiearmy Рік тому +2

      Pls do lydiard Swindon next

    • @benleydon
      @benleydon Рік тому +4

      Have you done a special on some of our interesting natural spots yet?
      I recommend: trying to count the 99 trees on top of May Hill, exploring the Pancake Mines at Symonds Yat, a walk on the Malverns or a chilly dip in St Antony's Well .

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  Рік тому +2

      @@Budgiearmy I was actually going to go to Walcot and Eastcott this week as they're two of the worst crime areas in Swindon and I've not taken a close look at them. What you think those areas are like?

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  Рік тому

      @@benleydon I'd love to do some of the nicer, interesting natural spots, but unfortunately there isn't much of an audience for it.

    • @Budgiearmy
      @Budgiearmy Рік тому +2

      Good choice it's rough down there too many drugs and that

  • @gabefernandes356
    @gabefernandes356 Рік тому +20

    I used to work in the guitar shop on Barton Street -nice to see it's still there

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  Рік тому +5

      Yes, always good to see a long running family business 👍

    • @theycallmejpj
      @theycallmejpj 7 місяців тому +2

      Bought my first bass from
      Remus Sound !!

    • @gabefernandes356
      @gabefernandes356 7 місяців тому

      @@theycallmejpj I worked saturdays from 2014-2017 -could do with going back for a bass myself

    • @guywilcox736
      @guywilcox736 2 місяці тому +2

      My old teacher at Crypt, Mrs Remes, her husband opened it in the 80s I think. Not many independent shops last that long, so good to see it going strong.

    • @ramborambokitchenkitchen6357
      @ramborambokitchenkitchen6357 День тому

      What years?, my dad used to go in there all the time and buy too much guitar stuff he definitely didn’t need lol.

  • @chiganuggoo9929
    @chiganuggoo9929 Рік тому +14

    As a born and bred Glawsterfarian I saw the headline, donned my armour, puffed my chest out and flexed my fingers at the ready by the keyboard to defend the realm, I know and love so well..... but, after watching, I can't say a bad word about your video. Straight facts. What I will say is, in all the areas you've mentioned, there is a good sense of community amongst the majority of inhabitants, White City, Matson & Tredworth particularly and despite the many run down shots you included of properties, there are people in all the areas who genuinely take pride in their homes and keep them looking decent....the trouble is, several neighbours of theirs don't and 'let the side down'. Imagine if streets grouped together and maintained their own areas, how that would lift the looks of these suburbs. Anyway, i've waffled on enough, subscribed and looking forward to more content. Cheers!

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  Рік тому +2

      Thanks, sir. You’re right, and I don’t try to bash or offend anyone in my videos, although my dry humour is always present.
      I am focusing on the worst areas, and it’s hard, if not impossible, to convey the community spirit most , if not all of these areas have.
      Maybe one day I’ll include interviews and such, but for now I like this style of editing where I cram in loads of clips.
      Glllooowwwesssterrrrr!

    • @Ryan_poland
      @Ryan_poland Рік тому +1

      @@ukexploredGood that you didn’t do Tuffley cuz that’s where I am and I live in a rich, quiet neighbourhood where crime doesn’t happen a lot.

  • @davidrobert2007
    @davidrobert2007 Рік тому +18

    Your channel is serious competition for TurdTowns channel (which I also love). I can't say I love to see the urban decay though 😢

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  Рік тому +4

      Thanks, yeah I’m not making light of it or cracking jokes, it’s sad to see the direction the country is going in for the most part. But I have hope for the future. I think. 🤓

    • @davidrobert2007
      @davidrobert2007 Рік тому +3

      @@ukexplored You definitely have hope for the future. Your narration style is perfect for this type of video, in my opinion 👍

    • @ailing9119
      @ailing9119 9 місяців тому

      Love your channel❤ and Turdtown. Why don’t you guys collab?

  • @davejack82
    @davejack82 Рік тому +28

    Podsmead is meant to be the most deprived area of the city. If I were in power I’d do a mass tidy up once a month, tell people you’ll take away old mattresses, electrical items, furniture etc for free. You’d soon clear most of the fly tipping. And spend money tidying the streets and front gardens, would make hell of a difference. That’s what levelling up should be about, make people proud of where they live

    • @simonbeasley989
      @simonbeasley989 Рік тому

      Exactly what I was thinking, make it really easy and free to get rid of old stuff.

    • @Ryan_poland
      @Ryan_poland Рік тому +2

      I live next to podsmead and it’s a nice quiet, rich neighbourhood.

    • @truebro77
      @truebro77 Рік тому

      but they don't want that. They want to infest your communities with foreigners and illegals to demoralise you. To cause infighting. It's all planned.

    • @EPFAN100
      @EPFAN100 11 місяців тому +2

      its not all the homes in podsmead , alot do have pride you need to see yourself the vids on here only highlight the bad homes sadly and makes matters worse,, ask local MP what hes doing to help ????

    • @dandouchiha2864
      @dandouchiha2864 11 місяців тому

      by the crypt school is the worst part i got mugged and stabbed there just over a year ago

  • @hollyberry623
    @hollyberry623 Рік тому +12

    Lived in Gloucester all my life they have ruined the town centre, not worth going there anymore so I don't. You have got all the other areas right in this video with what you have said. Enjoyed this very much but just one comment please try not to swing your camera around so fast I suffer from motion sickness and had to look away. Don't take this comment the wrong away please. Thank you.

