10 Poorest Towns in England
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- čas přidán 18. 06. 2024
- What are the poorest towns in England? Regardless of how affluent how a country is, poverty is still going to mark its presence in some of its communities, even if it’s not that gripping. This situation is quite obvious in England. To define the poorest towns in England, we have to look at towns with neighborhoods lacking basic social infrastructures such as parks, pubs, and sporting facilities. They are also towns with little or no government funding to catch up with other towns in the availability of shops, cultural assets, sports facilities, and open spaces where people can meet and engage in community life. In this video, we shall discuss some of the 10 poorest towns in England to illustrate this point.
10. Rochdale
If you have to understand the poverty state of this large town in Greater Manchester, check successive government figures about the LSOA which includes Rochdale town center based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD). You’d see that in all domains of income, wages, employment, education, health, and housing, the town is among the most deprived.
For almost a decade when the attention has been shifted to this town as one of the poorest towns in the UK, a number of scathing articles have featured its condition in the national press. In response, a network of multi-million-pound plans has been put in place which to transform the area. For instance, the town’s housing association is working on upgrading the township housing scheme. However, this doesn’t come without a fierce backlash in form of petitions.
9. Hastings
There’s nothing to really justify millions of pounds of investment in Hastings on the southeast coast of England. For decades, it’s been ranked repeatedly as one of the most deprived towns in England. Grassroots charities’ efforts to improve things with programs such as neighbor-helping-neighbor have not been successful; food charities are unable to bridge the gap.
In Hastings, there’s the catchy phrase "heating or eating" which shows how bad it is to access basic amenities there. Politicians and journalists usually emphasize the phrase to illustrate the daily dilemma of people who have serious struggles to make ends meet. After feeding, you may not have enough to heat your home and have to endure cold. School attendance and attainment are nothing to write home about here as too many children grow up in poor households.
8. Darwen
Data from towns in Lancashire gave us an insight into how poor Darwen is. It is among the top 5 most dangerous medium-sized towns in the ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Lancashire and it is among the overall top 20 most dangerous out of 236 towns, villages, and cities in the area. Consider the overall crime rate in the town in 2021 which was 99 crimes per 1,000 people. It is 22 percent higher than Lancashire's overall crime rate of 77 per 1,000. Additionally, Darwen is the 57th most dangerous medium-sized town in all of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Why are we highlighting the crime situation in Darwen? Because the town is very poor and poverty there is aiding crime.
7. Oldham
Oldham in Greater Manchester will not be here if it had maintained its proud history as one of the 19th century largest cotton-producing areas on the globe. However, it suffered the same fate as most of the textile industrial towns in England when the foreign competition was too stiff and was strangulating the local industry.
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This is what happens when you send all the factories over seas
Most of those towns have sunk into abject poverty because of government policy.
Hastings? One of my favourite towns in the UK. Stayed many times at the Jenny Lind, dined at great restaurants and walked around the town, up the lift to West and East cliff, and along the promenade many times, and loved every minute! One of the most photogenic towns in England!
Agreed. I spent several years dating someone in Hastings. Sure it's got its problems but the town is long way from the slum it was 20 years ago.
I have lived in Hastings for many years. It is the most interesting, historic and creative town I have ever experienced, and everyone I know here loves it.
My home town. 👍
I went there a few times over the last decade, didn't notice any problems. It's like Brighton's younger brother. Maybe much of the financial problems don't always manifest outwardly for visitors.
@@tonymaloney7096 Its a good place (my home town) only real problem is the lack of jobs like many places on the coast.
Ask the politicians why theyre poor...
Ask the globalists. It's called equality.
Well said Paul.. 👍
Well, Rushi did say that he redirected money from going to poor areas to the rich areas ....
Ask the Politicans is a waste of time,only certain ones give a shit and this decline started with Thatcher. Rishi will do nothing like all the others,just another rich snob. Corbin was one who tried or cared. 🏖♿🔙
the first picture that comes up for Knowsley is incorrect, thats a picture of Bolton, the Market Place is to the right.
Crazy that most on the list here are around Manchester/Lancashire area - basically less than 30 miles from each other.
Not at all surprising when you consider that the staple industry for over a century was cotton. The collapse of the textile industry was followed by that of the engineering industries that originally developed alongside it. There was a dense and labour-intensive railway network -almost all now gone, there was coal-mining -all gone. Essentially a late-Victorian economy progressively collapsed after the artificial stimulus of WW2 production ended, and the situation has been aggravated by an influx of labour from the Indian subcontinent whose numerous progeny now struggle to find worthwhile employment.
I spent a year in Rochdale ,came across from Sydney, playing Rugby for the Hornets .That was back in the late 80s, loved the place ,loved the Pubs even more .
