Peterborough! The UK's Worst Place To Live 🇬🇧
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- čas přidán 15. 03. 2024
- Welcome to Peterborough, supposedly one of the worst places in the United Kingdom. Peterborough is currently ranked 2nd in the list of worst rated places so I spend the day here and try find out if it's true. I arrived with zero knowledge of the place so anything I saw was a complete first impression, I even spend the night here in Peterborough's worst rated hotel to get the full experience. So then let's find out what Peterborough is like! Is it really as bad as they say?
Thank you Timmy for showing me around the city! Check out his channel!
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Thank you also Fish for joining me again! Check his video out
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Ben you travelled around Afghanistan, but not Lincoln Road at night?💀
Don’t wanna push it to far do I
Not a lot of difference between the 2 to be fair.
😂😂😂😂😂
First question having watched 1 minute of your video. Where is your girl? Is she in the video?
@JoFuSoA No she's not.
Hey Ben, thanks for taking the time to interview me and my mate. All the best
You bet Josh! Thanks again mate!
Good to see Joe again, you make a good duo, be good to see you both abroad.
Top lad fish
Peterborough was my closest City for a few years. There are some incredibly beautiful British villages very nearby just up the A605. Thatch cottages, acreage, working farms, stately homes and the like.
The city centre never had anything other than the fairly modern and well stocked shopping centre
I m also small town outside Peterborough used to go into the city centre for nights out all time about 20+ years ago. was a decent place with lots of stuff to do. Don't even recognise the place any more.
Luton= Andrew Tate 😮😮😮
That sounds beautiful ❤!
Thankfully Stamford is close by. A white refuge.
@@kevinengland7444Hopefully stays like that. Starting to see a change in Oakham lately
Peterborough turned a friend of mine from lifelong church goer that wouldn’t eat with his elbows on the table
Into a raging crack headed pin cushion
And he only went for the weekend
Whatttttt 😮💨
Are you on drugs?
He made the decision…
As a Brit living in Ontario Canada, I can confirm Peterborough Ontario is a shit hole as well. Must be in the name.
I am a born and bred British lives in peterbrough. I havent work since i was 35yo. Now that i am 50 i dont see the point of working and getting taxed. I live modestly, dont wear branded clothes but able to save up from the benefits money i get and could go on holiday to magaluf and tennerife at least once a year. Let the kids who want to work and get taxed but for me i would rather get the free money. There is a reason why immigrants from developing countries want to move in to the UK, free money to start off their life
Harsh 🎉
🤣 It didn't look all bad though
@@ghosthdel3098 I spend my benefits on booze and crack but if I didn't could've saved up to go Ibiza. I'm studying though so not quite as useless as you
Why are you being so rude? what have i done to you? each to their own, this life suits me however it might not suit you as you will have bigger bills with all the booze and cracks you consume. Dont be so rude just because you are hiding behind your computer screen. I hope Karma will get you in this life or next.
It’s great to see Mr.Fish! He’s such a cool dude. And I’m happy to know you are travelling together. 😊
Blimey, never thought I'd see my city on your channel, glad you made it out safe and well brother! :D
That guy cracked me up when you mentioned Luton. He gave up. It's bad here, but not as bad as Luton.
Number 1 🚀
I can confirm this I was once mugged in Luton high street at 6pm! Got a nice trip in the Ambulance! Only needed a few stiches though and I was OK. I only had £20 on me@@BackpackerBen , Another time the biggest Asian guy I have ever seen came across the road right in front of me and said "what are you doing walking in front of me you cunt". Luckily though he left me alone after saying that. One of the three lads ([I'll just say that) grabbed my wallet and I saw that lots of people were walking by so I tried to hold on to the wallet, thinking that "at least one person would do something". Answer was no -nobody gave a fuck and eventually I got punched and knocked to the floor! I was warned though "do you want me to knock you" well no not really, but I was expecting to have some help!
That guy brought a bit of vibrancy to Peterborough though
I spent a decade busking saxophone on Cathedral Square. The 80s were fun in Peterborough.
I wish I existed back then
So interesting - I enjoy your channel and this content and found P'Borough a really interesting place to shine a light on. The interview with the two lads at night was insightful and from my experience having lived in Peterborough a long time ago was on the money. I thought it was pretty bad then but to see the decline is frightening. That street with all the nightclubs used to be buzzing - 5th Avenue was the place to go - All things fade away.
I see a pattern emerging here in these worst places to live..
Immigration.
religion of peace
Yep third world foreigners
Literally majority of the places he's visited so far were just english drug addicts and abandoned buildings
Diversity
Thanks for another fantastic video. You have a great video voice. Always clear and understandable.
