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They ruined this part of Shropshire. It's a right shi-te hole now

There is good and bad parts in all areas, but I have to disagree about the park area and the town itself. I lived in a great town called Walsall and have watched its decline over the last 10-15 years. Having come from there, Telford is a massive improvement. There are a lot worse places to live than Telford I’m afraid.

theres 11 year waiting list for council homes

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Sorry for the late reply but to answer your question, there are people from all walks of life here. Maybe not as many as some of the bigger cities and towns but Telford is not a massive place. As for what the schools would be like for him, it's hard to say as I don't have any experience with them as my daughter left school 10 years ago before i moved here.

My thoughts exactly.

There is good and bad parts of every town in uk!

@@p.c.c9290 there's litro no nice places in Telford lad

@@lav4738I’m guessing you live in the places listed above 😂😂 I’m from Priorslee, and I don’t think it’s a bad area at all

@@Jattyaaa I live in madeley, which is one of the nicer parts of telford. and it's still a shithole and priorslee is defo a shithole

@@lav4738 Priorslee is one off the best places in Telford, and Madley is chav central, I totally understand why someone like yourself would live in Madely 😂

Thanks for watching and your kind words. What bought you over to Telford?

Thanks for taking the time to comment. We love it here, I love the fact we are only a short drive from the surrounding countryside.

That countryside there is awesome@@mark_garner

Grooming gangs in every town. Not just Telford.

Hi and thanks for taking the time to give your point of view on the Telford area. We absolutely love here and have no regrets moving.

Great, thanks for that. Is he looking to sell or buy?

Randlay, priorslee, iron bridge, aqueduct, madeley,

Sorry for the late reply, it really depends on your budget. There are quite a few nice areas around the town centre, I currently live in Lawley which was a massive 15 years new build project thats got 2-3 years build left on it. Feel free to give me a call on 07789647226 if you wanted to have a more private chat.

I wouldn’t suggest randley, aqueduct, madeley area.. that’s the bad areas.. Go for Priorslee, Apley, Muxton, Admaston, Horton or Bratton

@@Jattyaaa we just bought a house in Wellington 😊

No, this video was shot in Lawley.

Two very good points there, the local council certainly need to improve in both these areas.

Loss of history The White Lion a lovely 400 year old pub demolished, other pubs closed down, the Clifton cinema that was destroyed. Everything revolving around the over developed Town Centre

@@mark_garner Thanks I have an interest in urban design, so always look to see what different areas are doing

Agreed, its a beautiful place to live.

I live in woodside they see it is crime ridden but I love it here my development is opposite a nature reserve. People have showed me love. My neighbours also moved from dudley, wolves, walsal as well. Soo glad I moved here. Need to meet someone to start a family now then my life will be complete. The only thing I say you kind of need to be driving to get from one end of town to another

There are dozens of Lakes, Pools. Population almost 190000 www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/censusareachanges/E06000020/

Hi @mycleanereg5867, The total population at the last count according to the council website was just over 185k as for the number of lakes, the honest answer is i don't know as i've not been to them all yet but you could be looking at around 10+

@mark_garner Thank you, Mark, so much for your detailed answer 👍

Your welcome@@mycleanereg5867

I agree that there is a lot of new development going on in the area but that is happening all over the country. Unfortunately until the population growth slows down and demand for housing drops this will only continue. As long as the council is willing to give planning the builders will keep building.

​@@mark_garnerI live over the ridings woodside. New development. Love it here. I know I prob could of got a better house if I waited but I didn't want to wait as I had my inheritance and didn't want to blow it soo just went for a quick purchase and wanted to move out brum asap for a fresh start

@@masudahmed6029 hopefully to many people from brum don't move here and turn it into the same 💩 hole!

How do you feel Telford compares to Handsworth?

No to what? Not sure what your getting at.

@@mark_garner Everything about Telford is a "No".

@@britishbeef6178 I have lived in Telford all my life and I completely agree with you. Growing up here back in the 70s/80s it was great, now the place is a shit hole and rapidly getting worse.

@@nemesis2264 I've only been here 5 years and it has declined rapidly.

