Modernist delights - you surely can’t be serious. Lots of characterless, featureless, computer designed high rise unrelated blocks of abject mediocrity together with low quality public spaces.
I lived in Birmingham for a number of years. It wasn't great when I moved there but it has improved. The title of the ugliest city in the UK is a little harsh I feel. I can think of five uglier cities in the U.K that didn't even make this list. Bradford, Sunderland, Wolverhampton, Portsmouth, Glasgow among others.
@@ashvevo9576 It's not my first necessarily. I do think it's an uglier city than Birmingham though. They were simply five uglier cities that sprang to mind immediately.
Absolutely no chance Bradford should rank in this and quite rightly it didn't. Architecturally it has some beautiful parts to the city with some excellent public spaces. Thanks to its rich past - having once been the woolen capital of the world - the wealthy merchants have left their mark and a positive one it is too. It has its fair share of brutalist architecture granted, but it's not destroyed by it.
Nah Glasgow is not ugly. The unique architecture, dense city centre, good transportation links, nightlife are also remarkable. I feel the only reason most people look down at Glasgow due to its location being in Scotland (idk why people diss Scotland so much), and the knife crime which I last heard is on par with Birmingham. I've been to both Birmingham and Glasgow, Glasgow is definitely so much better. The only thing I think I prefer in Birmingham is the actual landmarks themselves. Such as the library, bullring, grand Central, Custard factory, University of Birmingham, the mailbox for example.
Hi everyone. Having been to Birmingham many times (first in the mid 70s) I do not really agree with the top score of good old Brum being the ugliest city in the UK. Of course every place in the world has it's nice and ugly parts. As for Birmingham I think that it has improved very much over the last decades. It has a throbbing centre that has been refurbished quite a bit. The Bull Ring Centre has been transformed from a monstrocsity made of concrete to a modern and nice shopping centre. Lots of nice bars and discos make B'ham a great nightout place to be. People are generally friendly (I never met any unfriendly person there). The airport is really convenient in size and location (one really doesn't want to go through Heathrow...). Thumbs up for Brum!!! Greetings from Vienna, Austria.
Obviously someone who didn't watch any of the CWG, I think you should actually visit Birmingham. The majority of the photos you used are years old and show buildings that were demolished a long time ago. The narrative mentions the ugly Bullring shopping centre, this was knocked down nearly 20 years ago and has been replaced with a new shiny glass version that includes the iconic Selfridges building. Its the same with the Central library which you actually show in the video half demolished. It was replaced ten years ago with the new library also being an iconic piece of architecture.
They replace ugly dystopian buildings with futuristic dystopian buildings. I don't see any improvement. They should replace them with traditional buildings made of local materials buildings tat make a pleasant environment. Soon the beautiful Britain that you see in paintings, films or stories will be gone and we will be left with soulless glass and steel buildings just like architects are sadly building all over the world.
I grew up in Stoke, well Newcastle-under-Lyme and it's lovely. Those photos were from very careful angles to make those buildings look bad. Solid housing at very affordable prices if you can work remotely Stoke would be great. There are also true gem (somewhat hidden but gems nevertheless).
Brum is not British and has a Asian feel.Brum has long time lost its British identity were asians have made cities within a city not interacting with the British culture.
I live in Swansea, and I struggle to see how this is the 4th ugliest city. You say no lighthouse, then you obviously haven't visited Swansea. And, people from other parts of the country have said it is the second best place to go pubbing, before it was clubbing. How many cities have you actually visited? There is a £135 million development still going botched up by the City and County Labour administration. Some parts, a 5 year old could have done better.
I stayed at a small hotel in Hull for 2 weeks in the late 1970's. I had my evening meal there each day, all of the components coming out of a freezer. When I queried why no fresh meat or veggies, I was told preparing frozen food was much quicker and cheaper. Mind you I found the nearby pub a most agreeable place. For a deep sea fishing port, fresh fish seemed to be unobtainable. Even the chippy served up wedged shaped fillets out of the chest freezer. From what I can gather, the fish landed at the port was sent directly to the fish processing factories to be turned into fish fingers and fish cakes.
