@marthasheilds2446 Wow, full of bigots? I guess thats what you get when you have a 53% ethnic population. Old world and outdated ideology encroaching on western liberalism.
@marthasheilds2446 It has more ,miles of canal than Venice. I t's a good stopping off point for Stratford - on Avon. It's good for shopping. But these places that are dismissed by tourists were historically the breadwinners of the country.
I was born in Birmingham grew up there and lived in Litchfield for 3 years before emigrating to South Africa. I went back once in 1991. People ask me if I miss England. What's to miss?
@@leemugleston6422 I remember it fondly growing up there for the parks, the schools, the local library, the local swimming pool, the local cinema, the local records shop, the local butchers with the best sausages I've ever tasted, Woolwrorths, the local ballet school I attended weekly, and my friends and weekly trips to the South Warwickshire countryside. Sadly the swimming pool, cinema, record shop, butchers and ballet school have all gone now. My primary school was knocked down and rebuilt under the same name on another site and my secondary school ceased to be a grammar and became a comprehensive so not much remains the same. The parks and the countryside are still there.
To be fair the list is pretty accurate. The UK has some stunningly beautiful areas and scenery. It also has a contrasting number of absolute shite-buckets of cities and most of them are named here.
It's only the greenest city in Europe because it's city boundary includes a huge uninhabited part of the peak district. Yes the west of the city is very nice, but the centre is a complete shithole, and that's what people come to visit in a city, not the suburbs.
@@JD-lp5rw No, the city doesn't include a "huge uninhabited part of the Peak District", the city has 47 parks, for a start, the presence of some extreme hills that you can't build on is significant, and there are loads of trees everywhere.
@@neilbarnett3046 in this boundary map, the urban area of Sheffield makes up about only 40% of the city limits. It is a fairly green city for UK standards, in the west of the city. But there are far far greener cities in Europe. Greenest city in Europe is a slogan often touted by people without examining the actual reason. If it had normal boundaries, it would be nowhere near the greenest.
Well you said it, outside of the city. The city centre is a bomb site right now. The violence is getting generally worse. I don’t think anyone would want to stay in an Airbnb in gleadless valley.
Here, on UA-cam, someone made some videos, where it is said that the worst pllaces (towns) to live are Peterborough and Luton. What do you think about it? What is your opinion about those pllaces.?🤔 Please, share your point of view...😊
@@hrussell9677 I didn't say it wasn't one of the best cities in Europe to visit just that it's the worst place in the UK in case you don't understand that means even the worst the UK has to offer it's still better than the vast majority of European cities how about you sit down have a nice cup of tea and get over it.
As someone who lives in Sheffield I genuinely have no idea why it’s on this list, it has loads of green space, fun things to do, and one of the safer cities, and lastly it’s next to the Peak District and anyone who’s been there will know how nice it is
Aberdeen isn't that bad, ok it can be cold, dark and gloomy in winter, but when the sun appears fir those 3 days per year, the city sparkles and the beaches here are actually pretty good.
Yeah, I spend two years there in the late 90s and it wasn't so bad. I later got engaged to my ex whose family is from the country about an hour away. I do get a bit of nostalgia from it.
Brazilian here, visited Aberdeen and loved it! Yeah, I understand why it can feel depressing (specially in winter) but it's beautiful and calm IMHO. Still planning to spend a year there one day.
Was there for Uni and loved it. Will likely move back as housing much more affordable there but the economy needs to be stable (the oil and gas industry is there).
Southampton ? are you fucking kidding me , it goes back to pre roman time, the Titanic and the Mayflower set sail from here , Henry V army left here to eventually fight the battle of Agincourt , and the SPITFIRE was designed and built here ,and we still have most of the medieval walls and bargate still standin , wtf have you yanks got?
It also has the New Forest, South Downs, Isle of WIght, Saslisbury, Winchester right on its doorstep. It had a medieval quarter before the Luftwaffe decided it wanted to re-arrange the city. Having said that there are better cities than Southampton to visit for sure.
@@Scaleyback317you are correct, and even Southampton City Center has a nice collection of shops for locals like Ikea But very sadly, the city indeed offers nothing to tourist at all (except as a stopover for people visiting the places you mentioned above)
@@Scaleyback317Not to mention, the Common. I lived and worked in Soton thirty years ago. Rough and ready, no doubt, but some of the loveliest, kindest, most generous people I've ever known. Southampton is great.
@@ianworley8169 And something everybody has missed - it has the mighty Saints which was the throne of the finest football player the world has ever seen - Le God!
I loved Southampton when I visited it, much better than Portsmouth at any rate (though Portsmouth is also very rich in history and produced some remarkable people).
I live in Sheffield it's great here, it was ranked recently one of the best European cities for a city break so I don't know what this list is on about
@@RobertTaylor-gz2fuit has a brilliant music scene, lots of studios and bars that host epic gigs, djs and bands. Excellent food if you go to Kelham Island or Abbeydale or London Road. Wicked local beer. History tours and independent art galleries if you look for them. Climbing, hiking and swimming the minute you venture out into the Peaks. Woods and riversides full of wildlife, and lots of lovely people!
@@Overthinkingerrors It does not have an awful crime rate at all. "The overall crime rate in Plymouth in 2023 was 49 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares poorly to Devon's overall crime rate, coming in 20% higher than the Devon rate of 41 per 1,000 daytime population. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Plymouth is the third safest city, and the 4,356th most dangerous location out of all towns, cities, and villages."
Here woo. I work and travel all over the UK. And have to admit each one of those places has a cracking working class charm... however; London: emotionless, greedy, expensive, dirty, and generically horrid!