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  11 місяців тому +1

      Thanks for your comment, I appreciate all feedback.
      I’m trying to get better with the film quality, I’ll take that into account.
      Maybe that new shopping construction near the station will turn things around for the city centre….

    • @jaguarskills69
      @jaguarskills69 4 місяці тому +1

      The other thing that makes Gloucester City centre worse is the drunks and druggies that hang around in southgate street, there ether shouting or just drunk in broad daylight just outside Greggs cake shop, yesterday a guy was being sick outside Poundland, it's absolutely disgusting! I can't understand why the Police/ courts haven't banned these people from town altogether, they really show how bad the town centre has got, I know there's good and bad in every city, But I live here and I go into town nearly everyday, and to see this everyday is terrible.

    • @guywilcox736
      @guywilcox736 2 місяці тому

      Town is just depressing now isn't it? Went in last week, and it's just dreary and rundown. Loads of empty shops, bookies, vape shops, charity shops, coffee shops. It's soulless and generic now. I'm sure that's true of most towns and cities apart from London, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol etc but still.

  • @nicholasviney5975
    @nicholasviney5975 Рік тому +17

    To be honest I have no idea where the money goes in Gloucester but the cuts to public waste services play a big part in half of it, if the council don't care the people won't either.

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  Рік тому +7

      They found some £200+ Million for the new city centre development - I hate to be a skeptic, but what the heck are they expecting? Tourist trade?

    • @phoenixzappa7366
      @phoenixzappa7366 Рік тому +4

      Fred West is typical of people from Gloucester.

    • @sarahwasheree
      @sarahwasheree Рік тому +2

      He was born & brought up in Hereford. Ok some people in Gloucester are pretty rough looking but not all of us 😂

  • @jimjam6958
    @jimjam6958 6 місяців тому +4

    My family moved to Gloucester in 1970, my dad and two brothers still live there. I don't remember it being so filthy in the 70's and 80's, perhaps back then we had dustbin lorries capable of grinding up sofas and mattresses.

  • @Wadworth6XLad
    @Wadworth6XLad Рік тому +7

    Another problem in identifying the boundaries of White City is that a lot of the houses aren’t white any more. Most of the worst houses were pulled down in the late 90s and the early 2000s and replaced with new red-brick homes. The area is visible from the train if you are heading south on the west coast mainline. I recall making that journey and seeing dozens of boarded up houses, then next time I went through Gloucester by rail maybe two years later the same part of the city was unrecognizable.
    One notable omission from this list is western Podsmead. According to the 2019 Multiple Deprivation Index, the latest year for which figures are available, it’s the #1 most deprived area in the city and the county.

  • @Titot182
    @Titot182 Рік тому +6

    When I used to live in Coopers Edge, I'd often cut through Matson if I wanted to head towards the south side of Gloucester. Honestly, it's not that bad. Likewise the diversity on Barton street reminds me of the east end of London, just think of Upton Park and Plaistow or places like that. That being said, people would also say avoid Kingsway (back the day). Have to say though that I've had nothing but top service from the staff at Gloucester Royal. I'd have no issues recommending Gloucester over Cheltenham as a place to live.
    Worst bit about Gloucester is its road infrastructure. I live in the Forest of Dean now, and trying to get into work via the A40 in a respectable time is nigh on impossible. I daresay that even the aforementioned area's house prices are creeping up.

    • @ramborambokitchenkitchen6357
      @ramborambokitchenkitchen6357 День тому +1

      I also live in the Forest of Dean now after leaving Gloucester. Will also agree that the A40 and the roads leading into Gloucester are a joke. It can take ridiculously long to get in sometimes. The roads are now not fit for purpose with how many people are trying to use em.

    • @Titot182
      @Titot182 День тому

      @ramborambokitchenkitchen6357 Lydney's roads are a joke at the moment, so I just don't leave the hose 😆

  • @jakespeed6515
    @jakespeed6515 10 місяців тому +2

    Nice Video, I believe the division on Barton and Tredworth is which side of Barton Street your on, as Barton leads onto Chequers one way or Town Centre the other way/ Eastgate St.

  • @robertjames6640
    @robertjames6640 Рік тому +6

    I went to school in Cheltenham when my family lived there. I had a good friend who went to the Kings School in Gloucester and he hated the city. He said it was rough, violent and sleazy. I guess a lot of people agreed with him as I only went there once to Robinswood Barracks. Our school army cadet force was affiliated with the Gloucestershire Regiment who were at Robinswood at the time.

    • @ChristopherForrest
      @ChristopherForrest 9 місяців тому +2

      If your mate went to Kings hes probably a bit wet behind the ears. Have lived in many places and whilst Gloucester gets a bad rep its a quite, safe place to be.

    • @lemsip207
      @lemsip207 6 місяців тому

      I had a friend who lived in Upton St Leonards when it was a village and before it became a suburb. She took me to Cheltenham for the day when I visited her for the weekend as she didn't like Gloucester, and the following day, we wallked to Prinknash Abbey Bird Park.
      This was years before Fred and Rosemary West were arrested in 1995. The area they lived in was a nice part of inner Gloucester.

  • @katiepaoulacowdrey1963
    @katiepaoulacowdrey1963 4 місяці тому +1

    I lived off Barton Street for 5 years and loved it. Lovely neighbours and community. Sad to see it slated as its really not as bad as made out. Yes there are problems, but as long as you keep with things, no issues at all. Matson, Whit City and Coney Hill are where I felt unsafe. And also the roads around Cromwell Street in the city centre, very ropey around there.