I dare say that hotel was not the only one in the country serving pre-frozen food in the 1970`s - even in a Port City. Things have changed since. Perhaps all things but opinions.... If you want to see an ugly city, try New York City.
For me, I have to say, I don’t 100% see why Hull is so disliked. I’m not saying it’s the most amazing place on the planet and I wouldn’t even immediately go there for a city break or anything but I’ve been there a couple of times for one reason or another and I didn’t think it was that bad. Birmingham - I don’t care what anyone says but I like canals and the West Midlands area is one of my favourite areas for the canal network. Glasgow should be there.
A nice summary of views, and as someone originally from Birmingham, I agree and disagree with some of them. As for Swansea, as a former lorry driver, I often went there, and actually like the city, and would happily move there if i had the chance. As for Hull, again I've been there a few times and again, I like it. Lots of history to find and look at, if you can be bothered. Finally, Birmingham. As I now live in Walsall, just north of the city (which is a s*** hole anyway), I do like the way the city is developing, and it is still a popular location for films and tv series to be filmed in. Recently (2016), the Steven Spielberg film Ready Player One, used Birmingham for most of its live, on street filming locations, and in one of them you can actually see the building of the new central library, if you know what to look for. I must admit that knowing the area well as I do, I often rerun the film to see exactly where certain scenes were filmed. So overall, being a Bummie at heart, I do not see the city as all that bad.
Nothing "ugly" about these places. Brits seem to find reasons to complain about a very advanced country. Many Americans would be happy to live in the UK. The NHS covers a multitude of sins.
@Fred Azbell completely agree. I have stayed in Birmingham years ago to watch Crufts and thought it was a beautiful place as well as Coventry and Hull.
Don't know if you watched the Commonwealth games but everyone loved Brum and half your photos are out of date. Do keep up! These videos are just click bait anyway🙄
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Birmingham is only nice in the central area for couple of streets
@ not the canals and Jewellery qtr then or the mailbox. Or the business qtr around Colmore Row, Edmund Street, Church Street. Centenary sq, victoria Sq, Chamberlain Sq. The entire area and canals around Brindley place which are award winning. The symphony hall, one of the finest in the world and convention centre. You must have missed those bits.
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@@secondcity11 yes, however every single street has a deprived or abandoned house, also the view from the street looks ugly. :(
Who is this ‘Learning Canteen’? Do some research mate. The old Birmingham Bull Ring was demolished in 2000. The old central library in 2016. Both replaced by superb modern pieces of architecture. I’ve not seen a dirty canal since the 80s. Perhaps take a look at Victoria Square, Chamberlain Square, Centenary Square and Brindleyplace before posting this garbage. Did you not see the Commonwealth Games? And no I’m not from Brum.
Coventry is in the west Midlands and shouldn't be in the top five as there are far worse cities. Coventry always seems to get a bad rep. Luton, Bradford, Sunderland, Leicester, Manchester, and many others worse or equally as bad.
Hi all How Dare you say Birmingham is Ugly - I have been to many cities across the UK but our Brum is the Best and friendliest city in the world. You NEED Specs Mate after your dull and insulting description of our fair city. Apologise Quick Budding
One thing all these places have in common is post war brutalist architecture. It's plain that the legacy of LeCorbussier has done more damage to British towns than the Luftwaffe ever managed.
Surprised Aberdeen or Aberdoom isn’t on that list, the buildings are grey, the sky is permanently grey and it’s people are grey. Despite the vast wealth of the city it looks incredible run down.
The hate that Birmingham receives makes me laugh. It must be jealousy right? Birmingham has transformed itself into one of the most Beautiful cities in the UK. Be proud of your second city.
Has the bloke ever been to the Mumbles or the Gower? I thought not. Hideous brutalist architecture is hideous and brutalist where ever you find it. Hull looks pretty good on the video - where else can you find the Land of Green Ginger?