​@@nemesis2264👍

The build quality is fine with this one, I agree some builders don’t take the time to make sure their contractors are doing the best job but there was nothing wrong with this house. And what’s wrong with me giving my opinion of the area since moving here?

Nothing wrong with you're opinion, but as an outsider is insulting.We are are locals and having you telling people about our towns is an insult. @@mark_garner

​@@user-kn5pr6wo7cyou are right a lot of new build are cheaply built. My new build I bought was very badly built soo many snags and the developer doesn't want to know. It was built by a private developer. I should have really looked around a bit more but I am soo glad I moved here. I live on my own so its more than good for my own

Sorry you feel this way, I've come from Walsall and Telford seems a lot better place to live than there. It's all about peoples perspective and what they are used to. I feel a lot safer bringing my kids up in Telford than I ever did in Walsall.

good for you, but not for the real local people who have had their towns destroyed with cheap housing estates and crime. @@mark_garner

To ask Mark the question "what do you know about" Telford seems somewhat rude. Mark has lived somewhere else (Walsall) so probably knows more about Telford than you give him credit for. He has the benefit to be able to compare and contrast the two places and make a judgement based on his experiences in both places. I'm grew up in inner city Birmingham Lozells,Aston, Newtown. I have the same ability to know how Telford feels compared to Birmingham. Spoiler alert! Telford is many times better

You cant know Telford like a local. Brum over flow has ruined Telford with drugs and inner city social problems. Your a clown.@@jonathanm8390

The hole country has a stain on services so Telfords not an isolated case, this is down to the councils not reinvesting the extra tax they are receiving in to providing these extra services when they know full well that the demand is going to rise as they have approved the planning in the first place. Every Village, Town and City has already expanded over time as the population grows. Why should it be different now?

@@mark_garner just a shame to see a once great town being destroyed, Telford will be the next Birmingham mark my words!

@@notme1345wasn’t it built as a Birmingham overspill in the first place?

​@@0KiteEatingTree0a lot of people coming from all over the country here. 9000 homes being built here over the next 10 years. The Teflord International Centre is in the centre lots of conferences there

@@0KiteEatingTree0 No it wasn't that's just a myth the original villages of Telford were here way before Birmingham was constructed. My family have lived here for 100's of year's they worked in the places that are now museums. It was a great place to grow up, now I don't even understand what people are saying anymore. Crime rate has sky rocketed since the arrival of undesirables from around the UK and abroad!

I live in Telford and never been out of work.. Try harder.

@@notme1345 Do you work in a factory?

@@britishbeef6178 No I am a civil engineer.

Thanks for taking the time to leave your kind comments. Maybe that will be something I do at a later date.

Would love to see what it used to look like, they definitely did a great job with the planting as it still feel quite rural even though it has expanded over the years.

Omg I am originally from Cambridge. My mum still there. Was living in brum last 4years now moved to telford for the foreseeable future now

I would definitely say crime is lower than other areas not too far from Telford but what makes you say the police are the biggest criminals? Are you talking from experience?

Sorry you feel this way. Telford is a great place for people to come and live.

@@mark_garner Not feel, I know. You people who move into the area have no idea.

What do you mean it feels a bit far? Do you mean from the other major towns and cities around us?

Thanks for your comment. I can see what you mean about the lack of nightclubs but there are still some good places open till late. If I’m honest, having lived in a major town the congestion is Telford is nothing compared to what I had to deal with in Walsall.

Yeh, loads of house building by the council, despite A&E closing. Seem great, if you want to wait 2 years for an appointment.

Hi John, Don’t think you are being an arse 🤣 I stand corrected and you are right, please accept my apologies. I’m must have got the wrong information when doing some research on the area. Thanks for pointing that out. Have a great weekend. Mark.

Hi John, Your welcome, we absolutely love it over here. Should have made the move years ago.

No way, I hadn’t heard about that. We did have some of that going on over Walsall. I hope that these people are caught and charged.

Pretty disingenuous. It was literally all over the media all over the country and abroad. And yeah, they went to jail.

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