Can you start asking people "why" when you interview them? Why do they think the cities are crumbling? What can be done?
Noted for next time. Leaving the country now need to get out 😆
I don't doubt it! Be safe! Can't wait to see where you go next. Be sure to enjoy some of it, too! ❤
I know Peterborough well and have visited many other towns in the UK. I would say there are a lot worse out there than Peterborough. Northampton for one is definitely worse.
Another great video. Cool to see you touring the UK with Fish
What a really lovely review where you see the fascinating juxtaposition of the new and the traditional, mixed in with rather disturbing elements. The hotel didn’t look too bad but I think they could definitely upgrade things there. Those shots of the Cathedral at the end there were incredible. We have a nice religious community here, and also my cousin’s partner has family members living not far from Peterborough. I thoroughly enjoyed this. Thank you ❤!
Thanks for watching!
@@BackpackerBen🙏🏼
I love this video, especially the collaboration with Timmy, a great professional in the field, his radio voice is unmatched.Congratulations on the video .
Top lad Timmy
Great to see you Ben! Loved the video and glad to see you made it out alive 😅 Enjoy Birmingham!
Legend Jack!! Great to meet you mate
You drove right past my road at one point! I'm from North London and moved to Peterborough 2 years ago, I really thought you might catch some of the things I've witnessed since being here. I've never had to call the police before living here. I'm at the bottom of Lincoln Rd just off it, right by the theatre. Great video dude.
Another great video Ben, thankyou for showing us Peterborough. Wow I was shocked, I'm from Northampton and they call Peterborough "The Posh"!
I think you should do a Northampton video Ben 👍😎👊🏽
Nice to meet you Ben mate, see you in the future…. 🤝 Timmy Senior
Legend Timmy thanks again mate
Loving these UK videos, brother. Can’t wait to see you out here in the Pacific Northwest!
Cheers mate!
Pacific Northwest🤘 I second that!
So who's to blame?
Government!
If they just put the REAL criminals in jail, make people feel safe, every
City will be nice again
Although I was not born there I grew up in Peterborough. I left for Bristol back in the 70's around the time of the Peterborough development scheme. I reckon it was around that time that the place started to go downhill. Having said that I actually witnessed an armed robbery right in Cathedral Square there where you began your vlog, I was 15 years old. I lived at the end of Dickens Street mentioned in the video. There were lots of small shops around then but sadly not many remain these days. The city has become very cosmopolitan and any civic pride seems to have evaporated. 😞
As someone who used to live in Peterborough and works there I can confirm jobs are bad, It does not feel safe, no one is happy or cheery, windows being smashed is normal. I used to live in a rough area where people would chase other people down the street with knives and machetes. Everything is downhill and so not worth being anymore.
In the 1980's Cambridge people would go on shopping trips to Peterborough to the Queensgate centre, and to Luton to the Arndale centre. Safe to say those days are over.
Hey ben! fun fact: that thorpe lodge hotel you stayed at used to have a smoke coffee shop about a year or so ago in the basement, similar to what they have in amsterdam!
Thanks Ben, This is useful stuff for my midterm exam
Good morning greetings from Los Angeles, I absolutely enjoy watching you and Bald and Bankrupt’s videos keep up the good work stay safe 😊looking forward to someday seeing you and Mr.Bald making videos in the United States 🇺🇸 😊
Appreciate it mate!
There a common theme in all the cities what has ruined them.
Low calibre legal and illegal immigrants from the very worst parts of Europe and the wider world.
Drugs. It is worldwide
Tory governance?
"Diversity"
Cost cutting, corruption, greed, stupidity, loss of common sense, political BS. Take your pic. Party loyalty instead of country loyalty.
always with you even though I don't Leave comments now. will always be with you. Thanks for sharing the beauty of your country.
Ben you should do more videos showcasing Britain. I’m sure the British tourist board will love it😂
Looks a lot like my city. Just this week there was an arson fire in broad daylight at an old house, office, then another homeless person found dead at the local landfill. Meth, fentanyl are to blame, huge rise in property crimes. Homeless community is growing fast as the cost of living crisis gets worse. 😢
So Chyna pumping in fent into your country too, eh?
Loving the UK series!!
Just what i need on my saturday morningA
Appreciate it mate!
I’m a Devon bey living in Brooklyn, NY, I spent 3 years on Lincoln Rd/Millfield, Peterborough, crazy memories, lots of diversity both good and bad. I’ve heard a lot of the High Street is dying like a lot of the UK !, sad. Britain in a decaying state of decline😩
Do u like it in Brooklyn?