I live in the South East and I can assure you that there are towns which are unbelievably deprived Jaywick to name but one.Take a look at the house prices in Hastings..not the sign of deprivation.
Why isn't Camborne in Cornwall on the list, it's was a very wealthy town 50 years ago, due tin mining, And Holmans, making heavy mining aqumant, but due to cheaper tin from abroad , it is very poor
I just said same thing what about Cornwall 🤣 then scrolled down and noticed your post
Hi from cambourne 🤗
Nearly all these town are where industry has been sold off by greedy share holders in my town 40 years ago you could choose which factory you wanted to work in most have been replaced by small industrial units distributing imported goods
Wow, 6 out of the 10 in Lancashire. The town of my birth, Blackburn, has been going downhill since the 70's when industry started to disappear. I suppose the same applies to all the other places, it is a very sad reflection on Government. We took our daughters to Blackpool in 2007. We had a great time on the Pleasure Beach, seeing shows etc. But the B&B we stayed in told us if we had tried to book a weekend visit they wouldn't have taken our booking with children (aged 12 & 14) as Blackpool is overrun with Hen and Stag parties who behave in an appalling way. Also there were a lot of very aggressive Beggars on the streets who would threaten you if you tried to walk past them without giving them money. No doubt there are many other places in the UK which are just as deprived.
So an article about the ten poorest towns in the country starts with footage of the (city) of St Albans (my adopted home), arguably one of the richest locations in the country.
Beat me to it.
Yep! I noticed that too as I used to visit St Albans on a regular basis.
As a lifelong resident of Oldham this is the result of successive labour councils with no innovation or forward thinking to drive or encourage investment in a higher growth local economy. We’ve become a town full of takeaways and cash converters with very little ambition and zero leadership. Such a shame to be where we are now considering our proud past.
And groomers 😢
With all due respect, all councils in the UK have been stripped to the bone by gross underfunding by the government who has been in power for 40 of the last 50 years, and that is the Tories. Councils get money from government. You can have a Labour council and a Tory government. If you want your Labour council to have the funds available to make improvements, don't vote for the Tories.
@@bosh2580 I think you are thinking about Rochdale, Bradford and Rotherham
Surprised by Darwen, it's a prosperous area especially compared to Bolton or Blackburn.
There is a theme to list list and that theme is the NorthWest
And the majority returned a Tory MP at the last GE. A party that wants to "level up" . That's working well isn"t it.
because everybody is sent up north
Doesn’t shock me Dagenham is on the list, but there are also other places in London that could give that a run for its money, Woolwich or Lewisham for a start.
So many people living off benefits in these areas, I always see people in pubs after driving back from work wondering if these people even work in Oldham/Failsworth
Most of these towns are in the north of England….investments of the north south divide so obvious
I was enraged that the Darwen picture was of Radio Lancs in Blackburn, but then a second later Blackburn came up anyway.
Blackpool suffering from ever decreasing visitor numbers, so what do the Council do? Make everywhere possible Pay and Display, and keep ramping up the charges!!!!! WOW, just WOW.
There is a common problem with some of the towns in Lancs and that is the numbers of non English inhabitants
No, It has bugger all to do with immigration. It has to do with the Tories failing to provide funding to the poorest areas for 40 years. It has to do with councils being stripped of money to provide facilities. It has to do with schools being underfunded. You can be as racist and bigoted as you like, but if you want to improve your area, don't vote for the Tories.
@@bonariablackie4047 and if you want to cripple the country vote labour
Yeah that's another thing that's against our people mate .
I cannot believe MANSFIELD didnt make the cut.
Why do you say that?
Can provide point to point evidence for the point of view. it is so personal
The opening photo for Knowsley is actually Knowsley srreet in Bolton
I was going to say, there was never a Deb's in knowsley. And it's a borough, not just the village, includes Huyton/Prescot/Whiston
Opening shot was in St. Albans. Next to our Abbey and Gatehouse. We are an affluent area. So not sure why they opened with that shot. Strange?!
@@lizscott6911 and st Peter's church with its classic red brick tower!
Correct, I recognised it. 😉
But people stay in these crap holes ! Glad I left the grim midlands nearly 30 years ago, and everyone has the chance to move but the narrow minded can't see the wood for the trees !
30 yrs ago most places was thriving and there was no need to leave, now people are trapped all over this shit hole of a country for different reasons, main reason #ucked up corrupt government !!
I lived in Hastings, and of course there are pour areas, but Stille this town hast so much to offer, nice walks, lovely beaches , good restaurants, a wonderful, historical old town, and many différent shops, so what's thé problem with Hastings, there are also great hôtels, there IS so much to do. Why IS this town considered as pour???
