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Worst British seaside resort you’ve been to…

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By *ull English with tea OP   Man
over a year ago

London

We’ve got some lovely places (even if the weather is often poor) but what’s the the absolute worst you’ve been to and why?

My top 3 (in no particular order):

1. Margate - utter dive when I last went (although have heard it’s being done up). Went downhill after Benbon (sp?) brothers shut.

2. Southend - home of the Essex boys films (enough said).

3. Blackpool - have had some good nights out there but it’s full of scratters (have been told to avoid Glasgow week!)

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By *usie pTV/TS
over a year ago

taunton

Where are the nice ones, most seem to be pretty grotty but only to be expected I suppose when an awful lot of english folk don't seem to care what sort of a mess they leave everywhere.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Blackpool - the Waterloo, Club Play and Infusion are the only reasons I visit

Morecambe - we had caravan holidays there when I was little

Rhyl - we went on holiday there once for a change and came home early it was so shite

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Great Yarmouth - vile place. If that's the "great", I should hate to go to Shite Yarmouth.

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By *he AmbassadorMan
over a year ago

IRLANDA. / Prague. / Cil Dara

Blackpool,

Its no1 on my global top 10 list of Shiteholes,

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By *ull English with tea OP   Man
over a year ago

London


"Blackpool,

Its no1 on my global top 10 list of Shiteholes, "

Whoooah, global???

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By *he AmbassadorMan
over a year ago

IRLANDA. / Prague. / Cil Dara


"Blackpool,

Its no1 on my global top 10 list of Shiteholes,

Whoooah, global??? "
Lodi in Jersey might come close,, but i think Blackpools Dog Shit problems seal the deal.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Blackpool Blackpool Skegness

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By *arkbaneMan
over a year ago

East lerds

Blackpool

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By *ife NinjaMan
over a year ago

Dunfermline

Blackpool, Morecambe, Skegness and Cleethorpes. All dire.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

1 Clacton-On-Sea obviously lol

2 Walton on Naize

3 St Oysphs

4 Blackpool

5 Southend

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Skegness

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham

Bognor

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By *ife NinjaMan
over a year ago

Dunfermline


"I'll add San Antonio, Ibiza. I have been there fore Hard Rock Hell a few times but all the decent bars have shut since covid and you're left with crap bars selling crap ale with really godawful shite noise and full of brain dead pissheads. This is Blackpool in the sun"

Foam parties in Ibiza were epic though

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

St Tropez

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lythem st annes i think its called

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wouldn't call it seaside resort...but it's by the coast - newton stewart.

It's dark, with just one main street really with nothing much happening and it rains all the time & gets battered by the irish sea.

Brit Ekland called it the worst place she's been to in her life, after filming some of "the wicker man" there.

-I actually think she's being kind.

Although I love scotland on the whole.

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By *usie pTV/TS
over a year ago

taunton

I think nearly everyone of the well known places are much the same, have to seek out quieter less known spots. I was walking through Torquay a while ago and thought fook me if this is the english riviera what hope is there.

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By *iamondCougarWoman
over a year ago

Norfuck! / Lincolnshire

Blackpool

Skegvegas

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Torquay

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Prestatyn shit beach and the whole place is boring.

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By *ablo minibar123Woman
over a year ago

.

I quite like Blackpool but then I enjoy noise, bright lights and seediness

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham

I was dissatisfied with Scarborough.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

See I love going to southend and Scarborough.

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By *illybeachboyMan
over a year ago

Guernsey

Great Yarmouth. Urgh!

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

Haven't been to a British seaside resort in years.

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By *he love catsCouple
over a year ago

South Wales

Sorry Blackpool though I enjoyed your tower the rest was pretty terrible.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"We’ve got some lovely places (even if the weather is often poor) but what’s the the absolute worst you’ve been to and why?

My top 3 (in no particular order):

1. Margate - utter dive when I last went (although have heard it’s being done up). Went downhill after Benbon (sp?) brothers shut.