  • @paulcampbell85
    @paulcampbell85 Рік тому +2

    Grate drone work Philip.

  • @theexteriorcleaningguy9457
    @theexteriorcleaningguy9457 8 місяців тому +8

    Should of done coney hill in Gloucester

  • @mrsandman4397
    @mrsandman4397 Рік тому +1

    Keep up the audit of local areas, It needs highlighting .. Bravo.

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  11 місяців тому

      Appreciate you watching, and I will. I’ve started getting out and about again this year. 👍

  • @hywodnsu
    @hywodnsu 5 місяців тому +2

    If all the nice shops down by the quays were in the city centre, the city centre might be worth visiting, but they're not.
    If you're going to Gloucester visit the cathedral, then leave, ideally quickly.

  • @mountainmantararua8824
    @mountainmantararua8824 Рік тому +2

    I find all this very depressing. Once a place goes downhill, it is very rapid, people lose pride in their community (or so it seems, looking at this video). The amount of rubbish in the streets and on properties seems over whelming, it is one thing to look at it on the screen it is another to live there, it would drive me crazy. I am thankful that I live surrounded by mountains and forests here in NZ, and yes !! we have our rough areas, but nothing like depicted here. Thank you for showing us around and a happy new year to you. ATB Cheers from the mountains of NZ ☺☺

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  11 місяців тому

      Thanks for watching. This city is one of the cleanest and tidiest of the places I’ve covered on this channel!
      You’re lucky to have space and green landscape around you, there is certainly a correlation between how densely populated an area is and the social problems and untidiness!

  • @BarryBethal-yv2oz
    @BarryBethal-yv2oz Рік тому +10

    I always thought Gloucester was one of thought towns that didn’t have any worst areas other than Fred West’s street but I was wrong

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  Рік тому +6

      There is always bad neighbourhoods on every city, the councils make it that way. It just depends how bad they are. Gloucester isn’t too bad thankfully.

    • @davidrobert2007
      @davidrobert2007 Рік тому +5

      I actually walked down that road and saw that house after the news came out but before the house was demolished. I found myself in Gloucester at that time and was curious to see it. An ordinary looking (end terrace I think?) house, on an ordinary street, but the windows and doors all bricked up. The place had a really bad vibe to it. I was glad to get away to be honest.

    • @sarahwasheree
      @sarahwasheree Рік тому +1

      WhiteCity was built and named after Mr. White who may have been a councillor. It was built hidden behind posher houses on Finlay Road. Southfield Road was also posher and Northfield Road more common and I think there used to be a pub and they would sit in the lounge if from Southfield and bar if from Northfield. I’m sure there’s a UA-cam about it that was on TV years ago.

    • @chrissygcity6211
      @chrissygcity6211 11 місяців тому

      ​@@sarahwashereeI have a small part of that video

    • @lemsip207
      @lemsip207 6 місяців тому

      Yet Cromwell Street is in a nice part of inner Gloucester and close to the railway station and to the south west of it.

  • @lemsip207
    @lemsip207 6 місяців тому +1

    Gloucester city centre is a pedestrianised concrete jungle. I would be glad to get out of the city centre or visit the docks or cathedral when I was there. The Nature in Art museum is nearby out in the countryside north of the city.

  • @thetoonpiper
    @thetoonpiper Рік тому +4

    I used to live in Barton area just behind Barton Street on Upton Street that area has changed a lot since 2008. Aunty also lived in Tredworth on Parry Rd. Love the brightly painted houses with the murals, really brightens up Barton area, reminds me of Brighton town centre and the Laines.

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  11 місяців тому +1

      Nice. I think the bright colours are a huge upgrade to the area, haven’t been to Brighton but it reminds me of the rows of housing near the waterfront in Bristol.

    • @turnip5359
      @turnip5359 6 місяців тому

      Tasha is only doing that because she has a massive portfolio of properties and wants to increase the value of them by getting all the houses painted colourfully with all the murals etc. by making the area look a little nicer.
      She's not doing this out of altruism, I've also got some other choice words which I won't use as I'll get banned. I know a few homeowners who have had run-ins with her who would also say some choice words.
      Good luck if you're one of those people and you want to simply tell her "no, I don't want my house painted."
      Those houses are going to look terrible in 5 - 10 years if not maintained especially in lower income areas, something tells me she's going to sell off many of her properties before that happens though.

    • @1273mel
      @1273mel Місяць тому

      Who’s your aunty

  • @kathrynlouise1372
    @kathrynlouise1372 10 місяців тому +3

    Today whilst walking down Barton Street I saw a man sharpening his knife on the wall, a crackhead with a traffic cone hat, and 2 lads who had just nicked a mobility scooter- one was receiving a backy down the road. Always eventful 😂

  • @ramborambokitchenkitchen6357
    @ramborambokitchenkitchen6357 День тому

    Lived in tredworth for 16 years and watched it massively go downhill. What an absolute dump it was the last time I went back.

  • @MrFederation
    @MrFederation 7 місяців тому +8

    I'm surprised you didn't explore Kingsway, that place is the most feral town in Gloucestershire!

    • @rw8733
      @rw8733 7 місяців тому +4

      Yes. Lovely, new housing development filled with a lot of vermin. A real shame.

    • @ramborambokitchenkitchen6357
      @ramborambokitchenkitchen6357 День тому

      @@rw8733they’ve ruined innsworth as well with that massive new estate next to the army barracks.