London is excellent tourist fodder for a couple of visits though. I found loads to do and experience. It looses its 'charm' after a while though because you start to see how small the place actually is. Still, I haven't ran out of things to do yet
Towns and cities are fundamentally built for people to live and work in, not to attract tourists. They can be perfectly functional without fancy extras. It must be very tiring living somewhere completely overrun by visitors when you're just trying to get on with your life. I live in a town in Hampshire that could not be described as a tourist venue and it's quite relaxing just to be able to walk to work or do a bit of shopping without hundreds of people trying to have a jolly holiday all over the place. I recently had a day out in Oxford where I lived for two years as a postgraduate student. It was a nice autumn day and you couldn't move in town
As a Brit, my least favourite place to go is London. It’s too crazy, can’t do anything without someone breathing down your neck because you’re walking to slow
I lived in Brum for a while & found it a really interesting city to walk around. The canal network is fascinating to explore, and Digbeth was just starting to become a ‘funky town’ while I was there. Its industrial heritage means a lot of interesting old buildings about the place, many of which are being sympathetically restored & repurposed. One thing I did notice was the number of public clocks there telling the wrong time, which for a renowned clock & watch making centre struck me as being quite odd!
do some googling. if the sample size reflects the demographics accurately then even 1-2k is ok for a couple hundred million people. it's how pollster can give you a pretty good idea of an election, for instance.
I am Australian and have vsited all of the cities on the list except for Milton Keynes and Aberdeen. I enjoyed my visits to all of them. There were places of great interest and good people in all of them. For example, the waterfront of Plymouth is wonderful - the Mayflower set off from there and Drake's bowling green is right there too. The surrounding area is beautiful as well. All of these "worst cities" are great!
And that Plymouth waterfront is excellent. So calm and unpretentious. The lighthouse is nice. It has a few ships and a couple of restaurants but it's not overrun.
Milton Keynes is actually very nice and has loads to offer. It’s mainly a shopping area, but you can go to the theatre/stage there, restaurants, ice skating, clubbing, etc.
Aberdeen is actually really nice. It's safe and prosperous with beautiful countryside and villages nearby. And the Cairgorms is an hour drive away! It's even got a beach.. Yes, it's all grey and can get cold, but it's not 'depressing'..😂
The United Kingdom was always a industrial country . I remember growing up in the 1980s in the south of England. We had days out in the UK, excursions, holidays were abroad with only camping holidays or potins or butlins as the alternative in the UK . 95% of your life was your dad working 12 hour days 5-6 days a week . And your mum running the house , washing the floor 8 times a day , baking , cooking and a mountain of clothes washing and ironing . This was pretty much everyday of the year - weekend may have been a social club for a dance , drink and space invader. Week days was all work 90s ( early ) I remember just leaving school . I used to frequently walk back from my friends house at night ...basically the whole town was in bed by 10pm as it was a work day . The streets conpletely empty with the odd dog walker or boy racer . Monday - Friday nearly every week was all about work and going to it . the pubs were never packed during the week - restaurants were few and far between 80s/early 90s . And takeaways were only a handful really spread across the entire town ...with parades of shops consisting of a off licence , news agent , 1 x chippy , maybe a butchers in the odd case . And that was it for every estate outside town . Usaully an estate or collection of estates had 1 pub - that usaully didn't serve food . Food in most pubs didn't start till the 90s - if food was served it was crisps ,peanuts, pork scratchings , a seafood man would come round to the pubs at night to sell seafood . On event nights - chippys would supply the food via ticket price to pub/social club event . We had nightclubs but in the 1980s only the young , divorced or single went to them - and they were most certainly not as popular as today . In the early 80s - we had a Chinese, French and maybe 1 or 2 other restaurants in our town . I never went in them in my life - my mum and dad - only went to them at a anniversary. Weekends were going out for a spin in.the car - chicken in a basket , ice cream at a beach . In summary my point being = industrial nature...everyone was working during the week and hardly anyone went out during the week . Hospitality may as well have been closed till Friday . With this culture/attitude- you get "Grey" cities
I am not British, what is difference between toaday and that time? Today's dad also work and mum also clean and run houses and pub and party what's different.?
@@jasonfearnley1744 I like it. Good people, nice scenery around it. Plus it is a proper Northern city. Leeds a wannabe Manchester, Manchester a wannabe London, Liverpool take a day off. Sheffield is authentic.
1# Be thankful you're not in Coventry. (Disclaimer, I was born in Leicester and work in Coventry, so I may be biased). Seriously though, I've been to some pretty great gigs & comedy shows at DeMontfort hall, Its a little out of the city centre, but not too far really. I can think of some pretty good bars but I am about 10 years out of date tho 😋
I lived on manningham lane for a short while. Believe me, it's as bad as that. Manningham is what happens when Islam becomes dominant in a community. We ate being bullied, racially attacked, and maligned. I know haworth. I grew up in Bingley. I KNOW nice areas which don't have Islamic dominance, but let's be honest, it's spreading outwards from the city centre, and even haworth and Bingley are slowly changing.
Don't let these bastards grind us down, UK citizens. Let's make our country a fantastic place to visit, wherever we are. We can start with a positive attitude, setting up citizen groups, tidy the place, having regular safeguarded community events. Don't give up hope.
According to this the midlands is the biggest shit hole in Britain. As a Northerner I can say without a shadow of a doubt. This list is so wrong it defies belief. There's Yorkshire & Lancashire places much worse. Then there's places further North easily worse than these areas. Southampton is one of the poshest places I've been to in our country. In fact folk from Southampton couldn't last 2 mins where I'm from.
Very disappointed to see Aberdeen, Swansea and Southampton on this list. These were all great cities back in the 90s and earlier, Southampton still arguably is very nice and thriving. Aberdeen is mainly miserable because of weather and cold, and the oil industry could have been used to make the ciry much nicer. But went to Uni there and loved it.
Was born in Leicester and still live here now at 36. Granted it isn't what it used to be, but it's still not a bad city overall. I mean it isn't really a massive tourist destination but there is the King Richard 3rd visitor centre and the national space centre.
Lived in Southampton all my life. It used to be a quiet city but Southampton over the years has become extremely touristy and they have developed the city so much. Tons of restaurants and also has 3 shopping malls, West Quay, John Lewis and the Marlands with tons of shops which most malls in different cities do not have. There is always events happening as well almost every other week too. There’s also the boat show which Southampton does every single year, sometimes even twice a year. There’s also a ton of history in Southampton as well
I think Aberdeen isn't that bad because of its granite architecture and ancient university, as well as castles around the city (i.e. the one near Stonehaven)...