2. Southend - home of the Essex boys films (enough said).

3. Blackpool - have had some good nights out there but it’s full of scratters (have been told to avoid Glasgow week!) "

What ye trying to say about us from glasgow??

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By *arrenandhisduckCouple
over a year ago

blackpool

Yay Blackpool is up on a list of shitholes lol. Yeah is it a shithole in town I’ll agree

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field

Don't tend to venture to British seaside resorts- but did end up in Southend with work....what the hell level of shitsville is that place?

Its only saving grace was i found a lovely family run Italian about a 15 minute walk from the front

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

Hastings. Shit hole

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Great Yarmouth , pretty much most really

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By *urhamdebbiecdTV/TS
over a year ago

bishop auckland

Isle of Sheppey

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Brighton

Massively overrated and smells of raw sewage that has been pumped freely into the sea.

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By *avexxMan
over a year ago

cheshire

rhyl and blackpool shit holes

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By *valon7Woman
over a year ago

Lancaster

Morecambe.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham


"Great Yarmouth , pretty much most really "

Awww I go to Yarmouth every year and do the exact same thing with the exact same people lol girly weekend tradition it is a bit shit but as long as they still do href dripping chips on the market I'm happy haha

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

With the Truss voting to continue raw sewage discharges, they're all likely to continue to be shitholes for a long time

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By *angerous123Man
over a year ago

Leeds


"I quite like Blackpool but then I enjoy noise, bright lights and seediness"

It's the ultimate people watching town!

For me Morecambe is the #1 shit hole

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Birmingham. The beach is miles away.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"I quite like Blackpool but then I enjoy noise, bright lights and seediness

It's the ultimate people watching town!

For me Morecambe is the #1 shit hole "

Morecambe used to be nice when I was a child. I loved going to Happy Mount Park with my Grandparents, who were from the area

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Where are the nice ones, most seem to be pretty grotty but only to be expected I suppose when an awful lot of english folk don't seem to care what sort of a mess they leave everywhere."

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By *ohn KanakaMan
over a year ago

Not all that North of North London

On the Welsh coast, Tywyn, Fairbourne and Barmouth. All popular with brummies, all thoroughly grim.

Surrounded by stunning countryside though si not all bad

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"On the Welsh coast, Tywyn, Fairbourne and Barmouth. All popular with brummies, all thoroughly grim.

Surrounded by stunning countryside though si not all bad"

Rhyl's not too bad, if you drive straight through it.

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By *ervent X KissMan
over a year ago

Portsmouth


"Bognor"

Bognor is posh compared with Blackpool or Great Yarmouth

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

Ha ha! C Blackpool listed alot! going with the sister for 4 days on a coach trip in Oct! Never been b 4! There is a trip to Skipton on one-of the days and one to lake district last day we have a free day in Blackpool! But no doubt shall have a lovely time x

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"On the Welsh coast, Tywyn, Fairbourne and Barmouth. All popular with brummies, all thoroughly grim.

Surrounded by stunning countryside though si not all bad"

We stayed near Tal-y-bont (a bit further north than Barmouth) when I was a child. I was about 12. Had a marvellous holiday, but we didn't really go to Barmouth that I recall, other than for some shopping.

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By *arcobell21785Man
over a year ago

leeds

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By *eroLondonMan
over a year ago

Covent Garden

You've probably polarised and trounced the majority of the Fab populace on the back of this thread.

Anyway, you're all wrong: Manchester is the worst 'seaside resort'.

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By *ervent X KissMan
over a year ago

Portsmouth

Worst place 1st

1 Blackpool

2 Ostia -Rome Italy

3 Great Yarmouth

I’m sure there’s more but none are natural all are fkd up by us.