  • @johnnyboy7534
    @johnnyboy7534 Рік тому +4

    Greetings from probably the only Finnish subscriber of your channel. it's really interesting to watch your videos and see how the not-so-good areas look over there.
    Pip pip cheerio!

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  Рік тому +3

      Thanks Johnny, I see Finland referred to as the 'happiest' country in the world in the Gallup World Poll, things must be pretty good over there!? Pip pip cheerio!

  • @alexmckee4683
    @alexmckee4683 9 місяців тому +2

    Honestly, I'm impressed - this is a good video. I am writing this comment in Matson. It's a good place to live in my opinion, but it certainly has its problems.

  • @rw8733
    @rw8733 7 місяців тому

    Enjoyed this. Lots of memories. Moved to Podsmead at the age of 2. Lived in Tuffley. Went to local schools. Had quite a good childhood. Question to the author of this post. What area did you grow up in?

  • @trevorgibb1019
    @trevorgibb1019 11 місяців тому +1

    I live in white city and it's a lovely quiet place, You literally filmed about 50 yards from my street and I can tell you that after living in Gloucester city centre for seven years, moving here was an amazingly nice move. I've had no trouble here. I am not a native of Gloucester and I like it here. Especially in white city.
    Also the block of flats you showed on Alvin street in Kingsholm is to be demolished and I understand the council are in the process of moving people out!

  • @Revenga02
    @Revenga02 5 місяців тому +1

    Very almost brought a house on Kingsholm but we walked around the area and it just felt unsafe especially around the tower block and some of the alleyways.
    Considering the house was close to 600k id want to live somewhere a bit more "boring"
    Genuinely gutted as the house was a 11/10 but i just wouldnt feel comfortable letting my daughter walk around in the evenings alone in a few years!

  • @K-M1
    @K-M1 Місяць тому

    Coney Hill used to be 1 of the worst, but it's not too bad now since they moved a lot of the problem families out. The majority of them got moved to Kingsway, which now has a massive crime rate.

  • @TheBigJenks
    @TheBigJenks Рік тому +7

    Born and raised in Tredworth..... I still live there!!
    It really has taken a nose dive over the last 20 years....

    • @robertjames6640
      @robertjames6640 Рік тому +1

      So has every city in the western world. Here in the USA it is no different. The American Dream is slowly turning into a bad one for many citizens.

    • @truebro77
      @truebro77 Рік тому +2

      hmmm, I wonder why.. I can't quite put my finger on it...

    • @ramborambokitchenkitchen6357
      @ramborambokitchenkitchen6357 День тому

      I lived there for 16 years. By 2018 I’d had enough and sold my house on Conduit Street to move to the Forest of Dean.

  • @sammycrangle1000
    @sammycrangle1000 9 місяців тому +1

    Injoyed your video thank you

  • @roymakay3747
    @roymakay3747 6 місяців тому

    totally off topic but what's the tune you used as background for tredworth bit? thanks.

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  6 місяців тому

      It's a piece called 'Maximum Security', it's one of the royalty free tracks built into my editing software.

  • @CRiZLA
    @CRiZLA 6 місяців тому +1

    Pronounced "Kings- Home"
    (Dont forget Fred and Rose west of Cromwell Street)

  • @princebuster93
    @princebuster93 Рік тому +5

    Those flats in Matson, really awful, enough to make anyone depressed 😢

    • @SJ_Vibezz
      @SJ_Vibezz Рік тому +1

      His thumbnail was the flat I grew up in in matson. Depression was definitely the word although back in the 90s was the last time it had a little safety. 2000s onwards I couldn’t play outside anymore and my adult neighbours would steal my clothes on the line when I was only 12 years old smh

    • @AntonioCidade-gf6pl
      @AntonioCidade-gf6pl 6 місяців тому

      Beautiful city,to much different cultures.

    • @lemsip207
      @lemsip207 6 місяців тому

      Matson also has a large ski slope.

  • @jwithington9347
    @jwithington9347 Рік тому +2

    Cant say im surprised after going through the city once and thinking it looks worse than derby and thats saying something. If you ever get the chance do some exlores there

  • @sinnyozzy
    @sinnyozzy Рік тому +3

    You should do Alumn Rock, Handworth & Newtown in Birmingham and all the parts of Birmingham you ignored before.

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  Рік тому

      I’m not ignoring those areas, definitely going to go around to them. The smaller towns and areas around the Black Country were recommended more often and I thought more interesting.

    • @TheWhitehawker
      @TheWhitehawker 8 місяців тому

      Newtown is the worst place I know

  • @jakedovey7488
    @jakedovey7488 5 місяців тому

    I live in Gloucester in kingsholm/wotton the area is partially misrepresented in this video, most of the issues come from the insane number of care homes, supported living units and rehab units as well as a couple of derelict buildings, overall I wouldn't have put kingsholm and wotton on the list, but instead I'd have selected Kingsway or Quedgley which are much rougher areas!

  • @kgukoz
    @kgukoz 7 місяців тому

    This is crazy, as someone from this city, I've lived in 2 of the areas mentioned (you showed the streets in the clips) and use to hang around the others growing up. Yes there was some antisocial behaviour but I didn't experience the same crime rates as there is now. Most areas of lower social economy have drug dealers living amongst them so that's nothing new. It's a real shame as I think the city has a lot of potential but not enough money pumped into it to compete with other bigger cities

  • @historyoffootball87
    @historyoffootball87 Рік тому +4

    These areas look pretty good compared to Slough and some of the others you covered.

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  Рік тому +1

      Yeah, gloucester isn’t too bad, this is the worst of it, so it’s nice to see the contrast between different areas.