@@thomasjellis9465 That is most ex-industrial cities though. What is there to do in any of them, apart from get bladdered and watch football. Liverpool is possibly the exception.
@@Indigenous-English-Man No, because I've lived in Asia for 10 years but my family has lived in the Hope Valley area for generations. Wonderful statement you made, a third of the Peak District is indeed inside Sheffield but the best parts of the Peak District are not in that third. Castleton and the Hope Valley, Bakewell, Eyam, Kinder Scout are nowhere near Sheffield. No one going to the Peak District stays in Sheffield.
@@thomasjellis9465 The Peak District right next door, 2 massive football stadiums, a mostly beautiful city centre, Meadowhall & Crystal Peaks, loads and loads of parks.
How is Peterborough not on this list? It’s been listed as the worst city in the UK for many years running. Also it’s baffling how Milton Keynes can even be considered a city, it’s basically a shopping centre with some roundabouts and cycle-paths.
Now you're talking. Stoke definitely deserves a place on the list. Not a city, but Merthyr Tydfil is probably the grimmest place in the UK I've ever visited. The good news is they're currently building a super highway over it so you can pass through in just a few minutes.
Aberdeen ,ok its is a bit grey because of the granite but there are a lot more that I would say would go before it. And the weather we can't do nothing about that.👍🙏
You've obviously never strolled round the historic dockyard, Old Portsmouth, or Southsea promenade with views of the Isle of Wight. It's not the most beautiful city in England but it should rightfully be nowhere near a top ten worst.
I don't mind Aberdeen. I used to live there when I was a kid. I liked going to the beach and Codona's during the summer. It's better than being stuck in Glasgow, especially back in the 90's when it was a lot more dangerous.
My ex lived in Plymouth, so i spent an entire month there. Honestly, if that's the 10th worst city to visit, that speaks suspiciously highly of the rest of the Kingdom
The trouble people find with Milton Keynes is often visitors don't see the best of it, they come off the train and have to walk uphill to find hotels in the middle of the concrete bit, amongst boring office buildings, or they drive there and the main motorway exit is close to a sewage plant and car dealerships, along with warehouses and industrial parks, but they miss the huge amount of parkland that runs throughout the city with public art and sports activities, the higher amount of jobs and small businesses compared to most other cities of equal size, and the amount of restaurants and shops. Some areas are dodgy like Fishermead, but most of areas have better quality of life than the national standard. What it lacks is a beautiful old centre of town because of its history as a 70's "new town", but if you go to Olney, Woburn, or Stoney Stratford you can experience some of that, along with peaceful village areas in Milton Keynes Village, Woolstone, Woughton, and Bradwell, as well as Linford Manor. I would just say that Milton Keynes isn't advertised as well as it should be, too many people visit on business trips and think their brief stay in a Premier Inn is enough to really experience the city.
Sheffield being on this list, let alone being 7th, makes this entire list invalid. Best city behind London in my opinion, and that’s from someone who lived and studied there for 2 years
Ghaw damn! I live in Derby for 7 years and all the while that this short was playing I was thinking that Derby would either not be mentioned or be number 1 of the worst! LOL
I’ll never thought I’d say this as someone born and raised in Portsmouth… tbh Southampton is a pretty good place to visit for a day or two. If you’re staying there it has the New Forest right next to it aswell 🤷♂️ if you want a beach it sucks
Liverpool was our favorite place to visit. Great music scene with lots of live acts in bars, now ranked the 11th top foodie scene in the world, and all the Beatles sites. Plus the port, the Cathedral, and the Maritime Museum along with the ferries along the Mercy. Wonderful fun city-and best of all-all the Irish Liverpudlians who have a sense of humor and love of having fun, unlike the rest of dour England. Definitely recommend it over all other cities in England except London.
I'm surprised about Derby! 😨 I lived there for two years. There are three interesting museums, a theatre, a few nice hotels, restaurants, pubs, shops and parks. The city centre and other parts are a little bit shabby and dodgy, like a lot of cities and big towns around the UK, but surely not the worst.
Swansea and Birmingham doesn't surprise me as I've genuinely felt depressed walking around both of them at how grey they were the last time I was there. Southampton surprises me though, as a tourist place to visit sure I don't know what you'd do there but it's generally got very nice area's in and around it that I wouldn't mind living in.
Swansea , Swansea .. what a stupid list . Been there amd it has one of the best beaches in the world never mind the uk - and it’s so better than most cities in the uk
Lewis Grassic Gibbon said... "Aberdeen is the whitest, coldest, most dehumanising town I have ever set eyes on. There’s no soul, no life, no grace in its streets." I quite like it though.
Southampton is blighted because of the 50s and 60s concrete regeneration. Some stunted pigmy called Adolf took a dislike to Southampton because of a company called Vickers and a little plane called a Spitfire. So many parts production facilities were dotted around Southampton that the Luftwaffe had no choice but to bomb the crap out of the entire area. Southampton born and bred. Love the place. It looks a bit crappy, but understand why! Rest of the U.K. you are welcome!😂
I went to Milton Keynes a couple ti,es and persoanlly , I dont think its that bad and for these three reasons 3. It has a taco bell 2. It has a taco bell 1. It has a taco bell
Wow, I live in Plymouth and is going through change, especially after the bombing of WW2. It's the only city I will ever be comfortable in, it is beautiful and surround by the Dartmoor National Park to the North and beautiful beaches in Cornwall and the Fabulous South Hams. Maybe these Judges didnt get a big enough back handers from the local council
Wrong. I've travelled all over the world. I actually worked for Birmingham City Council. Birmingham is a fantastic city. Don't judge it until you've been there. You would all be very very surprised. Comment below if you want more info. I'll be privileged to educate.