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By *ervent X KissMan
over a year ago

Portsmouth


"Ha ha! C Blackpool listed alot! going with the sister for 4 days on a coach trip in Oct! Never been b 4! There is a trip to Skipton on one-of the days and one to lake district last day we have a free day in Blackpool! But no doubt shall have a lovely time x"

Best time to see it is in the dark!

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By *arcosaMan
over a year ago

London

Without doubt it has to be Margate. I went there a couple of years ago with my wife and daughter. It'd been years since I'd been there last and remember loving it as a kid.

We were met upon leaving the station by a gang of fighting alcoholics. Nice. Walking down to the beach it was dirty and littered. So was the beach. The front was full of closed and boarded up shops. The funland theme park was enormously expensive.

I can't be arsed to write much more but, on our way home, we were treated to two junkies fighting over money.

Margate is a shithole. It gives shitholes a bad name.

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By *ryan...Man
over a year ago

1950's Original

Blackpool.

Called about 5 years back ,needle exchange van ( with "NEEDLE EXCHANGE clearly written on side)on main Street in town centre ...in holiday period..not far from Blackpool North train station

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By *ohn KanakaMan
over a year ago

Not all that North of North London


"On the Welsh coast, Tywyn, Fairbourne and Barmouth. All popular with brummies, all thoroughly grim.

Surrounded by stunning countryside though si not all bad

We stayed near Tal-y-bont (a bit further north than Barmouth) when I was a child. I was about 12. Had a marvellous holiday, but we didn't really go to Barmouth that I recall, other than for some shopping. "

Tal y bont is lovely, I mean the whole area is, I love snowdonia national park but those 3 towns are grim!

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By *tylebender03Man
over a year ago

Manchester

Cleverleys

Fleetwood

Bridlington

I hear Rhyl is bad but not been for years and no chance I’ll be going back

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Rhyl

Margate

Cleethorpes

Southport

Burnham-on-Sea

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By *bi HaiveMan
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over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset


"Rhyl

Margate

Cleethorpes

Southport

Burnham-on-Sea

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Burnham isn't great but nowhere near as bad as Weston-Super-Mud

A

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By *oncupiscentTonyMan
over a year ago

Kent

Only an idiot would visit Margate when St.Mildreds bay is 10 minutes walk up the coast

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By *callycatMan
over a year ago

Mid Wales

Sorry to my friends who live there but it's Rhyl

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham


"Only an idiot would visit Margate when St.Mildreds bay is 10 minutes walk up the coast"

Didn't Del-Boy arrange a beano at Margate?

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By *wisted999Man
over a year ago

North Bucks

Benidorm. Well it might as well be British.

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By *asual_WandererWoman
over a year ago

A spot you want me

I'm amazed Rhyl hasn't got more votes, it made Skeg feel like the Riviera

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

Scarborough - only visited the place as the Luverpool to Scarborough fun ride finished there.

Rhyll - went once, never going again.

Blackpool - its a dive.

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By *ong-leggedblondWoman
over a year ago

Next Door

Blackpool and Skegness

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By *ilberto42Man
over a year ago

north wales

Prestatyn has a blue flag beach and its a nuce little town xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Rhyl

Margate

Cleethorpes

Southport

Burnham-on-Sea

Burnham isn't great but nowhere near as bad as Weston-Super-Mud

A"

The only reason Weston is better than Burnham is it's got a longer pier

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By *arlomaleMan
over a year ago

darlington

Redcar only good thing about the place was the couples that would let you watch them fucking in the sand dunes

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Blackpool.

Called about 5 years back ,needle exchange van ( with "NEEDLE EXCHANGE clearly written on side)on main Street in town centre ...in holiday period..not far from Blackpool North train station "

Better than folk shoving sharps into the beach

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Went to Blackpool for the day the other Sat. Absolute shithole. Looks worse than ever, not to mention the people walking the streets. Apologies if you live there :

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By *asycouple1971Couple
over a year ago

midlands

Blackpool. Crap beach and everything expensive.

Blackpool tower was shit.