I'm the other way round mate!
Should’ve also shown the shopping centre and riverside area. Lots of new luxury apartments going up, likely trying to cater to London commuters. 48 minutes on the train and you can be at Kings Cross. I think that’s what separates Peterborough from lots of these places up North or on the coast. There are actually job prospects here.
Saturday morning Ben! 😊
Morning!
Top of the morning!
@@DivineVeganto ya
I've observed a trend where disadvantaged areas in the United States tend to have predominantly Black or Latina populations, while in the United Kingdom, these areas are mainly populated by immigrants. What could be the reason for this pattern?
I don't think it's about immigrants, I think it's about wealth. Poor majority English areas are just as shit as any other poor majority immigrant area
I'm British born and bred and I do not think immigrants from anywhere are to blame for the shocking state of the country. It's the criminally stupid and corrupt that sit in government and on local councils that are to blame.
They're at an economic disadvantage so can only afford to live in poor areas.
I have shared this upload because my twin brother lives there lovin the videos in Britian Ben
Saddest looking McDonalds ever😢
Ben you need to go to Ashton-Under-Lyne even the charity shops are closing down.
Even in places like Leatherhead in Surrey, the charity shops are closing.
Back in the 90's Peterborough was a great place to visit, went there often. Sad now.
I was waiting for this video ngl 😂 i wish i got to see you around didnt know youd be in town
Great travel videos!
The 2021 UK census for Peterborough shows that only 71% of Peterborough residents were born in the UK and of those that were not, 12.8% of Peterborough residents born outside the UK have lived here for less than 10 years.half of the 12.8% have lived in the UK for less than 5 years.
44 years I've lived in different parts of the UK. I've been hit with a crowbar, stabbed, beaten by a gang of pissheads, all of them white British. Never to date have I been verbally abused, assaulted or stolen from by an immigrant.
I like your videos as they give an honest view on modern places in the UK and around the world, you are also fairly neutral and sensitive in regards to the many local issues, a bit of rawness and grittiness is fine so please carry on filming!
You got it 🤝 thanks 🙏🏼
This! 👆🏼
I can’t decide between Timmy and the age-appropriate mobility scooter man.
Ben I live 6 miles away was there when you were there should have had a beer 😆😆 top vlog as always 🙏🍺
It's a mixture of council estates. Designed like a new town outside of the city centre which is older. And a lot of lower skilled immigrants from loads of different countries. I miss the boat pub I used to visit when in town.
LOL... been wondering when Peterborough would be on your list. I was born there and moved away when I was in my 20's (a long time ago... ). Hate the place. Would be happy never to return but family is still there.
Ditto. 😢
As a Londoner, I can confirm this place is the absolute pits, I had to go there in July 2022 to renew my partners passport on a fast track service and had the unfortunate encounter with this depressing place, only Waitrose made it look good 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Well you're be familiar knowing pits.. coming from London
"Waitrose makes it look good"
Least posh Chelsea fan
Great video lads did not no you were walking around at night.
Come to Huddersfield mate like a ghost town now every shop is gone 😂
My employer sent me on a six weeks course in Peterborough some 20 years ago. I didn't like it then, but I thought that that was just me. At one point though I got talking to a waitress who had moved there recently because her boyfriend had got a good job there, but she was of the same opinion as me.
You are never alone 😊
Big up Josh and Adam from Stanground 💪🏻❤️
Just missed you by a few days! I was there on the Saturday
Britain is finished.
If you own property here the best move "might" be to dump it before the market plunges and jump out of the country.
If you are young and don't have much equity in the sinking ship, I'd simply abandon the place.
In less than 5 years the demographics will turn what's left into an old folks zombi zoo and let's say you won't have to visit India as they are moving India right up your street.
Britain is finished!
I'm in Chicago and all we think about is getting out of here.
Well go ahead, leave Chicago and move to Peterborough😅@@bondmood
I was born in Peterborough. It was my home town {I moved for my job}. It was an all white city with good employment prospects with several major engineering companies . It was a railway centre with enormous brickyards. After the war many Italians migrated to the city because it offered good job prospects. Gradually the Indian and Pakistani population grew and some area became no go. My first home was above the Lloyds bank in Millfield. I would not like to be there now. I still have aquaintances there but one doesn't hear many good things said about it. The city began to deteriorate once the Development phillistines got there hands on it.
It could have been a beautiful, crime-free, homogenous fantasy-like utopia.
Too bad that the people chose differently.