Stoke-on-Trent! I'm not saying it's rough but when the Vikings arrived to rape and pillage they actually said " er... is it OK if we just pillage?" 😂😂😂😂😂
@@JungleTunes94 nothing scientific, I’m convinced they’ve never visited these cities let alone applied anything scientific. They probably think dinosaurs were just fantasy…
Don't know why Plymouth is on there cause its brilliant it got the best beaches in britan its not called the ocean city for no reason. Its also the reason the USA is here
Which city would you add to the list?
Bradford
Swindon
Nottingham
Bradford is the go-to worst place! Although in a funny way it could actually be quite a nice place to visit, especially if you get out of the centre!
Norwich
No explanation for Birmingham. I'm dying.
Depends on the area u go to
@marthasheilds2446 Wow, full of bigots? I guess thats what you get when you have a 53% ethnic population. Old world and outdated ideology encroaching on western liberalism.
@marthasheilds2446 It has more ,miles of canal than Venice. I t's a good stopping off point for Stratford - on Avon. It's good for shopping. But these places that are dismissed by tourists were historically the breadwinners of the country.
I was born in Birmingham grew up there and lived in Litchfield for 3 years before emigrating to South Africa. I went back once in 1991. People ask me if I miss England. What's to miss?
@@leemugleston6422 I remember it fondly growing up there for the parks, the schools, the local library, the local swimming pool, the local cinema, the local records shop, the local butchers with the best sausages I've ever tasted, Woolwrorths, the local ballet school I attended weekly, and my friends and weekly trips to the South Warwickshire countryside. Sadly the swimming pool, cinema, record shop, butchers and ballet school have all gone now. My primary school was knocked down and rebuilt under the same name on another site and my secondary school ceased to be a grammar and became a comprehensive so not much remains the same. The parks and the countryside are still there.
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To be fair the list is pretty accurate. The UK has some stunningly beautiful areas and scenery. It also has a contrasting number of absolute shite-buckets of cities and most of them are named here.
Any English people notice a theme here 😂
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@@robetprice4759 Yep!!!
Sheffield made me laugh. It’s literally the greenest city in Europe and is surrounded by the UK’s best countryside 5 miles out of the centre.
It's only the greenest city in Europe because it's city boundary includes a huge uninhabited part of the peak district. Yes the west of the city is very nice, but the centre is a complete shithole, and that's what people come to visit in a city, not the suburbs.
@@JD-lp5rw No, the city doesn't include a "huge uninhabited part of the Peak District", the city has 47 parks, for a start, the presence of some extreme hills that you can't build on is significant, and there are loads of trees everywhere.
@@neilbarnett3046 yes it does, look up a map of the city boundary, it's on wikipedia buddy.
@@neilbarnett3046 in this boundary map, the urban area of Sheffield makes up about only 40% of the city limits. It is a fairly green city for UK standards, in the west of the city. But there are far far greener cities in Europe.
Greenest city in Europe is a slogan often touted by people without examining the actual reason. If it had normal boundaries, it would be nowhere near the greenest.
Well you said it, outside of the city. The city centre is a bomb site right now. The violence is getting generally worse. I don’t think anyone would want to stay in an Airbnb in gleadless valley.
I'm sorry but how any of these places could be worse than Stoke is beyond me.
So true 👍
Go to Normanton in Derby, then tell me it’s worse than stoke!😂
Coventry centre is grim tbf
Jeez! I HAVE to go there then! Its on my fuckit list. 😁😂❤
My first thought exactly 😭
Bradford not even on the list? Should be number 1
What about Coventry?!
@@robtyman4281 number 8
Here, on UA-cam, someone made some videos, where it is said that the worst pllaces (towns) to live are Peterborough and Luton.
What do you think about it? What is your opinion about those pllaces.?🤔
Please, share your point of view...😊
Luton is definitely no 1 worst place to live in the uk
@@sportsman2103 Thanks for your opinion, mate. 🤝But, could you, please, explain, why this is the worst one? 🤔
Luton. No explanation is needed.
Luton is not a city
It's a town, so it isn't eligible.
Luton is that bad it should've been an honourable mention regardless
@@mariotaz It's next door to Milton Keynes, so close enough I guess lol
@@Drew-jy7dl True true. Hemel Hempstead is dead
the five worst places to visit in the UK are north london, south london, west london, east london and central london
I was trying to think of a smart reply to this but can't & I pretty much agree. Touché! 😂
Still better than Swindon and Luton
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London is ranked as one of the top cities to visit in Europe. Get over yourself.
@@hrussell9677 I didn't say it wasn't one of the best cities in Europe to visit just that it's the worst place in the UK in case you don't understand that means even the worst the UK has to offer it's still better than the vast majority of European cities how about you sit down have a nice cup of tea and get over it.
As someone who lives in Sheffield I genuinely have no idea why it’s on this list, it has loads of green space, fun things to do, and one of the safer cities, and lastly it’s next to the Peak District and anyone who’s been there will know how nice it is
Sheffield is also famous from TV shows with police cars chasing criminals :)
Aberdeen isn't that bad, ok it can be cold, dark and gloomy in winter, but when the sun appears fir those 3 days per year, the city sparkles and the beaches here are actually pretty good.
😂😂 thought it was 3.7 days
Yeah, I spend two years there in the late 90s and it wasn't so bad. I later got engaged to my ex whose family is from the country about an hour away. I do get a bit of nostalgia from it.
Brazilian here, visited Aberdeen and loved it! Yeah, I understand why it can feel depressing (specially in winter) but it's beautiful and calm IMHO. Still planning to spend a year there one day.
Was there for Uni and loved it. Will likely move back as housing much more affordable there but the economy needs to be stable (the oil and gas industry is there).
Eleanor i agree ,I got a shock when I seen it on here. Its the oil capital of Europe. 🙏
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@@southeastlondontransport5859no I live in Coventry
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I saw a meme a few weeks ago that read 'However bad you think your life is, just bear in mind that some people live in Stoke.'
People who say Plymouth and Derby is a bad place have never been to Derby or Plymouth
@@RingerMatthew Derbys alright, especially if you like trains. Plymouth is depressing but also alright. Great for food, music, sea
@@johnselekta Thing is Plymouth was almost totally destroyed by german bombing raids so lost most of its heritage and history.