The tourist image of the U.K. is in many ways a fantasy. Sure there are loads of beautiful towns/villages, however most of the major cities (excluding London which is another story) are overall depressing, littered with post war trash and bland, boring suburbia. If we are talking only of cities there are only a handful of genuinely beautiful places.
I found many of the Victorian buildings in Birmingham have recently had their facades cleaned, the museum and gallery are being refurbished, the city hall is a stunning building and around the library that whole area looks splendid. The city is full off new buildings and the old scruffy 60's-70's buildings are being replaced. This video is way off.
Birmingham is OK, but i am really surprised neither Manchester nor Salford are not included considering the wilful destruction of the Medieval sector and the decimation of the iconic city center old Smithfield Market.. the list is never ending, but just look with your own eyes, the brutality.
@@paulwild3676 untrue.. an architect made drawings of them after WW2, he foresaw what was happening, Central library had an exhibition of his works before the renovation
@@citizenavatar Actually we are both right. A lot was destroyed by developers in the Victorian days to widen the road and the rest by the Blitz. It is a crying shame because Manchester would be even more a amazing if it had a medieval bit too.
Lets be honest here- all the big towns & cities are losing or have lost their sense of identity now the whole country has become a messed up non entity & we all know why.
Having Birmingham on this list is absurd. It’s a huge city and you’ll find plenty of both beautiful and not so beautiful areas. As the second largest city in England it has a lot going for it.
This is complete none sense and very out of date so that it has no balance, a prize example is Birmingham that has improved enormously over the past decade!
The accuracy of this video is perfectly summed up by its claim that Coventry is in the east midlands ( geography and Coventry city council think it is in the west midlands which is also the County it is in (West Midlands ). Also, Coventry is not the largest town in the county. As for the remarks about Birmingham they are pure ( and out of date) tripe . Read others in the comments below about Birmingham. Worst video I have seen on UA-cam !
When I visited Plymouth I rather liked the post-war redevelopment of the bombed city. it's a shame the intended vision of a new city centre was compromised because of costs.
Bro the only place I agree with on your list is Birmingham, true. But there’s uglier places than the other four you mentioned, such as Portsmouth, Nottingham, Southampton, Sheffield, Luton and Peterborough. The four you mentioned are like paradises compared to these six.
Most cities have ugly bits and attractive bits often the result of the decline of induistry or WW2 bombing. I would vote for Milton Keynes because architects actually designed it look like that.
Someone does not know their geography as Coventry is in the West Midlands. Birmingham is not that bad and is just the way it is due to its industrial history. There are worse places. London does not make it on the list as it looks grotty because of its predominately Victorian infrastructure not standing well to the test of time. London brick has the same appeal on the eye as that of Stoke on Trent as they both look ghastly.
So many towns in the UK seem to have a complete lack of civic pride. Look at the litter to see that. Look at important public buildings on the continent such as post offices and railway stations. They have a sense of pride to welcome visitors to the towns. In our country, such places are shabby and neglected. The railway stations (where they exist at all) are little more than bus shelters. If there is a proper building, it is a hideous exercise in concrete. The only ones who like it are the architects who think they are very clever in designing something that hideous. As for post offices, these are often part of a supermarket of zero archirectural merit, or share premises with a chain of sandwich outlets (as the post office is in my town). The same is true of other public buildings. What were once architecturally pleasing areas were demolished and replaced by the brutalist buildings of the nineteen fifties and sixties. Contrast this with German towns that were wrecked in the Second World War and rebuilt with copies of what was there before. Our (plague) island is good at sheep, seabirds and seals. Domestic and commercial architecture is not so good.
Although the Germans have done a marvelous job recreating some areas that had been bombed, there's still plenty of post war architecture. they didn't rebuild everywhere exactly as it was.