    • @california7376
      @california7376 Рік тому +6

      the reason is....Slough is Pakistan and not the U.K.

    • @truebro77
      @truebro77 Рік тому

      thi s is correct
      the overriding fact here is, if you allow thousands of people who dont share your culture or pratices you end up with shite like this@@california7376

    • @thathurt
      @thathurt 8 місяців тому

      Slough tho. 🤣

  • @SJ_Vibezz
    @SJ_Vibezz Рік тому +2

    Your thumbnail was the flat I grew up in, in matson 😂

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  Рік тому +1

      What are the chances of seeing your old place, eh!
      Glad to hear you moved away if you were experiencing all of that!

  • @davidrobert2007
    @davidrobert2007 Рік тому +7

    We don't need brightly painted houses we need social cohesion.

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  Рік тому +3

      There are some things a ‘new kick of paint’ can’t fix. 😀

    • @davidrobert2007
      @davidrobert2007 Рік тому +1

      @@ukexplored Agreed.

    • @sarahwasheree
      @sarahwasheree Рік тому +4

      I don’t like them. The colours clash and I just think how will they look in a couple of years when they get dirty.

    • @truebro77
      @truebro77 Рік тому

      imprting thousands of people from all over the world ho despise you and hate your culture will not magically allow for social cohesion

    • @bricktop.
      @bricktop. 10 місяців тому

      ​@@sarahwasheree Exactly!! I'm not sure if that Tash lady owns most of those properties or what her actual deal is, but never in a million years would I buy a bright orange house. Like you say, a few years of dirt and they will look bloody awful. I'm on high st, I cannot wait to leave, no grass or trees about , it's very oppressive.

  • @simonkingscott8054
    @simonkingscott8054 Рік тому +1

    You’ve got it pretty spot on. Raised in Tredworth, wouldn’t step in it these days

    • @melgrant7404
      @melgrant7404 Рік тому

      I know st James Street.

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  11 місяців тому

      The stats don’t lie. But to be honest, a lot of the other places I’ve visited on the channel were worse than Gloucester if I’m being positive here.

    • @1273mel
      @1273mel Місяць тому

      Off high street?

    • @ramborambokitchenkitchen6357
      @ramborambokitchenkitchen6357 День тому

      I lived in Conduit Street for 16 years. It is now an absolute dump. I sold up and moved out to the Forest of Dean in summer 2018.

  • @rajj59
    @rajj59 Рік тому +2

    What about Barnwood and surrounding area..please can upu cove

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  Рік тому +3

      I know Barnwood, I don’t think it was that bad, and it doesn’t appear high up on the stats for deprived or dangerous areas. You think it’s as bad as the areas on this video?

    • @MokuTom
      @MokuTom Рік тому +3

      @@ukexplored no chance, Barnwood is lush compared to these.. good list mate!

  • @bricktop.
    @bricktop. 10 місяців тому +3

    Also, shout out to Abu's Fish and chips on high st.
    The SLOWEST service you will literally ever receive.

    • @pxrified
      @pxrified 9 місяців тому

      Try the new burger shop where it used to be at the bottom of high street

    • @ramborambokitchenkitchen6357
      @ramborambokitchenkitchen6357 День тому

      Trafalgar fish and chips near tredworth primary school was great. Bossman in there is really nice.

  • @brianohanlon5061
    @brianohanlon5061 Рік тому +3

    mr foster went to Gloucester in the pouring rain.

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  Рік тому +5

      … and got mugged in matson. 😀

    • @brianohanlon5061
      @brianohanlon5061 Рік тому +1

      @@ukexplored mr foster was not the only person to get mugged in matson....four years ago i was seeing an ex-girlfriend who lived in matson...and ...yes...i was mugged...... some bloke with a electric -razor mugged me....this guy was crazy.....he took my wallet...my phone.....my watch.....and a little of the sides.

  • @StephenOverthrow
    @StephenOverthrow 4 дні тому

    Born in Matson in the early 60's. Great place to grow up then as everybody, and I mean everybody took great pride in their surroundings and property's even though we were all renters on a large council estate. Started going downhill in the 90's for whatever reason, under privileged people/families dependent on the state, I don't really know. Still visited my mum a couple of times a week there where I grew up until her passing 8 months ago. To be honest, on the whole, there are some really nice areas in Matson which are nicely kept. Recently sold mums house after being on the market for just 2 days, so that says something about the place in my opinion. Agree with most here, Glos city centre is a shit hole and the council hasn't a clue what to do with it.

  • @Tyson8887
    @Tyson8887 4 дні тому +2

    GTA Gloucester. 😂

  • @VOWelAHC
    @VOWelAHC Рік тому +1

    Dope mag vendor 👍👍

  • @spydigitaluk
    @spydigitaluk 11 місяців тому +4

    39 years in matson and really not that bad

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  11 місяців тому +1

      Yeah, I think I said in the video I know people who live in Matson. Don’t think I’m trying to make it look bad, I went with the published stats as I said. And for the record, I think sheep should be allowed to roam freely all over the country. 🐑

  • @JeffoJonJ
    @JeffoJonJ 5 місяців тому

    ..So true man! the only good thing about Glos is GFM radio station!!
    moved to cornwall..but them vibes remembered