Derby is a dump.
Not cities but if you want to visit a real shithole just look for Luton and Scunthorpe
Apart from the Barbican area, Plymouth is very grey and uninteresting. But then it had to be rebuilt cheaply after being flattened in the war.
Southampton ? are you fucking kidding me , it goes back to pre roman time, the Titanic and the Mayflower set sail from here , Henry V army left here to eventually fight the battle of Agincourt , and the SPITFIRE was designed and built here ,and we still have most of the medieval walls and bargate still standin , wtf have you yanks got?
It also has the New Forest, South Downs, Isle of WIght, Saslisbury, Winchester right on its doorstep.
It had a medieval quarter before the Luftwaffe decided it wanted to re-arrange the city. Having said that there are better cities than Southampton to visit for sure.
@@Scaleyback317you are correct, and even Southampton City Center has a nice collection of shops for locals like Ikea
But very sadly, the city indeed offers nothing to tourist at all (except as a stopover for people visiting the places you mentioned above)
@@Scaleyback317Not to mention, the Common. I lived and worked in Soton thirty years ago. Rough and ready, no doubt, but some of the loveliest, kindest, most generous people I've ever known. Southampton is great.
@@ianworley8169 And something everybody has missed - it has the mighty Saints which was the throne of the finest football player the world has ever seen - Le God!
I loved Southampton when I visited it, much better than Portsmouth at any rate (though Portsmouth is also very rich in history and produced some remarkable people).
I live in Sheffield it's great here, it was ranked recently one of the best European cities for a city break so I don't know what this list is on about
Visiting and living is definitely not the same
What does it have for visitors?
@@RobertTaylor-gz2fuit has a brilliant music scene, lots of studios and bars that host epic gigs, djs and bands. Excellent food if you go to Kelham Island or Abbeydale or London Road. Wicked local beer. History tours and independent art galleries if you look for them. Climbing, hiking and swimming the minute you venture out into the Peaks. Woods and riversides full of wildlife, and lots of lovely people!
Sheffield is beautiful and Milton is clean as heck
Sheffield is most certainly not beautiful lol. Saying that as a Sheffield resident. City centre is embarrassing.
@@JD-lp5rwcentre is shit the rest is good
MK could do with some shit lying around as it’s the only chance of it having a bit of character
I can see Milton Keynes being a bit of tourist attraction in 50 years. Sort of the way cleaned-up company towns like Saltaire have become.
@@JD-lp5rwHave visited Sheffield many times over the years, and the city centre has gone to ruin (But that's not my doing in any way 😂😂😂)
Plymouth’s not that bad. Beautiful setting and some terrific architecture. Don’t forget Hitler hammered Plymouth.
Yes, I was surprised. The harbour, Barbican, lido, Hoe, etc, etc, etc. Plus a great base to visit other places like Looe, Polperro, and Burgh Island.
The issue is as soon as you leave the hoe or RWY or the Barbican, the city is horrifically poor and has an awful crime rate
@@Overthinkingerrors It does not have an awful crime rate at all. "The overall crime rate in Plymouth in 2023 was 49 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares poorly to Devon's overall crime rate, coming in 20% higher than the Devon rate of 41 per 1,000 daytime population. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Plymouth is the third safest city, and the 4,356th most dangerous location out of all towns, cities, and villages."
Also referred to as Mitcham-on-sea
@@StoffelDilligas Are you dissing Mitcham? Saaaaf Londons Roadmen will be after you for that. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Here woo. I work and travel all over the UK. And have to admit each one of those places has a cracking working class charm... however; London: emotionless, greedy, expensive, dirty, and generically horrid!
And full of non-English people
London is excellent tourist fodder for a couple of visits though. I found loads to do and experience. It looses its 'charm' after a while though because you start to see how small the place actually is. Still, I haven't ran out of things to do yet
Don't forget, dangerous too
Towns and cities are fundamentally built for people to live and work in, not to attract tourists. They can be perfectly functional without fancy extras. It must be very tiring living somewhere completely overrun by visitors when you're just trying to get on with your life. I live in a town in Hampshire that could not be described as a tourist venue and it's quite relaxing just to be able to walk to work or do a bit of shopping without hundreds of people trying to have a jolly holiday all over the place. I recently had a day out in Oxford where I lived for two years as a postgraduate student. It was a nice autumn day and you couldn't move in town
Swansea has far more to offer than Birmingham
Bro thinks hes funny😭, Swansea is so ded
I live in Swansea and it is one of the nicest cities I the uk I love it here
You peeps so brain washed by London surveys, it's load of bollox 😮😅😂😂😂
It has far more to offer than Milton Keynes, but Birmingham? Give me a break 😂
😃😄😁😆🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
As a Brit, my least favourite place to go is London. It’s too crazy, can’t do anything without someone breathing down your neck because you’re walking to slow
Yep, it’s even worse now then it ever has been
Cant forget the stabby stabby race who have made london a hellhole for crime
Milton Keynes is unique in the UK, worth a visit.
I quite liked Sheffield when I lived there. Still wanted to get back to Aberdeen though ...
I lived in Brum for a while & found it a really interesting city to walk around. The canal network is fascinating to explore, and Digbeth was just starting to become a ‘funky town’ while I was there. Its industrial heritage means a lot of interesting old buildings about the place, many of which are being sympathetically restored & repurposed. One thing I did notice was the number of public clocks there telling the wrong time, which for a renowned clock & watch making centre struck me as being quite odd!
I don’t think a sample of 4,000 people out of millions is a particularly accurate way to rank anything. I live in Plymouth btw lol
Probably almost as accurate as those voting polls the media rely so much on for pre election facts.
Yeah this guy is just yapping, doesn’t know anything
do some googling. if the sample size reflects the demographics accurately then even 1-2k is ok for a couple hundred million people. it's how pollster can give you a pretty good idea of an election, for instance.
Plymouth is where the Post-War government dumped all its spare pebbledash and then just kinda forgot about it.