Birmingham and Coventry are awful cities and I did live in these cities for a bit. I agree about Hull and Stoke on Trent but Bradford is No.1 ugliest city. My top 5 list are: 1. Bradford 2. Coventry 3. Hull 4. Stoke on Trent 5. Leicester then it is Birmingham
Bradford?! All that beautiful victorian architecture and nice public realm. The gem of an area that is Little Germany? Not a chance it is one of the top 5 ugliest cities. The number of times I've taken people to Bradford and their reply is, 'oh, it's much nicer than I thought it would be!' Public perception of a place is very misleading. Bradford gets a bad rep, but one thing it ain't is ugly!
@@jamesbarker5535 I've been there 100 times (at least) because I have relatives there so I know all about it. The only good thing is the surrounding countryside....and great curry places!!!
@@brothersman524 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder as they say. If you genuinely believe Bradford city centre is the ugliest UK city then fair enough - it's your opinion - but with all that victorian splendor and award winning public realm it's hard to believe. The rest of the UK's cities must be extremely impressive places!
@@jamesbarker5535 Well I didn't say Bradford City Centre but just in general and yes it is my opinion. Look, I have a relative living on Chellow Lane close to the Bradford Royal Infirmary and that is quite a nice area
Coventry is in the WEST Midlands not the East. The A5 is the boundary between the West and East Midlands and also Warwickshire and Leicestershire.
Coventry is definitely not ugly
Plenty of modernist delights which
have sadly disappeared elsewhere
The suburbs is for sure, it's an absolute shithole, it's a horrible dangerous place
Modernist delights - you surely can’t be serious. Lots of characterless, featureless, computer designed high rise unrelated blocks of abject mediocrity together with low quality public spaces.
Neither is it in the East Midlands
I'm guessing Luton must be a town not a city. Otherwise we would have a clear winner.
Was thinking the same!
I lived in Birmingham for a number of years. It wasn't great when I moved there but it has improved. The title of the ugliest city in the UK is a little harsh I feel. I can think of five uglier cities in the U.K that didn't even make this list. Bradford, Sunderland, Wolverhampton, Portsmouth, Glasgow among others.
I'm surprised Bradford was your first 😂
@@ashvevo9576 It's not my first necessarily. I do think it's an uglier city than Birmingham though. They were simply five uglier cities that sprang to mind immediately.
Absolutely no chance Bradford should rank in this and quite rightly it didn't. Architecturally it has some beautiful parts to the city with some excellent public spaces. Thanks to its rich past - having once been the woolen capital of the world - the wealthy merchants have left their mark and a positive one it is too.
It has its fair share of brutalist architecture granted, but it's not destroyed by it.
Nah Glasgow is not ugly. The unique architecture, dense city centre, good transportation links, nightlife are also remarkable. I feel the only reason most people look down at Glasgow due to its location being in Scotland (idk why people diss Scotland so much), and the knife crime which I last heard is on par with Birmingham.
I've been to both Birmingham and Glasgow, Glasgow is definitely so much better. The only thing I think I prefer in Birmingham is the actual landmarks themselves. Such as the library, bullring, grand Central, Custard factory, University of Birmingham, the mailbox for example.
Hi everyone. Having been to Birmingham many times (first in the mid 70s) I do not really agree with the top score of good old Brum being the ugliest city in the UK. Of course every place in the world has it's nice and ugly parts. As for Birmingham I think that it has improved very much over the last decades. It has a throbbing centre that has been refurbished quite a bit. The Bull Ring Centre has been transformed from a monstrocsity made of concrete to a modern and nice shopping centre. Lots of nice bars and discos make B'ham a great nightout place to be. People are generally friendly (I never met any unfriendly person there). The airport is really convenient in size and location (one really doesn't want to go through Heathrow...). Thumbs up for Brum!!! Greetings from Vienna, Austria.
Thank you Erich,from a Brummie,and very proud to be one,living in Canada.
What a nice post.
Obviously someone who didn't watch any of the CWG, I think you should actually visit Birmingham. The majority of the photos you used are years old and show buildings that were demolished a long time ago. The narrative mentions the ugly Bullring shopping centre, this was knocked down nearly 20 years ago and has been replaced with a new shiny glass version that includes the iconic Selfridges building. Its the same with the Central library which you actually show in the video half demolished. It was replaced ten years ago with the new library also being an iconic piece of architecture.