  • @paulreynolds5751
    @paulreynolds5751 6 місяців тому +1

    i lived in gloucester all my life
    longlevens. barton and robinswood
    4 mins into the video you show a property 120 millbrook street. i actually lived in that house for 5 years lol..left my key in the door one night and someone burgled my house so that sais alot. its abandoned now. the guy who owned it died. totally agree. that area is a shit hole. the worst place to live in gloucester imo. the house wasnt bad on the inside but the area is messy loud and rifiled with crime

    • @paulreynolds5751
      @paulreynolds5751 6 місяців тому

      continuing watching the video...5 mins 37..thats my nan outside her front door talking to someone lol

  • @sarahwasheree
    @sarahwasheree Рік тому +1

    Ha ha I’m from Gloucester. Lived in Tredworth for 16 years. My Mum lives in Matson and I work in Barton. I know all those areas well. You could have included Coney Hill and Kingsway but I guess 5 areas is enough. I moved to Stroud. A hippy dippy place but because of the station again some down and outs get here. Many large shops have or are closing here but the shopping centre was recently revamped.

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  Рік тому +1

      Stroud feels like a nice escape from Gloucester, some good and bad there line everywhere. Can’t escape those down and outs though! 😀

    • @chriswarrior879
      @chriswarrior879 Рік тому +1

      @@ukexplored @sarahwasheree Kingsway's crime rate is way below that of these areas so definitely not in the same bracket. 2022 was 97.7 compared to Coney Hill which is 183.2. It's the 7th lowest crime rate in Gloucester for 2022, and the 9th overall if you average the yearly rate since 2007 against all Gloucester areas including those outside the City boundary like Churchdown, Brockworth, Hardwicke etc. Coney Hill is 21st out of 25 with the worst being Westgate, Barton & Tredworth, Podsmead and Kingsholm & Wotton.
      Abbeymead has the lowest average rate and also the lowest rate last year, with Churchdown Brookfield and Quedgeley Severnvale just behind it.

    • @deniseg-hill1730
      @deniseg-hill1730 Рік тому +1

      The food market in Stroud is great and there are so many delicious eateries around the area

    • @melgrant7404
      @melgrant7404 Рік тому +1

      @deniseg-hill1730 can't stand the hills in stroud.

  • @barnabyhughes5643
    @barnabyhughes5643 11 місяців тому

    Surprised you didn't include the area in and around Cromwell St. I don't just mention this because of the Wests but when I visited Gloucester, this area looked very run down with loads of boarded up shops and dilapidated buildings. It has also historically been an area of bedsits and temporary accommodation with not many people taking pride in their homes. Perhaps it's changed recently but I was last in Gloucester 10 years ago and it looked really bad then.

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  11 місяців тому

      That area is pretty much attached to the city centre, so the crime stats are through the roof as with most cities. I wanted to cover the worst housing estates in this video.

    • @douglasvick9703
      @douglasvick9703 10 місяців тому

      So much unjustified negativity...You need to live there to Judge ...I am a Proud Cheltonian yet I go always to Gloucester...Plenty of money for investment in Gloucester ..Getting better all the time...Leaving Cheltenham Spa miles behind...For goodness sake show the positive aspects on all these place Videos.!!!!!

    • @douglasvick9703
      @douglasvick9703 10 місяців тому

      You did not do The Rainbow Avenues/Streets justice.!!!!!Super.....

    • @ramborambokitchenkitchen6357
      @ramborambokitchenkitchen6357 День тому

      It’s pretty much all either student accommodation or multiple occupancy nowadays round there.

  • @PrinceJohn84
    @PrinceJohn84 Рік тому +3

    Absolutely tons of trap houses in Gloucester.

  • @leswallace2426
    @leswallace2426 3 місяці тому

    I lived in Tredworth for four years, it was o the rough side then in the late 1970s, but it looks bloody terrible now.

    • @ramborambokitchenkitchen6357
      @ramborambokitchenkitchen6357 День тому

      I sold up and left in 2018, people kept breaking into my garden and over the years I had a few bikes nicked even when I chained them up in my own garden. I lived on conduit street.

  • @skullbuster6581
    @skullbuster6581 8 місяців тому +1

    I live in Matson nothing wrong with council estates if your brought up on and around them I was born and raised in Gloucester spent the first 30 yrs of my life living in tree worth I lived in Devon for ten years and I can tell you theirs areas their I wouldn’t let the cat wander round at night way worse then Gloucester not naming any but they exist

  • @jamesroberts5572
    @jamesroberts5572 9 місяців тому +2

    Whatever you do, dont go to manuels 🤢🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @thathurt
    @thathurt 8 місяців тому +1

    I visited Gloucester once. Was surprised it was a xxxxx hole.

  • @PatriciaBevan-h6u
    @PatriciaBevan-h6u 4 дні тому

    Where do you live? I've been to many areas in and around Glos, areas in Wales too, they all have places like this. Councils have too many depts everywhere all working from offices, you never see a ward rep. Reform want to change this and go back to home checks, if your home and garden aren't clean and tidy you get evicted. Already there already lefties saying this is wrong, but they are wrong. Council taxes go up each year yet policing go down and st cleaners are near zero.

  • @lesn4528
    @lesn4528 4 місяці тому

    What on earth has changed in Gloucester over the last couple of decades. It used to be great safe place to visit and live. What has caused it to deteriorate so badly.

    • @George-if1bf
      @George-if1bf 3 місяці тому

      I wonder 💭

    • @nationalist9904
      @nationalist9904 6 днів тому +2

      Immigration

    • @ramborambokitchenkitchen6357
      @ramborambokitchenkitchen6357 День тому

      Diversity as our government like to say. I physically watched the place go downhill and moved out in 2018 because it was becoming so bad. I cannot imagine what it’s like now as I moved to the Forest of Dean and don’t need to visit that area anymore.