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By *romagefraisWoman
over a year ago

Sunderland

Another one for Morecambe... absolute dump of a place and you even have to pay to enter parts of the kids play park.

Not a fan of Blackpool either, ripoff.

My favourite beach is actually a local one, Roker, Sunderland. Lovely beach, lots of nice little places in the seafront to get an icecream or something to eat, a couple of playparks nearby and you often see dolphins and seals.

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

Lots of Blackpool's. I quite like Blackpool, it's shit, but a kind of comforting shit. Like, so bad it's good.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I quite like Blackpool but then I enjoy noise, bright lights and seediness"

Me too! I’m staying there for a month from next month. It’s a lot of fun and sooo cheap!

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"Another one for Morecambe... absolute dump of a place and you even have to pay to enter parts of the kids play park.

Not a fan of Blackpool either, ripoff.

My favourite beach is actually a local one, Roker, Sunderland. Lovely beach, lots of nice little places in the seafront to get an icecream or something to eat, a couple of playparks nearby and you often see dolphins and seals."

If you mean Happy Mount Park in Morecambe, the things like the swing boats, trampolines, crazy golf etc has always been at a cost. It's local amusement providers who run these things, not the council.

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By *entleman JayMan
over a year ago

Wakefield

Blackpool. The absolute opposite is next door. St Annes is lovely.

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By *eacupsbearCouple
over a year ago

York

Skegness.

Absolute dump.

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By *opinovMan
over a year ago

Point Nemo, Cumbria

Harrogate - I couldn't find the fucking beach anywhere.

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By *he Artful TodgerMan
over a year ago

Yorkshire but travel

Mablethorpe…..a shitter smaller Skegvegas with the Butlins rewind weekenders

You may now close the thread..!

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By *issalignedTV/TS
over a year ago

London

Surprised nobody has mentioned Barry island yet …

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By *olly_chromaticTV/TS
over a year ago

Stockport

I went to Wigan Pier and I couldn't even see the sea...

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By *ablo minibar123Woman
over a year ago

.


"I quite like Blackpool but then I enjoy noise, bright lights and seediness

Me too! I’m staying there for a month from next month. It’s a lot of fun and sooo cheap! "

I'm going for a week in October. I honestly can't wait. I'm already planning what we can do and know a week just won't be long enough.

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By *ild_oatsMan
over a year ago

the land of saints & sinners

It would have to be Seascale…..

The fact that most places have closed down there and fabulous views of the Sellafield Nuclear Powerstation make this a top contender

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By *ohn KanakaMan
over a year ago

Not all that North of North London


"Rhyl

Margate

Cleethorpes

Southport

Burnham-on-Sea

Burnham isn't great but nowhere near as bad as Weston-Super-Mud

A"

Oh I dunno, the drive out of Burnham to walk up to Brean Down Fort, that road is just depressing!

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds


"It would have to be Seascale…..

The fact that most places have closed down there and fabulous views of the Sellafield Nuclear Powerstation make this a top contender "

I spent a night in Whitehaven about 20 years ago and I have never wanted to return

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By *wingin CatMan
over a year ago

London

Southend. Many years ago, I booked a hotel on the sea front to attend a friend's 21st birthday celebrations. When I got to the hotel, I realised it was being used as a "halfway house" for single mothers and their kids, and their kids had total control of the place - couldn't get a decent night's sleep!

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field


"Southend. Many years ago, I booked a hotel on the sea front to attend a friend's 21st birthday celebrations. When I got to the hotel, I realised it was being used as a "halfway house" for single mothers and their kids, and their kids had total control of the place - couldn't get a decent night's sleep!"

If that’s the travelodge- it’s not changed. I turned up to a woman sat outside on the floor, on her phone, smoking right next to the air intake vent- with about 5 feral kids running in and out of the hotel

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I quite like Blackpool but then I enjoy noise, bright lights and seediness

Me too! I’m staying there for a month from next month. It’s a lot of fun and sooo cheap!