@@ThePedroppztell that to Hillary
I am Australian and have vsited all of the cities on the list except for Milton Keynes and Aberdeen. I enjoyed my visits to all of them. There were places of great interest and good people in all of them. For example, the waterfront of Plymouth is wonderful - the Mayflower set off from there and Drake's bowling green is right there too. The surrounding area is beautiful as well. All of these "worst cities" are great!
Crikey . I’m lost for words
I loved Plymouth on my visit. I only visited major cities and only saw the countryside by train. Going back ASAP.
And that Plymouth waterfront is excellent. So calm and unpretentious. The lighthouse is nice. It has a few ships and a couple of restaurants but it's not overrun.
Milton Keynes is actually very nice and has loads to offer. It’s mainly a shopping area, but you can go to the theatre/stage there, restaurants, ice skating, clubbing, etc.
4000 people who've never been to Wigan. I don't blame them.
That's a town, so it isn't eligible.
Aberdeen is actually really nice.
It's safe and prosperous with beautiful countryside and villages nearby.
And the Cairgorms is an hour drive away!
It's even got a beach..
Yes, it's all grey and can get cold, but it's not 'depressing'..😂
Erm Sheffield's actually a great city. It's music scene is vibrant and booming!
The Leadmill is still doing great after all these years..
Who in they’re right mind thinks Milton Keynes is better than the coastal cities of Aberdeen and Swansea
The United Kingdom was always a industrial country .
I remember growing up in the 1980s in the south of England. We had days out in the UK, excursions, holidays were abroad with only camping holidays or potins or butlins as the alternative in the UK .
95% of your life was your dad working 12 hour days 5-6 days a week . And your mum running the house , washing the floor 8 times a day , baking , cooking and a mountain of clothes washing and ironing . This was pretty much everyday of the year - weekend may have been a social club for a dance , drink and space invader. Week days was all work
90s ( early ) I remember just leaving school . I used to frequently walk back from my friends house at night ...basically the whole town was in bed by 10pm as it was a work day . The streets conpletely empty with the odd dog walker or boy racer . Monday - Friday nearly every week was all about work and going to it . the pubs were never packed during the week - restaurants were few and far between 80s/early 90s . And takeaways were only a handful really spread across the entire town ...with parades of shops consisting of a off licence , news agent , 1 x chippy , maybe a butchers in the odd case . And that was it for every estate outside town . Usaully an estate or collection of estates had 1 pub - that usaully didn't serve food .
Food in most pubs didn't start till the 90s - if food was served it was crisps ,peanuts, pork scratchings , a seafood man would come round to the pubs at night to sell seafood . On event nights - chippys would supply the food via ticket price to pub/social club event .
We had nightclubs but in the 1980s only the young , divorced or single went to them - and they were most certainly not as popular as today . In the early 80s - we had a Chinese, French and maybe 1 or 2 other restaurants in our town . I never went in them in my life - my mum and dad - only went to them at a anniversary. Weekends were going out for a spin in.the car - chicken in a basket , ice cream at a beach .
In summary my point being = industrial nature...everyone was working during the week and hardly anyone went out during the week . Hospitality may as well have been closed till Friday . With this culture/attitude- you get "Grey" cities
I am not British, what is difference between toaday and that time? Today's dad also work and mum also clean and run houses and pub and party what's different.?
Sheff is nice, I’ve never lived there but always enjoyed visiting mates there
Sheffield gets rated high on city break lists in recent times
@@jasonfearnley1744 I like it. Good people, nice scenery around it. Plus it is a proper Northern city. Leeds a wannabe Manchester, Manchester a wannabe London, Liverpool take a day off. Sheffield is authentic.
@@paulwild3676 exactly what i think thanks
I will not take this Leicester slander, it’s a great city and there’s plenty to do. You could fill a week’s holiday just by going to curry houses!
Give me things to do in Leicester please 😭 it’s so boring
1# Be thankful you're not in Coventry. (Disclaimer, I was born in Leicester and work in Coventry, so I may be biased). Seriously though, I've been to some pretty great gigs & comedy shows at DeMontfort hall, Its a little out of the city centre, but not too far really. I can think of some pretty good bars but I am about 10 years out of date tho 😋
Absolutely scandalous, we should be no. 1 on the list of awful cities😞
@@chrisdowns1987same here 👍🏾. Born in Leicester, worked and lived in Coventry 🙄
😂 more so than Birmingham?
Bradford.
God help ANYONE who has the misfortune to visit this dump.
I live in Bradford, it’s honestly not that bad lol
@@NiSiochainGanSaoirse Do you know Haworth is part of the city of Bradford? I don’t think it is as bad as Luton, Stoke and Watford.
I lived on manningham lane for a short while.
Believe me, it's as bad as that.
Manningham is what happens when Islam becomes dominant in a community.
We ate being bullied, racially attacked, and maligned.
I know haworth. I grew up in Bingley. I KNOW nice areas which don't have Islamic dominance, but let's be honest, it's spreading outwards from the city centre, and even haworth and Bingley are slowly changing.
Don't let these bastards grind us down, UK citizens. Let's make our country a fantastic place to visit, wherever we are. We can start with a positive attitude, setting up citizen groups, tidy the place, having regular safeguarded community events. Don't give up hope.
According to this the midlands is the biggest shit hole in Britain. As a Northerner I can say without a shadow of a doubt. This list is so wrong it defies belief. There's Yorkshire & Lancashire places much worse. Then there's places further North easily worse than these areas. Southampton is one of the poshest places I've been to in our country. In fact folk from Southampton couldn't last 2 mins where I'm from.
As someone who lived in Derby for 30 years i approve this short as 100% accurate.
Bro didn't even explain why Birmingham and Coventry were on the list 💀
I'm going to Birmingham next month. Can't wait!
we literally have lady godiva why are we here
Very disappointed to see Aberdeen, Swansea and Southampton on this list. These were all great cities back in the 90s and earlier, Southampton still arguably is very nice and thriving. Aberdeen is mainly miserable because of weather and cold, and the oil industry could have been used to make the ciry much nicer. But went to Uni there and loved it.