You’ll need some Aldi slippers for that carpet or get Athletes foot.…..yeuch…
Too long
So blame the people instead of who is really responsible---capitalism.
@@ChrisP3000xgave me a good chuckle 😂
I used to deliver methadone to Peterborough. Some of the areas were really rough. Early in the morning there's a shocking amount of homeless people.
Paston was interesting
Hey mate watching you from peterborough south Australia love your videos
Appreciate it matey!
But it's so nice and diverse! I always understand Pizza Bra when so you say Petersborough. 😄
Had a job interview in Peterborough once, in 2016. It was bleak then, but now... wow😮 glad i didnt get the job 😂
I didn’t know Bournemouth was 9th on the list. I quite like it here in the Summer with all the beaches 😮
Never been. Heard it’s alright but got bad places
@@BackpackerBen Well worth a visit and a video of your take on it. Wendall did a video there a while ago.
When we went last year, some sicko nutter was beating one off on the beach looking at seagulls
Should have gone to some of the suburbs like Werrington, Paston, Bretton and particularly Orton Goldhay
As a Teen who lived in Peterborough (around town centre) all my life, I can confirm that Peterborough is a city that has many problems to tackle. Homelessness, poverty, crime and Inequality in education and rights have ruined Peterborough's reputation. It breaks my heart to see my city showed in this way, as I've known some many people who left this place .Peterborough on the other hand is a fast-developing city, It has over (estimated) 80,000-200,000 people even with minorities originally from Pakistan, Lithuania, Latvia, Portugal, Italy, Romania, Syria, Poland, Czech, Afghanistan, India, Bulgaria, Iraq, Timor-Leste, Zimbabwe, Slovakia, Bangladesh, China, Nepal, Türkiye and Nigeria and many more. Peterborough no doubt is a melting pot and a city that's a hub of employment nationally and internationally, but like all cities they always have issues. Sometimes the city is depressing walking around and you do feel unsafe the majority of the time .especially when I go to school or on Lincoln road. regardless, I will always love my city, I know many nice people, and have had many nice memories in this city. I wish the best for Peterborough and its future.
It's called being invaded.
Yooo triniii
It's Europeans who ruined it probably.
@@narinmahabir4757 , nice your trini!
I would love to see Liverpool City in your vlog Ben
Summer 🤝
Liverpool is awesome
Manchester please
@@BackpackerBenBen try Bolton, you won't be disappointed....
Ok i lied! But it will provide a good insight. 👍
City centre not the worst but if you go out to the estate's like Orton, Breton, Wellend to name just a few it most likely is.
I lived in Huntingdon and St. Neots many years ago. And I remember Peterborough was first in the area to have a proper mall.
Thanks for the upload Ben 🥰
The only thing I remember about Peterborough was truckfest.... and that was shite.
Like your voice sound,very specific,good etc
You need to come to Bedford which is just down the A1 from Peterborough 😅😅 be more than happy to show you round it's shocking
I was raised in Dudley, Born in Wolverhampton and i’d take Peterborough over the former. Great video again Ben! 🫡
Diversity get you there too?
Dudley is 💩. Did 3 years at the college back in the 80s and it wasn't too bad, decent open market, Churchill precinct. Went there few weeks ago. Definitely gone to the dogs.
@@46FreddieMercury91 Yeah it’s tragic. I’m doing everything I can to make sure I don’t have to settle in the Black Country/West Mids.
please bring Joe with you to the back streets of some country in Asia like you do with Kat. I think he would be a good laugh to see!! 😂
Ben as you and fish would know , most of the places that have a bad rep have bloody good people in them , it’s the fact most people and families in the uk don’t have a pot to piss in, social and economic issues aware bringing these places down so only ones ti blame are government both national and local . The money local council get gets spunked up the wall on needless projects and they forget about the public living in them , as I’ve said before I’m from the Muff also but I also lived in Corby not too far from Peterborough, little steel town where they moved Scottish down for the steelworks , then closed it all leaving a town with little work and lots of working men’s clubs 😮 I think Corby has improved due to its central location making it a great hub for businesses but social issue there remain like when I lived there
Love your videos 👍🎥👍
So what's the theme with all the worst places to live, Peterborough, Luton, Bedford etc?
Bedfords alright not in the top 10 😂
From what I remember, Luton's had a poor reputation for at least 20 years. I've never been there, so can't comment. I've never been to Peterborough either.
They are all East or East Midlands
Man what a dump so glad I left London 5 years ago and moved to Spain
lucky you!
@@sc.ironfist yes before brexit, now it’s a bit more difficult but can be done
Ben what camera are you using at the moment mate?