  • @alm4264
    @alm4264 Рік тому +1

    Do Bournemouth/poole

    • @thathurt
      @thathurt 8 місяців тому

      Just avoid Old Christchurch road. 💀

  • @DJSwezzleMusic
    @DJSwezzleMusic Рік тому

    Please do Croydon in South London. I went to that bankrupt council today and it was horrible.

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  Рік тому +1

      We're going to get to London at some point, it just requires some planning as it's more difficult to cover distance.

    • @stateofflux7453
      @stateofflux7453 Рік тому +1

      @DJSwezzleMusic You went to the actual council offices, or to the town in general?

    • @truebro77
      @truebro77 Рік тому

      Labour council ***

  • @DJessdee
    @DJessdee 4 місяці тому +1

    lived here all my life absolute shithole these areas (born in tredworth)

  • @jimmykahn5431
    @jimmykahn5431 Рік тому +4

    Those would be some of the best areas up north

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  Рік тому +1

      Yeah, like I said, I’ve been to way worse places. But faced with the house prices and cost of living down south, I’d find somewhere in the middle 😀

  • @leeire1626
    @leeire1626 7 місяців тому +1

    Ross kemp on gangs you are mind....lmao.

  • @lucyturner2573
    @lucyturner2573 2 місяці тому

    i was adopted from russet house in matson when it was a childs home

  • @CRiZLA
    @CRiZLA 6 місяців тому

    Barton hosted the infamous "Gloucester Shoe Bomber"

  • @cnewbz8582
    @cnewbz8582 Рік тому +3

    i live in gloucester,, white city no where near as ruff as it once was 20yrs ago,, 1 of the better areas to live,,, worse area in gloucester is kingsway by a country mile

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  Рік тому +2

      Yes, I agree, Kingsway was a failed housing experiment. Someone explained to me that the building company ran out of money on the porject and had to sell off a higher proportion of housing to the council than planned and it went downhill from there. The area doesn't show up higher than the other areas on the stats though, but I know about its reputation.

    • @cnewbz8582
      @cnewbz8582 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@ukexplored yea the worse area imo.. barton not that bad.. keep yaself to yaself.. people are friendly enuff

  • @ChristopherForrest
    @ChristopherForrest 9 місяців тому

    Lived in kingsolm for 15 years and whilst we get increased crime due to town and the rugby I have never had an issue and is generally a nice place to live

  • @jochencooper2751
    @jochencooper2751 Рік тому +2

    Cromwell Rd would probably be of the worst

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  Рік тому +2

      Yeah, true. I didn’t include what I’d call the ‘city centre’ and tried to focus on housing estates.

  • @hannahh6618
    @hannahh6618 Рік тому +4

    Im glad I left Gloucester 28 years ago. Total slum.

  • @Budgiearmy
    @Budgiearmy Рік тому +2

    Gloucester has lovely houses and high streets!

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  Рік тому +2

      It does have some nice areas to be fair, and yeah some interesting housing across the city.

    • @StephenOverthrow
      @StephenOverthrow 4 дні тому

      Yeah, where?

    • @ramborambokitchenkitchen6357
      @ramborambokitchenkitchen6357 День тому

      @@StephenOverthrowmy 4 bed Victorian house on conduit street in tredworth was super nice and absolutely massive. I sold it and moved to the Forest of Dean 7 years ago now.

  • @chrissygcity6211
    @chrissygcity6211 11 місяців тому +2

    Im still in white city but also grew up in "coney hill" which also has a rep like white city. I think should be on there. First estate to have cctv put up in the streets.

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  11 місяців тому +1

      Yeah Coney Hill has a reputation and I know it well. It just didn’t come up in the official policing stats for the top 5.

  • @anokata-kd8oc
    @anokata-kd8oc Рік тому +1

    I don't know, but White City looks sweet. They need a assigned trash place which is free, they have potential. I guess they could find one or two people who would set up something by the community to care for it, if the government would invest in this place. It was like a refreshing, lovely scene after all of the footage of the neighboring towns.

  • @mountbatten2222
    @mountbatten2222 Рік тому +1

    THE LABOUR PARTY WANTS TO BUILD NEW HOMES ON THE MEDOW ! THIS CITIES HAVE TO BE RESTORED AND UPGRADED; NEW BUILT HOMES WILL LOOK
    THE SAME AFTER A FEW YEARS IN CASE THEY ARE NOT MAINTAINED! WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE DO LIVE THERE NOT TAKING CARE OF THEIR SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT!

    • @rw8733
      @rw8733 7 місяців тому

      Agreed. You can take people out of the gutter, but you can't take the gutter out of the people.

  • @MrGoodpairofshoes
    @MrGoodpairofshoes Рік тому +2

    Do a Stroud cover illustration help show you some right dirty places in Stroud

  • @amberpearce222
    @amberpearce222 10 місяців тому

    Kingsholm looks a lot like where i live

  • @SpookedYT
    @SpookedYT 2 дні тому

    Kingsholm is quiet

  • @laurenceskinnerton73
    @laurenceskinnerton73 Рік тому +1

    O dear.

  • @LoverOfDogs86
    @LoverOfDogs86 7 місяців тому +1

    Matson and white city are council estates you must of been born with a golden spoon in your mouth as you know nothing of these places and the community spirit it has...all you can do is run it down n show the worst...shows what you know...I'm gloucester born n bred...I'm proud to be from Gloucester.