Actually I did not find Sheffield so bad. Attending often the Snooker World Championchip.
Was born in Leicester and still live here now at 36. Granted it isn't what it used to be, but it's still not a bad city overall. I mean it isn't really a massive tourist destination but there is the King Richard 3rd visitor centre and the national space centre.
Lived in Southampton all my life. It used to be a quiet city but Southampton over the years has become extremely touristy and they have developed the city so much. Tons of restaurants and also has 3 shopping malls, West Quay, John Lewis and the Marlands with tons of shops which most malls in different cities do not have. There is always events happening as well almost every other week too. There’s also the boat show which Southampton does every single year, sometimes even twice a year. There’s also a ton of history in Southampton as well
I'm Saint Born an bred an it's a shitole an You know it ahaha
Came here to find out where Aberdeen was. Then stayed till the end. I was born in Derby...
Where was Bradford
No city found.
Do you mean "Bradfordistan"?
@@biwnzixebrxb4786I’m from BD3 mush
@@biwnzixebrxb4786 😂😂 I see what u did
Pakistan!!
Where was Hull????
I think Aberdeen isn't that bad because of its granite architecture and ancient university, as well as castles around the city (i.e. the one near Stonehaven)...
Sheffield is great, i always have a good time when i go its a good night out
That makes this list a bit off for me
Born and bred in Sheffield but what is there for tourists? There's very little. Great for real ale and football but that's about it.
@@thomasjellis9465 That is most ex-industrial cities though. What is there to do in any of them, apart from get bladdered and watch football. Liverpool is possibly the exception.
@@thomasjellis9465you have the Peak District what makes up 1/3 of the city. You obviously don’t get about that much
@@Indigenous-English-Man No, because I've lived in Asia for 10 years but my family has lived in the Hope Valley area for generations. Wonderful statement you made, a third of the Peak District is indeed inside Sheffield but the best parts of the Peak District are not in that third. Castleton and the Hope Valley, Bakewell, Eyam, Kinder Scout are nowhere near Sheffield. No one going to the Peak District stays in Sheffield.
@@thomasjellis9465 The Peak District right next door, 2 massive football stadiums, a mostly beautiful city centre, Meadowhall & Crystal Peaks, loads and loads of parks.
How is Peterborough not on this list? It’s been listed as the worst city in the UK for many years running. Also it’s baffling how Milton Keynes can even be considered a city, it’s basically a shopping centre with some roundabouts and cycle-paths.
Stoke survives another day 🎉😎
Stoke and Blackpool joint first
Now you're talking. Stoke definitely deserves a place on the list. Not a city, but Merthyr Tydfil is probably the grimmest place in the UK I've ever visited. The good news is they're currently building a super highway over it so you can pass through in just a few minutes.
Not a city, but Northampton fucking sucks
Aberdeen ,ok its is a bit grey because of the granite but there are a lot more that I would say would go before it. And the weather we can't do nothing about that.👍🙏
Sheffield is bloody brilliant
I was in Aberdeen the last year and I like the City a lot. I would love to go back there. Greetings from Spain 😃
I live in Sheffield and it is a decent place, we have lots of greenery and nature trails to explore
I spent a couple of nights in Aberdeen, and I had a Wonderful Time.
No way Portsmouth didn't make that list! Seriously?
You've obviously never strolled round the historic dockyard, Old Portsmouth, or Southsea promenade with views of the Isle of Wight. It's not the most beautiful city in England but it should rightfully be nowhere near a top ten worst.
@@carpog oh, I have. Many times before, and will probably do the same in the future. And yes, there are some pretty good places there.
Absolutely loved Portsmouth when I visited. I’d move there tomorrow
Southampton is much better .
@@thecrimsondragon9744 better at being worse
I don't mind Aberdeen. I used to live there when I was a kid. I liked going to the beach and Codona's during the summer. It's better than being stuck in Glasgow, especially back in the 90's when it was a lot more dangerous.
as a sheffieldian i will not stand for this
Poor Derby- first football, then this! 🫢
My ex lived in Plymouth, so i spent an entire month there. Honestly, if that's the 10th worst city to visit, that speaks suspiciously highly of the rest of the Kingdom
The trouble people find with Milton Keynes is often visitors don't see the best of it, they come off the train and have to walk uphill to find hotels in the middle of the concrete bit, amongst boring office buildings, or they drive there and the main motorway exit is close to a sewage plant and car dealerships, along with warehouses and industrial parks, but they miss the huge amount of parkland that runs throughout the city with public art and sports activities, the higher amount of jobs and small businesses compared to most other cities of equal size, and the amount of restaurants and shops.
Some areas are dodgy like Fishermead, but most of areas have better quality of life than the national standard.
What it lacks is a beautiful old centre of town because of its history as a 70's "new town", but if you go to Olney, Woburn, or Stoney Stratford you can experience some of that, along with peaceful village areas in Milton Keynes Village, Woolstone, Woughton, and Bradwell, as well as Linford Manor.
I would just say that Milton Keynes isn't advertised as well as it should be, too many people visit on business trips and think their brief stay in a Premier Inn is enough to really experience the city.
You can paint it any colour you like but Milton Keynes is awful.
I was born and raised in Southampton. I’ve never met anyone who went there for tourism
why city councils are making uk cities so ugly??
Part of a greater demoralisation campaign against native Brits by a hostile government. Alongside flooding the UK with 3rd world animals.
Do you think it’s deliberate?!
Why no description for Birmingham and Coventry?!
Cos it’s shit maybe
Had to cut out some fragments to fit in 60 seconds. I have a slightly longer version on other platforms
Cause it's a short, not a long 😅 imagine the time you'd need for they descriptions 😂
Pronouncing Coventry wrong is the description
Because vid would be censored by YT
Sheffield being on this list, let alone being 7th, makes this entire list invalid. Best city behind London in my opinion, and that’s from someone who lived and studied there for 2 years
You haven't been to many cities have you. Being a student is very different otherwise living in a city.