Still a shit hole..
Your so right
They replace ugly dystopian buildings with futuristic dystopian buildings. I don't see any improvement. They should replace them with traditional buildings made of local materials buildings tat make a pleasant environment.
Soon the beautiful Britain that you see in paintings, films or stories will be gone and we will be left with soulless glass and steel buildings just like architects are sadly building all over the world.
The new buildings in Birmingham will last a few decades…stop ripping out the Victorian heritage..
Thinking the new library and/or the Selfridges building are remotely iconic, just disavows any opinion you may have had.
Lots of very attractive city buildings on view here. The visuals and the commentary seem to be at odds.
Coventry isn't a town its city and also it's not in the east Midlands it's in the west Midlands.
I grew up in Stoke, well Newcastle-under-Lyme and it's lovely. Those photos were from very careful angles to make those buildings look bad. Solid housing at very affordable prices if you can work remotely Stoke would be great. There are also true gem (somewhat hidden but gems nevertheless).
Coventry is in the West Midlands, not the East Midlands, and it's far from "ugly."
Brum is not British and has a Asian feel.Brum has long time lost its British identity were asians have made cities within a city not interacting with the British culture.
I live in Swansea, and I struggle to see how this is the 4th ugliest city. You say no lighthouse, then you obviously haven't visited Swansea. And, people from other parts of the country have said it is the second best place to go pubbing, before it was clubbing. How many cities have you actually visited? There is a £135 million development still going botched up by the City and County Labour administration. Some parts, a 5 year old could have done better.
well said Brian
I stayed at a small hotel in Hull for 2 weeks in the late 1970's. I had my evening meal there each day, all of the components coming out of a freezer. When I queried why no fresh meat or veggies, I was told preparing frozen food was much quicker and cheaper. Mind you I found the nearby pub a most agreeable place. For a deep sea fishing port, fresh fish seemed to be unobtainable. Even the chippy served up wedged shaped fillets out of the chest freezer. From what I can gather, the fish landed at the port was sent directly to the fish processing factories to be turned into fish fingers and fish cakes.
I dare say that hotel was not the only one in the country serving pre-frozen food in the 1970`s - even in a Port City.
Things have changed since. Perhaps all things but opinions....
If you want to see an ugly city, try New York City.
Watch mr.bean movies, you can understand how ugly is kingston.
For me, I have to say, I don’t 100% see why Hull is so disliked. I’m not saying it’s the most amazing place on the planet and I wouldn’t even immediately go there for a city break or anything but I’ve been there a couple of times for one reason or another and I didn’t think it was that bad.
Birmingham - I don’t care what anyone says but I like canals and the West Midlands area is one of my favourite areas for the canal network.
Glasgow should be there.
The bullring is long gone in Birmingham.. I'm pretty sure that the central library has been removed as well.. I like the centre of Birmingham
How is Swansea on here and Newport isn't?
A nice summary of views, and as someone originally from Birmingham, I agree and disagree with some of them. As for Swansea, as a former lorry driver, I often went there, and actually like the city, and would happily move there if i had the chance. As for Hull, again I've been there a few times and again, I like it. Lots of history to find and look at, if you can be bothered. Finally, Birmingham. As I now live in Walsall, just north of the city (which is a s*** hole anyway), I do like the way the city is developing, and it is still a popular location for films and tv series to be filmed in. Recently (2016), the Steven Spielberg film Ready Player One, used Birmingham for most of its live, on street filming locations, and in one of them you can actually see the building of the new central library, if you know what to look for. I must admit that knowing the area well as I do, I often rerun the film to see exactly where certain scenes were filmed. So overall, being a Bummie at heart, I do not see the city as all that bad.
How is Birmingham ugly. Its not one of the most hated and its not one of the most ugliest. Stop lying
Nothing "ugly" about these places. Brits seem to find reasons to complain about a very advanced country. Many Americans would be happy to live in the UK. The NHS covers a multitude of sins.