This video was great!
I've always known how bad it is here but I've been in denial till now.
What are we still doing here? 😅
You need to check out Grimsby/ Cleethorpes. You will be scared for life mate
Summer will pop up
Look forward to it mate @@BackpackerBen
@@BackpackerBen do skegness as well
Thanks again mate! See you next time! 👍👊
Yes fish 🤝🙌🏼
Great to meet you Joe 🙌🤝
This is such a depressing place. First thing you see are the signs of rampant addiction. I have witnessed human trafficking, rape in alleyways, multiple over doses, suicides, kidnapping and torture. I have never heard if anything goid coming from this place. It killed all my friends that went there inside and turned my sister into a hardcore drug addict i can never see again
How did you witness all of that? Affiliation?
@@raregrimebeats1352 Knew a few of Peterborough's victims, the addiction stuff, anyone can see for themselves. Hate that city
You need to go to Wythenshawe, Manchester. Home to the largest council estate in the U.K. Also, nearby you have curry mile which at night is not advisable😅
I have been told by a native that it’s full of Pakistanians and Gambians
There’s a lot of Polish, Romanians and Lithuanians in Peterborough. The Fenlands have a very high influx of immigrants, one reason why the area is very pro-Brexit
Doesn’t look like brexit did anything as they would want! 😅
The #UK is on the ticking timebomb, #abyss #ruination and on the #precipice ....so dire and grim
I visited Peterborough on a football trip 15 years ago and was very impressed with the cathedral and the historic buildings surrounding the centre. I didn’t see any of the bits in this video, so I don’t know if it’s worse since then, but I’d guess it probably is.
currently been homeless for the last 10 months. had a lockup in peterborough. spent some time sleeping out of it as I had nowhere else to sleep permanently. between that and a tent in another town until i got evicted from both and had to move on before the filth turned up. once the lockup owners found out (as a result of some local grasser) they kicked me out. cannot say i felt too alone in peterborough as homelessnes is pretty rife there as well as everywhere else in england. that's my experience of the city. wonderful. basically it is "illegal" to be homeless in england as one will find out if the filth find you.
I think we all know why these places are high in crime... We just don't want to get cancelled.
Racist. Show your name
You say that as if young englishmen aren't a bunch of criminals too, literally the crime capital of western europe, immigrants or no immigrants makes no difference there
@@billclark2253refugees are disgusting
@@billclark2253 …thank you for proving my point.
Maybe it was your decision to go Brexit.
My Dad was born in Peterborugh, he moved to Kent at a young age... I wonder if he knew... lol
Also, at 9:10 did he say Milfield? or Milf Field? If it's the latter it sounds like an interesting place... 😆
How did you miss Newark on Trent 2 stops after I could have shown you around 😂😂😂😂
Great video 👍
worked and lodged in peterborough 50 years ago it was a lovely place back in the day
Most places were.
I like the honesty about the problems in the British society! Greetings from Macedonia!
Time to get back on the plane ✈️ backpacker Ben 😅
Lovely all wonderful places you go Ben always be see your best video ❤❤❤❤❤👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
The councils and government have a lot to answer for. Absolute mis management of funds and council tax . But it’s all going to be ok with the thousands of illegal immigrates coming over and taking up tax payers money and housing that could be used elsewhere where. What’s it costing now, 18M quid a day I believe??
Yes, and don't you want some of these Haitian migrants in the UK? They're all going to be flooding the US now. I'm sure it'll work out just fine. And when Biden apologizes for using the word illegal to describe a murderer, everyone can look the other way. You must say undocumented!
That is only 'chickenfeed' look how much has been spent on HS2 and it has neither reached Birmingham nor reached London. Taxpayer's money has been spent on compulsory purchase orders on land and now the government has lots and lots of spare land with nothing to put on it! I think it is simply ridiculous we voted for Brexit to get our borders back so why can the illegal immigrants not be sent back to the port of departure? France is in the E.U. whilst we are now a 'third country' France is twice the size of the U.K. it is twice as rich and it is a safe country, after all, since the end of the French Revolution, there is not even a guillotine in daily use! Why are these people not classified as economic migrants?
There is no such thing as a proper English towel anymore. That is the problem.
Just cotton on?
Ben, suggesting in a vid that you explore what promotion does to a city. I'm thinking of Luton, specifically. Has promotion, for as short as it has lasted, done anything to change Luton. Or Bournemouth. Likewise, what relegation does to a city. Thanks.
Hey Ben, when you coming to north Berwick up in East Lothian Scotland to see the best place to stay in the uk 😚