Northern towns are home to thousands of Pakistanis from the Mirpur region. 3rd world people with a 3rd world culture. It won't matter how many generations these people are poor and living on benefits, they would rather die than go back to their home country, although they look down on and dislike native Brits.
So true 🎉
Well, Burnley, born there, lived there as a child in the 60s. Live down south now, but it was poor back then. Not only was it poor it was and always is cold and wet. Good football team though, sound people. You can live in a town of less than 100.000 people but watch first class football. No other place in England can match that. In fact, no other place on earth can match it.
So most of the poorest towns in England are based in the north , believe me there are poor towns down south !
But they're statistically not as poor.
Stevenage, Luton, Chatham, Slough, Dover, Margate, Basildon, Hatfield, Harlow and Gravesend are total dumps in the so-called ‘wealthy’ south-east as poverty stricken as many Northern towns, with the same social issues
@@Redsleather but statistically the poorest of the North is far poorer than the poorest of the South.
Yes I agree I am from West bromwich up north it the poor place to live I don't feel safe when I walk around West Bromwich 🌍
There maybe places down south poor ,but they will have some industry somewhere around most places ,we're as blackpool and the Fylde coast just that little nib if you look on a map ,sticks out there's hardly anything worthwhile work wise from end to end ,lytham retirement area to Fleetwood which is as grim as blackpool .
i used to go to Middlesbrough for holidays [From London or Eastbourne where i lived] between 1962]when i was 2] and 1989[when i was 29] due to family,friends and very nice girls in the 1970s and 1980s.also interest in buses started there with Middlesbrough Stockton TRTB United then TMT and Cleveland Transit... No one believed i went there for holidays went to Hastings a lot from Eastbourne by train or bus.Had Holiday in Blackpool in 1996 [good old trams,nice girls,bars] dont think id stay in Middlesbrough again yet alone in a council house on Brambles Farm estate whieh i DID
you may be the only person i know who's taken a holiday to Middlesbrough tee hee apart from my own relatives. In fact an aunt once came from Australia in the 80s and said she couldn't understand the bad rep, both a beautiful coastline and national park literally on the doorstep... if only the government invested.
@@JimboBond71 park?
@@meteoritoveloz8320 North Yorks Moors National Park.
time in bus ?
@@meteoritoveloz8320 20-30 minutes.
Born and lived mostly in Borough, it is what you make of it.
Your video starts off with multiple shots of Liverpool - yet Liverpool wasn't featured.
Where’s Leiston on this list?
Check out LSOA. That's the government's measure. Some areas in towns and cities are poor, others not.
Why does everyone keep.having avgo at blackpool
Your never stop me going to Blackpool every year.
Look what happened to that 12 year old boy in a Blackpool park yesterday. It’s not so much the place itself, although there is a lot of urban blight, it’s the people that inhabit it.
It's a crap hole !
@@felinemad he made it up.
@@richardjones8699 He made it up? The Blackpool Gazette said he’s suffered serious burns.
Take a look in West Cumbria and see poor in Workington.
More foreign aid is not the answer.
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7 of them in Lancashire 😢
Yes very sad fkn wanker government could start the green revolution round Lancashire ,we have the open spaces to grow it and bring some much needed money to the area ,but there scum and don't care ,let's see what happens when labour get in ,starmers supposed to be making us world leaders with that ,but wheres he going to start obviously if he's really switched on labour man ,he should bring it to Lancashire .
Nice use of 15 year old photos for Blackpool.... If you are going to slag off a town, at least use current photos, which show a very different town to you are in the video.
the Wetherspoons in Darwin is very nice but we did see a dead rat near where we parked
Someone must have dropped a kebab.
Bet it starved to death! 🤣
We had to lose the old Victorian industry towns and change to World banking. All the money was redirected to the South of the UK and London.
Bet there's more than 4000 holes in Blackburn Lancashire now.
We in America pray that The King and Parliament will get of their Polo Ponies and Get To Work, To Save England's Future. It is Aweful that both of Our Countries Deliberately Foul people to make them poor, so they can feel Superior with their Politics, Wealth, and Spare Parts System.
Poorest counties, anyone? Now, where shall we start.....?
I dont know if blackpools on here ,but its got 3 of worsts postcodes in england ,plus very dangerous with violence and sex attacks .
Im glad i was born in London Ilford
Poverty is not just money and assets is also people and culture.
Some people are just morons and money is not going to sort it.
Hastings can't be as bad West Bromwich Tipton Wolverhampton they're the worst town in England
@@Bingo-zd1gp Bradford got a bad name and was in the beginning the worse place.
However many areas have caught up and overtaken Bradford.
I wonder what could possibly be the cause of all this backwardness
Exiting of brains and money
Rise in crime
Drug dealing and pedophiles?