@Fred Azbell completely agree. I have stayed in Birmingham years ago to watch Crufts and thought it was a beautiful place as well as Coventry and Hull.
Don't know if you watched the Commonwealth games but everyone loved Brum and half your photos are out of date. Do keep up! These videos are just click bait anyway🙄
Birmingham is only nice in the central area for couple of streets
@ not the canals and Jewellery qtr then or the mailbox. Or the business qtr around Colmore Row, Edmund Street, Church Street. Centenary sq, victoria Sq, Chamberlain Sq. The entire area and canals around Brindley place which are award winning. The symphony hall, one of the finest in the world and convention centre. You must have missed those bits.
@@secondcity11 yes, however every single street has a deprived or abandoned house, also the view from the street looks ugly. :(
Birmingham is a big shit hole..
I love Hull….im not keen on ipswitch…as its a nightmare to drive and park there as a stranger..
Who is this ‘Learning Canteen’? Do some research mate. The old Birmingham Bull Ring was demolished in 2000. The old central library in 2016. Both replaced by superb modern pieces of architecture. I’ve not seen a dirty canal since the 80s. Perhaps take a look at Victoria Square, Chamberlain Square, Centenary Square and Brindleyplace before posting this garbage. Did you not see the Commonwealth Games? And no I’m not from Brum.
Stoke is a city that was vandalised by putting a major road through its centre leaving it a disjointed mess.
I do love the Birmingham and Wolverhampton Girls I had a passed with always have had good times with girls from Brum
I'd add Milton Keynes to the list, maybe not ugly due to the greenery and parks, but as a city totally lacks athmoshphere and charm
Birmingham?
Seriously 😳😳😳
Coventry is in the west Midlands and shouldn't be in the top five as there are far worse cities.
Coventry always seems to get a bad rep.
Luton, Bradford, Sunderland, Leicester, Manchester, and many others worse or equally as bad.
Coventry has pockets of extreme beauty. I personally love it
Coventry is West Midlands not East Midlands.
Hi all How Dare you say Birmingham is Ugly - I have been to many cities across the UK but our Brum is the Best and friendliest city in the world. You NEED Specs Mate after your dull and insulting description of our fair city. Apologise Quick Budding
It's a multicultural crime invested shit hole.. Friendliest City in the world.. Bullshit..
Conventy Is west Midlands
One thing all these places have in common is post war brutalist architecture.
It's plain that the legacy of LeCorbussier has done more damage to British towns than the Luftwaffe ever managed.
Surprised Aberdeen or Aberdoom isn’t on that list, the buildings are grey, the sky is permanently grey and it’s people are grey. Despite the vast wealth of the city it looks incredible run down.
Birmingham? I think not! It’s an awesome city
This very badly written and not very incisive.
Coventry is in the West Midlands
The hate that Birmingham receives makes me laugh. It must be jealousy right? Birmingham has transformed itself into one of the most Beautiful cities in the UK. Be proud of your second city.
I really like a visit to Birmingham….great accents..
I mean Birmingham is way way better then shithole Coventry
Has the bloke ever been to the Mumbles or the Gower? I thought not. Hideous brutalist architecture is hideous and brutalist where ever you find it. Hull looks pretty good on the video - where else can you find the Land of Green Ginger?
I thought Hanley will be there
I don't think you are right Stoke on Trent. As few ugly parts. But not as bad as you say. Take fresh look.
Hull has some beautiful architecture. Birmingham is easily the ugliest city but Stoke is grim. Edinburgh is the most beautiful city. I love Newcastle.
The tourist image of the U.K. is in many ways a fantasy. Sure there are loads of beautiful towns/villages, however most of the major cities (excluding London which is another story) are overall depressing, littered with post war trash and bland, boring suburbia. If we are talking only of cities there are only a handful of genuinely beautiful places.