  • @KimWiltshire-b8b
    @KimWiltshire-b8b 11 місяців тому +1

    Yet if you ask our glorious MP Richard Graham...he thinks it is such a fabulous place. Obviously this report, and accompanying film clips are just not true lol...

  • @mac1954
    @mac1954 11 місяців тому

    White City is not bad at all. Actually, i'd go and say it's good. Maybe it's biased because i was raised there, but Tredworth, Kingsholm, Matson, and Podsmead are definitely much worse than White City. Coney Hill can also be said to be a bad area, but i lived there for a short while, and it was just quiet for me. Barton Street, as always, is a 'Avoid at all times, especially at night'.

  • @2magicmonkeys277
    @2magicmonkeys277 2 місяці тому

    Having lived in most of these areas they are all fine. Every city has crime, compared to Bristol it’s soft

  • @hanifabibi177
    @hanifabibi177 Рік тому +1

    K.

  • @philmorley-ko8zu
    @philmorley-ko8zu 18 днів тому

    I live in kingsholme and it's nice place. It's ignorant people I don't like. I've lived in Coventry.

  • @RobertLeeFennell
    @RobertLeeFennell Рік тому

    You need to visit the top of town in Stroud

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  Рік тому +1

      I’ve been around a lot of Stroud, there are some tatty areas for sure, but i didn’t see any areas I thought would be of public interest. I’ll take another dive on google maps!

    • @RobertLeeFennell
      @RobertLeeFennell Рік тому

      @@ukexplored have you ventured up to mason road , Gibson close area?

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  Рік тому

      I spent two hours walking around Matson, I’m sure I went down Matson road. I end up chopping the footage down a lot.

    • @RobertLeeFennell
      @RobertLeeFennell Рік тому

      @@ukexplored mason road is at the top of Stroud also got nouncells cross , which is a block of council flats with one of the best views in Stroud

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  Рік тому +1

      oh my , sorry I managed to read your message as ‘Matson’ road somehow. Doh! I’ll take a look. I was over in Stoud just today actually, Stratford Park 😀

  • @a44489
    @a44489 8 місяців тому

    so wat happened to these places wen lords can't even correct it

  • @noproofwhatsoever
    @noproofwhatsoever 11 місяців тому

    Great video.

  • @chantellebirt3438
    @chantellebirt3438 Рік тому +2

    No offense i knew barton street was one of them no offense if u live in Barton street glos

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  Рік тому

      No one should get offended, it is what it is if you live in a high crime area. It’s the local authorities we should be ashamed of in my opinion.

  • @strawberryjam85
    @strawberryjam85 7 місяців тому +1

    Who the hell made this must have a lot of time

  • @melgrant7404
    @melgrant7404 Рік тому

    Matson and coney Hill

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  Рік тому

      Coney Hill has a reputation and I considered filming there but the worst part is quite a small area and it’s been cleaned up a lot in recent years.

    • @melgrant7404
      @melgrant7404 Рік тому

      @ukexplored yes.20 odd yrs ago it was a well known rough area.

  • @infusehub3343
    @infusehub3343 10 місяців тому

    I was born there, its a dump the accent is mad lool I moved out to London does bring back memories though

  • @hanifabibi177
    @hanifabibi177 Рік тому +1

    Lm.

  • @In_memory_of_Dad
    @In_memory_of_Dad 11 місяців тому

    I definitely think you should have Brockworth on your list. It's a dangerous hole of a place...

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  10 місяців тому +1

      It didn’t feature highly on the published crime stats. But that doesn’t mean it ain’t bad or dangerous, of course. I know Brockworth, but I haven’t taken a walk on foot around the worst spots.

    • @In_memory_of_Dad
      @In_memory_of_Dad 10 місяців тому

      @ukexplored believe me it's BAD!!!

    • @alexmckee4683
      @alexmckee4683 9 місяців тому +1

      Brockworth is technically in Tewkesbury district, such is the local insanity of our political boundaries. Coopers Edge is in two different districts, and right on the border of Gloucester officially. I've lived in Brockworth in the past, it is pretty rough - for context, I'm from Tredworth originally and grew up mostly in Matson!

  • @ComettableMabel
    @ComettableMabel Рік тому

    Do Merseyside do Merseyside

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  Рік тому

      Yea, I want to get to Liverpool on the future.

    • @growlerthe2nd712
      @growlerthe2nd712 Рік тому +1

      I’m sorry but THATCHER did Merseyside in the 80s

  • @chantellebirt3438
    @chantellebirt3438 Рік тому +2

    I was born in white city Glos

    • @DazzaGee
      @DazzaGee 3 місяці тому

      Sorry about that.

  • @hanifabibi177
    @hanifabibi177 Рік тому +2

    L.

  • @a44489
    @a44489 8 місяців тому

    kingsholm ant matson the worst

  • @EPFAN100
    @EPFAN100 11 місяців тому +2

    you don,t live here

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  11 місяців тому +2

      I might live here, actually 😉

    • @EPFAN100
      @EPFAN100 11 місяців тому +1

      @@ukexplored why put it down then

    • @ukexplored
      @ukexplored  11 місяців тому +1

      I’m not putting it down. But I can see we’re going to have to agree to disagree here.

    • @EPFAN100
      @EPFAN100 11 місяців тому +1

      @@ukexplored try picking the houses that look after their places instead of pointing out the bad bits,, many people on theses estates do try hard to look after what they have , then vids like this put um down ........