@@JD-lp5rw Tell me what makes other cities better than Sheffield then? Most just have more identikit talll glass buildings and that's it.
Sheffield is doing quite nicely on the tourism front. Do your research!!
This is one weird list. Sheffield? That's not the worst by a long shot and Milton Keynes is a pretty reasonable city too. I used to live near there 🧐
Watching this from derby 😂 thumbs up 👍
Ghaw damn! I live in Derby for 7 years and all the while that this short was playing I was thinking that Derby would either not be mentioned or be number 1 of the worst! LOL
I’ll never thought I’d say this as someone born and raised in Portsmouth… tbh Southampton is a pretty good place to visit for a day or two. If you’re staying there it has the New Forest right next to it aswell 🤷♂️ if you want a beach it sucks
Never been to Liverpool I'm guessing.?
You'd be on the first bus back out.
Are scousers that bad?? 👿😜
Liverpool was our favorite place to visit. Great music scene with lots of live acts in bars, now ranked the 11th top foodie scene in the world, and all the Beatles sites. Plus the port, the Cathedral, and the Maritime Museum along with the ferries along the Mercy. Wonderful fun city-and best of all-all the Irish Liverpudlians who have a sense of humor and love of having fun, unlike the rest of dour England. Definitely recommend it over all other cities in England except London.
I'm surprised about Derby! 😨
I lived there for two years. There are three interesting museums, a theatre, a few nice hotels, restaurants, pubs, shops and parks.
The city centre and other parts are a little bit shabby and dodgy, like a lot of cities and big towns around the UK, but surely not the worst.
agreed, plenty to do in Derby
swansea is beautiful and has some of the best beaches in northern europe. it has a nice marina and great nightlife as well.
Take Southampton off the list - swap for Portsmouth.
Southampton is a dump. What's wrong with Portsmouth?
DAMN YOU, SHEFFIELD IS BEAUTIFUL
Swansea and Birmingham doesn't surprise me as I've genuinely felt depressed walking around both of them at how grey they were the last time I was there.
Southampton surprises me though, as a tourist place to visit sure I don't know what you'd do there but it's generally got very nice area's in and around it that I wouldn't mind living in.
Swansea , Swansea .. what a stupid list . Been there amd it has one of the best beaches in the world never mind the uk - and it’s so better than most cities in the uk
Lewis Grassic Gibbon said... "Aberdeen is the whitest, coldest, most dehumanising town I have ever set eyes on. There’s no soul, no life, no grace in its streets."
I quite like it though.
Immigration ruined all these cities.
As someone from Nottingham seeing Leicester so high up is wild, it has far more to offer for tourists than Nottingham does.
huh? unless it's change since i last went, Sheffiled is a great city.
I went to Derby UNI, it's literally on the door step to loads of places including the peak district.
What is so bad about Southampton??????
Southampton is blighted because of the 50s and 60s concrete regeneration. Some stunted pigmy called Adolf took a dislike to Southampton because of a company called Vickers and a little plane called a Spitfire. So many parts production facilities were dotted around Southampton that the Luftwaffe had no choice but to bomb the crap out of the entire area. Southampton born and bred. Love the place. It looks a bit crappy, but understand why! Rest of the U.K. you are welcome!😂
I live in Southampton and to be honest apart from the walls , the Bargate and the titanic museum what else is there ?
The best place to visit are the allyways of Birmingham and london at night ,the feeling is unparalleled,highly recommend for tourism.
Bristol should have been on that list.
Hull, Grimsby and their surrounding small towns,villages...like Zombie apocalypse
I went to Milton Keynes a couple ti,es and persoanlly , I dont think its that bad and for these three reasons
3. It has a taco bell
2. It has a taco bell
1. It has a taco bell
Taco bell is like cat food
@@ga7a903 Well IDK , I never had it , But its one of closest Taco bells to me
@@kacperdolega8771 so you like a place because it has a restaurant you never even been to?
@@ga7a903 Well there's also Watford but I refuse to go to Watford because their football team is sh!t
@@kacperdolega8771 that's mad there fans are gonna be looking out for ya aswell if they see that.
Wow, I live in Plymouth and is going through change, especially after the bombing of WW2.
It's the only city I will ever be comfortable in, it is beautiful and surround by the Dartmoor National Park to the North and beautiful beaches in Cornwall and the Fabulous South Hams.
Maybe these Judges didnt get a big enough back handers from the local council
D**by I completely agree,Nottingham on the other hand is a great city to vist
Nottingham is a sess pit was there the other day
Swansea? really?
it has great beaches and is a nice place to visit
Birmingham only at 9??? The worst place on planet earth outside of the United States of course.
Wrong. I've travelled all over the world. I actually worked for Birmingham City Council. Birmingham is a fantastic city. Don't judge it until you've been there. You would all be very very surprised. Comment below if you want more info. I'll be privileged to educate.
@@baseman2002 Yeah its no where near as shit as a lot of people make out plenty to do in Brum
And yet there are so many Londoners in Brum 🤔 and I don't mean students.
You haven't been there recently, that's obvious. Brum's a great city to visit. I love it.
“outside of the United States of course”
Me when South Sudan exists
Stoke-on-Trent!
I'm not saying it's rough but when the Vikings arrived to rape and pillage they actually said " er... is it OK if we just pillage?"
😂😂😂😂😂
Absolutely ridiculous
Dumb for sure. Survey of 4000 members is hardly scientific, could take it more seriously if it was random surveys although its still not enough
@@JungleTunes94 nothing scientific, I’m convinced they’ve never visited these cities let alone applied anything scientific. They probably think dinosaurs were just fantasy…
Darby is a pretty bad place to visit here too
The fact I’ve been to atleast half of these places
is it okay that I live in Southampton? cus it’s quite peaceful and good here
SHEIFIELD IS NOT THAT BAD ! I LIVE THERE
What's wrong with Swansea? Also Birmingham?
Sheffield is great
Southampton, as a resident, I can confirm offers very little to tourists
Don't know why Plymouth is on there cause its brilliant it got the best beaches in britan its not called the ocean city for no reason. Its also the reason the USA is here