I'm going for a week in October. I honestly can't wait. I'm already planning what we can do and know a week just won't be long enough."

Yep there’s so much to do there and lytham next door is lovely too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Burnham - Somerset shite hole. Just passed through and stopped to look.

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By *andybeachWoman
over a year ago

In the middle

I went to Rhyl for the day around 33 years ago and haven’t felt the need to return since

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By *ood time Chris BMan
over a year ago

TAUNTON AREA


"Rhyl

Margate

Cleethorpes

Southport

Burnham-on-Sea

Burnham isn't great but nowhere near as bad as Weston-Super-Mud

A"

Burnham on sea the last resort

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By *untocum1000TV/TS
over a year ago

newmarket

Jaywick ! Put it in google and look at images ...

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By *eyond PurityCouple
over a year ago

Lincolnshire

I’d say Blackpool hasn’t had much of a refresh - the hotels on the front all look dated and run down.

We drove through Rhyl yesterday and at least you can see they are investing and trying to update but it’s pretty soulless.

Whilst Skegness gets a lot of stick, it’s another seaside town that’s been updated quite a bit too so they are trying to move with the times.

Cleethorpes hasn’t got much there at all other than the beach.

On the flip side, we went to Llandudno yesterday and it’s seafront and pier are fantastic - the hotels on the front have all been modernised and it looks impressive - still rubbish behind but the front looks great

K

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By *imon_hydeMan
over a year ago

Stockport

It has to be Blackpool, an utter shit hole. Not one redeeming feature.

Morecambe is bad, Rhyl is terrible and Torquay awful.

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By *anSMan
over a year ago

Shrewsbury

I’ve been to Blackpool a number of times, not through choice, if I had any I wouldn’t have gone there at all..

Barmouth on the Welsh coast is awful too lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Blackpool. Its a cesspit of dirty nappies, syringes and rubbish everywhere.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Rhyl.

The list of what it once had is extensive.

Sky tower

Illuminations

Monorail

Fairground

pier

pavillion theatre

Indoor surfing pool

Ornamental Rock Gardens

outdoor swimming pool

boating pool

Pentre Bach model village

Floral Hall

Coliseum theatre,

All these things are now gone.

Mostly replaced with concrete.

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By *lueFireCouple
over a year ago

just somewhere around here


"1 Clacton-On-Sea obviously lol

2 Walton on Naize

3 St Oysphs

4 Blackpool

5 Southend "

St Osyths....is an absolute fuck hole went there once...went in to a pub on the caravan park all full of sunburned skinheads with tattoos.. that was just the women

Seriously it's the only place I have genuinely thought "I'm going to die in here"

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…


"Jaywick ! Put it in google and look at images ..."

100% this!

The place is comically awful.

Granted, looking out on the majesty of the sea view is beautiful but then you turn back and look at the town and…..Jesus H Christ!

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By *rixon11Man
over a year ago

Leeds

Bridlington

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

I think it depends on the weather. If warm and sunny anywhere can be decent!

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By *ovingSussexLifeMan
over a year ago

West Sussex

Weston Super Mare

Margate

Ifracombe

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By *cunnylassCouple
over a year ago

Exeter

What about Watchet?It's on the coast and really awful!

Mike

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By *elisandre300Woman
over a year ago

dontbefuckingnosey


"On the Welsh coast, Tywyn, Fairbourne and Barmouth. All popular with brummies, all thoroughly grim.

Surrounded by stunning countryside though si not all bad"

The problem with those towns is all the bloody tourists ruin them!

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham

Methinks many people do not appreciate the seaside towns for what they truly are.

If one wants to live the highlife then a typical seaside town in=s not the place to go.

The Georgian architecture of Margate is amazing.

Blackpool has mostly Victorian architecture, and many curios. Away from the South Prom things are nicer.

The beach at Lowestoft is wonderful sand.

Cleethorpes is being regenerated.