I found many of the Victorian buildings in Birmingham have recently had their facades cleaned, the museum and gallery are being refurbished, the city hall is a stunning building and around the library that whole area looks splendid. The city is full off new buildings and the old scruffy 60's-70's buildings are being replaced. This video is way off.
Birmingham is OK, but i am really surprised neither Manchester nor Salford are not included considering the wilful destruction of the Medieval sector and the decimation of the iconic city center old Smithfield Market.. the list is never ending, but just look with your own eyes, the brutality.
Hitler destroyed Manchester’s medieval bits.
@@paulwild3676 untrue.. an architect made drawings of them after WW2, he foresaw what was happening, Central library had an exhibition of his works before the renovation
@@citizenavatar Much that was medieval was pulled down prior to WW2, the area that was redeveloped to build the Arndale was mostly Victorian.
@@citizenavatar Actually we are both right. A lot was destroyed by developers in the Victorian days to widen the road and the rest by the Blitz. It is a crying shame because Manchester would be even more a amazing if it had a medieval bit too.
Soccer? You mean football!
I grew up in Stoke and can confirm it is dump 😊 if I could leave Stoke tomorrow I would and I would never come back 😤😤
on a grey dark wet day Leeds looks like somewhere in communist Russia
Lets be honest here- all the big towns & cities are losing or have lost their sense of identity now
the whole country has become a messed up non entity & we all know why.
Having Birmingham on this list is absurd. It’s a huge city and you’ll find plenty of both beautiful and not so beautiful areas. As the second largest city in England it has a lot going for it.
Sunderland is far worse city centre full of pound shops a run down shopping centre and dirty streets.
This is complete none sense and very out of date so that it has no balance, a prize example is Birmingham that has improved enormously over the past decade!
1. Wakefield
2. Stoke
3. Brimmingham
4. Hull
5. ....
The accuracy of this video is perfectly summed up by its claim that Coventry is in the east midlands ( geography and Coventry city council think it is in the west midlands which is also the County it is in (West Midlands ). Also, Coventry is not the largest town in the county.
As for the remarks about Birmingham they are pure ( and out of date) tripe . Read others in the comments below about Birmingham. Worst video I have seen on UA-cam !
The town of Yermum, is by far the ugliest.
For Swansea to make it as one of the ugliest cities in the UK makes the video lose credibility imho
come on check your facts... Coventry is firmly in the WEST midlands... im sure its been pointed out already but for pete's sake get it right
Swansea: such a beautiful name for such an ugly place!
Not sure how Peterborough escaped this list. Luton would be at number 1 if it wasn't a Town.
Where’s Plymouth
When I visited Plymouth I rather liked the post-war redevelopment of the bombed city. it's a shame the intended vision of a new city centre was compromised because of costs.
Oi COVENTRY IS IN THE WEST MIDLANDS NOT EAST
As for me travelling around the world searching for different cultures.
Seeing America forcing they stamp on world order.
UK gone down the toilet
Bro the only place I agree with on your list is Birmingham, true. But there’s uglier places than the other four you mentioned, such as Portsmouth, Nottingham, Southampton, Sheffield, Luton and Peterborough. The four you mentioned are like paradises compared to these six.
Most cities have ugly bits and attractive bits often the result of the decline of induistry or WW2 bombing. I would vote for Milton Keynes because architects actually designed it look like that.
Cities all other Europe had far, far worse damage than cities in the UK but have been rebuilt far more attractively.
@@jamesbuckingham.2935 I agree, the fault lies with British post war town planers for their love of Brutalism and concrete.
@Gareth Mathew It was previous governments that were useless in the way they rebuilt the war damaged cities.
@Gareth Mathew It should have been done after the war. More badly damaged cities all over Europe were rebuilt by the1960s.
you missed Luton and Swindon, far worse than the aforementioned.
Presumably the fact that Middlesbrough is a town is the only thing keeping it off this list.
Absolutely James,a very rough “Town”.
I was thinking the same about Walsall.
Really I thought Preston, Lancashire was quite a nice city!
It is surrounded by beautiful places. The centre has been ruined by awful 196Os development.