Great Yarmouth is indeed a shit hole

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"It would have to be Seascale…..

The fact that most places have closed down there and fabulous views of the Sellafield Nuclear Powerstation make this a top contender "

One of my mates went on his Easter holidays to Seascale, knowing exactly what it's like

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"I went to Wigan Pier and I couldn't even see the sea..."

It's closed now!

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By *ictoria_1976TV/TS
over a year ago

Lanson

Margate (admittedly not been for a while) & Blackpool

Down my way it's perranporth - the town is creepy as fuck & the beach wouldn't make my top 50 of Cornish beaches - the place is overrated beyond belief!

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By *ablo minibar123Woman
over a year ago

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"Margate (admittedly not been for a while) & Blackpool

Down my way it's perranporth - the town is creepy as fuck & the beach wouldn't make my top 50 of Cornish beaches - the place is overrated beyond belief!"

To be fair there's a few places in Cornwall you can say that about.

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By *teveanddebsCouple
over a year ago

Norwich

Blackpool

Needed an umbrella to shelter from the seagull shit!

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By *viatrixWoman
over a year ago

Redhill

Not really a resort but Holyhead is the biggest hovel I’ve ever been to….

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By *ryan...Man
over a year ago

1950's Original


"I went to Wigan Pier and I couldn't even see the sea...

It's closed now!"
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The sea at Exmouth is still open I am told

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By *ORDERMANMan
over a year ago

wrexham


"Rhyl.

The list of what it once had is extensive.

Sky tower

Illuminations

Monorail

Fairground

pier

pavillion theatre

Indoor surfing pool

Ornamental Rock Gardens

outdoor swimming pool

boating pool

Pentre Bach model village

Floral Hall

Coliseum theatre,

All these things are now gone.

Mostly replaced with concrete.

"

Has the little railway around the lake at west end gone as well...?

Even the football club died

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Has the little railway around the lake at west end gone as well...?

No. It was the first tourist steam railway ever in Wales, or the UK or somewhere.

It's still chuffing away.

Round the only salt water man made lake in North Wales.

It's quite rare and one of the only jewels left in the crown of Rhyl outside of Spoons. Please don't tell the local council, they're itching to shut it down.

Also best if we don't talk about the Belgian refugees memorial gardens.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Andover. Wasn’t even any fucking seaside.

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By *ickeyblueeyes7Man
over a year ago

newport


"I think it depends on the weather. If warm and sunny anywhere can be decent!"

Jaywick wouldn’t be decent even if it was situated on the Costa del Sol it’s a shithole

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Jaywick is where the dodgy guys get arrested and Rhyl is where they get resettled

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By *ust me 999Man
over a year ago

near you

Scarborough it’s proper minging

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By *uke OzadeMan
over a year ago

Ho Chi Minge City

Slough…..proper shithole and didn’t even have the sea!

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By *ragsterMan
over a year ago

Blackburn

My top 3 shitholes and in no particular order are:

Blackpool

Blackpool

Blackpool

Dear God I hate the place..seems to attract the worst of Britain..go figure..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Without a doubt in our minds it's Blackpool by a mile.. some lovely people but what a shit hole.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bridlington it’s just a dump!!

What is there…Nothing

All the buildings are eyesores covered in pigeon shit!

There’s no good shops, no good food outlets, no nice pubs

It does have a filthy stinking oil filled harbour, with no points of interest in or on it.

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By *inx.x3Woman
over a year ago

Bath

Blackpool. It’s a complete dump.

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By *ob Carpe DiemMan
over a year ago

Torquay

As a Torquay resident I'm duty bound to ask why Paignton isn't on this thread

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I hate it here in Liverpool me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Another one for Morecambe... absolute dump of a place and you even have to pay to enter parts of the kids play park.

Not a fan of Blackpool either, ripoff.

My favourite beach is actually a local one, Roker, Sunderland. Lovely beach, lots of nice little places in the seafront to get an icecream or something to eat, a couple of playparks nearby and you often see dolphins and seals."

I prefer Seaburn now but Roker is still an amazing beach.

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By *unky_Fab_FellaMan
over a year ago

Nr Boston

I'm about 20 mins from Skegvegas.

It really is a shith@le

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By *ean counterMan
over a year ago

Market Harborough / Kettering

I went to Skegness on my motorbike in the spring this year. I'd not been there for about 35 years. After avoiding a collision with two spaced out dickheads on the seafront I decided to get the hell out of their! What a shit hole !!

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By *ean counterMan
over a year ago

Market Harborough / Kettering


"As a Torquay resident I'm duty bound to ask why Paignton isn't on this thread "

Have to say that the seafront at Torquay is quite nice, get a road back in to the town and OMG ! What a dump !!

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By *he_massangerMan
over a year ago

Stornoway


"Blackpool,

Its no1 on my global top 10 list of Shiteholes,

Whoooah, global??? Lodi in Jersey might come close,, but i think Blackpools Dog Shit problems seal the deal. "
CCR sang about being stuck in Lodi, Blackpool didn't even get that far.

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By *he_massangerMan
over a year ago

Stornoway

Mablethorpe for me.

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By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley


"

Whoooah, global??? Lodi in Jersey might come close,, but i think Blackpools Dog Shit problems seal the deal. "

Please clarify that you meant 'New Jersey'.

I don't want you giving my beautiful home island a bad name!

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By *imbobaMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

Surprised no one has mentioned Whitley Bay. Loved there for a while as a kid and thought is was great. Went back 10 years later and NOoooo

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By *oinerbillMan
over a year ago

warrington

Barry Island, what a dump

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Whitstable - i live there.

DFL’s and second home owners are ruining the place.

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By *aleforfun22Man
over a year ago

Lancashire

Love the way most people are saying blackpool.bet where you live has rough areas as well especially Blackburn it's just a small town in Burnley.would rather live here than Blackburn any day.

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By *ragsterMan
over a year ago

Blackburn


"Love the way most people are saying blackpool.bet where you live has rough areas as well especially Blackburn it's just a small town in Burnley.would rather live here than Blackburn any day."

I actually live bang in the middle of the Ribble Valley ..surrounded by countryside..and about 7 or 8 miles from both Blackburn and Burnley..which you quite correctly state are both shitholes of the highest quality and right up there with Blackpool.

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By *esthetic21Man
over a year ago

Birmingham/Bristol

Definitely Blackpool. Weston super mare is a bit of a shithole too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Went to Westward Ho once but it was shut.

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By *annaBeStrongMan
over a year ago

wokingham

Cleethorpes

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By *idnight RamblerMan
over a year ago

Pershore

Any with sewage on the beach. It's a disgrace that our coastal waters are still being polluted in 2022. How can they promote tourism when their beaches are covered in human sh*t?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Blackpool - I worked on the tower renovation for 9 months. It’s a crumbling shithole

Scarborough - only good thing about it is the road out!

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By *inky Biscuit DunkerMan
over a year ago

Gloucestershire

All these people saying Weston. I like Weston, especially chips & gravy, sat by the pier

Blackpool - that place makes me cringe!

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By *ablo minibar123Woman
over a year ago

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"As a Torquay resident I'm duty bound to ask why Paignton isn't on this thread "

Paignton has character, I can't find anything to dislike

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By *oiluvfunMan
over a year ago

Penrith

Blackpool (never go during the daytime, and certainly not sober)

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By *ablo minibar123Woman
over a year ago

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"Blackpool (never go during the daytime, and certainly not sober) "

I'll be doing both in October

Might even buy a kiss me quick hat

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By *oubletroubleCouple
over a year ago

South West

Blackpool maybe a shit hole but its a fun place to go out and have a laugh.

Some great bars and venue's.