A5
Stoke is wonderful
I live in Stoke on Trent and yes you can put lipstick on a pig but its still a pig!
I thought my home city of Derby would make the list ...
Absolutely.... Or at least get the award for the most ruined by decades of appalling planning... and total disregard for the residents and workers
Someone does not know their geography as Coventry is in the West Midlands. Birmingham is not that bad and is just the way it is due to its industrial history. There are worse places. London does not make it on the list as it looks grotty because of its predominately Victorian infrastructure not standing well to the test of time. London brick has the same appeal on the eye as that of Stoke on Trent as they both look ghastly.
So many towns in the UK seem to have a complete lack of civic pride. Look at the litter to see that.
Look at important public buildings on the continent such as post offices and railway stations. They have a sense of pride to welcome visitors to the towns. In our country, such places are shabby and neglected. The railway stations (where they exist at all) are little more than bus shelters. If there is a proper building, it is a hideous exercise in concrete. The only ones who like it are the architects who think they are very clever in designing something that hideous. As for post offices, these are often part of a supermarket of zero archirectural merit, or share premises with a chain of sandwich outlets (as the post office is in my town). The same is true of other public buildings.
What were once architecturally pleasing areas were demolished and replaced by the brutalist buildings of the nineteen fifties and sixties. Contrast this with German towns that were wrecked in the Second World War and rebuilt with copies of what was there before.
Our (plague) island is good at sheep, seabirds and seals. Domestic and commercial architecture is not so good.
Although the Germans have done a marvelous job recreating some areas that had been bombed, there's still plenty of post war architecture. they didn't rebuild everywhere exactly as it was.
What no SLOUGH
Its a town not a city.
Coventry should be number 1
Almost No.1 - Bradford is worse
@@brothersman524 Agreed 😂
@@ashleyjackson82 I lived in Coventry for a bit 🤣 - what a ugly place
Hitler Didn't like Coventry. It was almost Totally Destroyed IN 1940.l thought this should have been mentioned.🆕️ Coventry.
Dated bullshit!
Edinburgh should be top of the list.
Birmingham and Coventry are awful cities and I did live in these cities for a bit. I agree about Hull and Stoke on Trent but Bradford is No.1 ugliest city. My top 5 list are:
1. Bradford
2. Coventry
3. Hull
4. Stoke on Trent
5. Leicester
then it is Birmingham
No Birmingham is is not awful mate
Bradford?! All that beautiful victorian architecture and nice public realm. The gem of an area that is Little Germany? Not a chance it is one of the top 5 ugliest cities. The number of times I've taken people to Bradford and their reply is, 'oh, it's much nicer than I thought it would be!'
Public perception of a place is very misleading. Bradford gets a bad rep, but one thing it ain't is ugly!
@@jamesbarker5535 I've been there 100 times (at least) because I have relatives there so I know all about it. The only good thing is the surrounding countryside....and great curry places!!!
@@brothersman524 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder as they say. If you genuinely believe Bradford city centre is the ugliest UK city then fair enough - it's your opinion - but with all that victorian splendor and award winning public realm it's hard to believe.
The rest of the UK's cities must be extremely impressive places!
@@jamesbarker5535 Well I didn't say Bradford City Centre but just in general and yes it is my opinion. Look, I have a relative living on Chellow Lane close to the Bradford Royal Infirmary and that is quite a nice area
Swansea is in Wales, not England 😉
Video is citys in UK.
No one has said it isn’t.
Wales is an English colony , so technically Wales is an English district . so know your place boyo !
Don't think the narrator said Swansea is in England. Wales IS part of the UK. The clip is called 5 ugliest cities in the UK!!!!
Swansea was the most bombed city in the U.K during WW2 per size and population density, worse than London, Liverpool and Plymouth
Let's be honest. The more multicultural the city is, the uglier it gets. Coventry and B'ham deserve their placings.
now this comment is just weird
Well London should be number 1 if that is the case.
The ugliest thing on here is your racist attitude.