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By *oiluvfunMan
over a year ago

Penrith


"Blackpool (never go during the daytime, and certainly not sober)

I'll be doing both in October

Might even buy a kiss me quick hat"

With all the great recommendations above, why wouldn't you?

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

Grimsby. The clue is in the name!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Out of the ones I’ve visited so far I’d say Blackpool. There is lots to do for kids but on a whole it’s a bit grim especially when you start wandering down the side streets. It’s a bit run down.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Snettisham is a weird run down place. Like a shanty town.

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By *oonshadowWoman
over a year ago

COVENTRY

Caught a bus into Hartlepool, couldn't get a bus out again fast enough

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By *arlomaleMan
over a year ago

darlington


"Caught a bus into Hartlepool, couldn't get a bus out again fast enough"
dodgy place is Hartlepool they hang monkeys

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By *oonshadowWoman
over a year ago

COVENTRY

I nearly hung myself

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Skegness!!!

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By *ex HolesMan
over a year ago

Up North

Rhyl

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By *ris GrayMan
over a year ago

Dorchester

Southend yes very British only been to Blackpool once but as with most British seaside resorts run down and uncared for

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By *ryandseeMan
over a year ago

Yorkshire

Courses for horses in my opinion. We all like different things.

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

Skegness. What do you do after 30 minutes putting two pence pieces in the falls machines?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Another vote here for Jaywick, its like a shanty town. Rundown shacks, rubbish, flytipping, druggies, alkies, crims, they rob each other. No matter what time of day or day of the week it is, you're highly likely to get mugged or assaulted. And if you survive that then you can't drive out of there as your car will either be missing some parts or it'll be on fire or its in the sea. Its bigger neighbour Clacton (crackton) isn't much better.

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
over a year ago

Leeds

Bridlington what a utter shit hole, I wouldn’t live there even if I was homeless.

The mr

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Great Yarmouth - vile place. If that's the "great", I should hate to go to Shite Yarmouth. "

This!

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By *wisted999Man
over a year ago

North Bucks

Just taking a street view tour of Jaywick

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Blackpool. Complete shit hole I thought. Don’t mean to offend anyone

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Margate is a hole compared to what I remember as a child.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

In fairness, some of the roads in Jaywick have nice new smooth surfaces. Beforehand, they were literally gravelly dirt tracks full of craters.

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

It depends what you want from a seaside town.

Southend is great for things to do and places to eat.

Not great if you don't like crowds or a stony beach.

Worse for me was Skegness, for the donkey poop everywhere and lack of rides and attractions for kids.

It might be better now though as that was years ago.

I loved Leysdown as a kid bit it looks rundown now.

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By *ercuryMan
over a year ago

Grantham


"Skegness. What do you do after 30 minutes putting two pence pieces in the falls machines? "

Not known as "Skeg Vegas" for nothing.

They even have a copy of the "Las Vegas" sign now.

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By *ebjonnsonMan
over a year ago

Maldon


"Skegness. What do you do after 30 minutes putting two pence pieces in the falls machines?

Not known as "Skeg Vegas" for nothing.

They even have a copy of the "Las Vegas" sign now."

Dodging dog poo is Skeggy favourite

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By *ust me 999Man
over a year ago

near you

Scarborough

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By *aneAndTarzanCouple
over a year ago

Manchester


"Blackpool. Complete shit hole I thought. Don’t mean to offend anyone "

We agree. Crack infested shit hole

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By *ragsterMan
over a year ago

Blackburn


"Bridlington what a utter shit hole, I wouldn’t live there even if I was homeless.

The mr "

That's funny lol

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By *icknmix500Man
over a year ago

South Gloucestershire

Llandudno for sure

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By *immyGGMan
over a year ago

South Cheshire

Definitely Blackpool, more litter in the streets than any other place I've been to. Penzance is pretty nasty too.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Any with sewage on the beach. It's a disgrace that our coastal waters are still being polluted in 2022. How can they promote tourism when their beaches are covered in human sh*t?"

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