Ah blackpool has got a mention already with drug deaths sadly the towns a dustbin ,and crazy as fkuk considering it used to be the fun capital of the country ,in 50 s all the top stars came to blackpool and all the amusements ,pleasure beach ,thing is local people havent ever got any worthwhile benefits from all the holiday trade ,only created minimum wage jobs were fkd here not me fortunately but most of us .
The poorest places to live in the UK are the ones with the most expensive rents wages don't cover basic living expenses if you work for the wages most people do. Completely false
Exactly rite mate blackpools a fkn joke for that most minimum wage ,town in country and most of what youv got goes on bills .
Most seem to be in the North West Why?
it was the heartland of the industrial revolution, but now there is no industry. Cotton, weaving, mining, manufacturing are gone.
The script for this video was not written by someone whose first language is English. So...?
Which towns aren’t on a par, not many?
Darwen gets the Darwin award.
My town isn't on the list and it's poorer than most on this list! Get a grip.
Did not expect Blackpool to be first!
i did. the woman at work was from there. thick as Pig S
Why not? There's huge areas of poverty in the town.
Many people somehow are surprised with blackpool ,but these people aren't thinking rite if they think that the rich who own all ,the facilities in the town will share the riches with the people ,think again it's got most minimum wage jobs per population in the country ,and there's hardly any industry here it's a dead end town sad to say ,and as usual government don't give a shit even recently they had a conference here ,most stay at imperial hotel obviously most will try and get a seaview ,but those put in the back rooms overlook Dickson road and north shore ,just one of many places with buildings decaying boarded up ,and just plain grimness all round but as we know Tories have no hearts ,they have seen this over the years blackpool has given so much to the country ,over couple of hundred years back when it was the only place to go for fun ,but then left to rot by the country .
1. Hartlepool
2. Hartlepool
3. Hartlepool
You forgot the whole of Cornwall one of the most under funded & poorest places in uk, way poorer than any of these rich citys you just shown saying there "towns"?????
Hi the poor Town are west bromwich Tipton Walsall Wolverhampton and Smethwick and stone Cross in West Bromwich they are the worst place to live 👍
Come to Rotherham you have not seen nothing yet
@@neilcooke6524 Rotherham can't be as bad West Bromwich 👍
@@Bingo-zd1gp Oh yes it can, quite easily!
I was waiting to see something mention said places
Well someone doesn't like West Midlands
Too many people, not enough lucrative employment. Drug deaths is just one way to balance overpopulation while providing "Do-Gooders" with employment.
The result is seen throughout history (and who are we to assume that we can change that?)
Rolmanskop, Namibia; Ciudad Peridida, Colombia; Angkor War, Cambodia; Persepolis, Iran; Machu Picchu, Peru.
Just some of the whole Cities that ceased to exist.
So why should not these mere Towns become redundant?
Long live the British empire
Shush!
Clearly you were too scared to visit Leigh, Greater Manchester ☠️
Don't be silly this man's clearly knowledgeable most areas around are rough ,it's just believe it or not blackpool is rougher once you come off the prom , especially round central drive were groups of teenagers roam around ,in big numbers at times just attacking tourists and sometimes each other ,and like this fella said we have by far per head population biggest amounts of class a drug taking ,a lot of people are roaming round off there heads ,that's why every so often people get beat to death in our streets .
Forgot Rotherham. 😳
Nah Barnsley
Poverty related to billions of pounds sent to EU , all of these northern towns paid a high price.
So now they Bloom after Brexit ?
Most of these towns actually got more from the European Social Fund than any UK government, similar situation in the South West , Wales and North East.
@@russellbaston974 Russell here in Bolton it's the opposite, no visible funding from EU over many many years, the town is on its knees I have lived here all my life . Billions of pounds investment is what's required.
@@russellbaston974 It's *our* net contribution that paid for the EU social fund in the first place.
@@dcarbs2979 which were redirected to areas needing it by the ESF. And despite “levelling up “ promises 🤡🤪the supposed ‘what we don’t now give to the EU’ the UK itself hasn’t given any money to deprived areas, but of course that money has all gone to the NHS?
This is hugely distressing. Hopefully something could be done about the cocaine and heroine problems. People can do something more life enhancing. Using drugs means no hope. Yet hope is something we must encourage to enhance and preserve God given life. My suggestion would be to have a read of Science And Health with Key to the Scriptures, in my opinion a very practical book.
people who have kids must love debt, they are so expensive, and then they turn into teenagers
Dare anyone with an idea start a business in any of these towns and the communists in power will descend on you like a ton of bricks,I know I tried. I and many of my team upped and left and had to work in London whilst still working on our software company at the time. And the area we left did they go from strength to strength ,not quite but the commies in charge have wonderful lives and magnificent pensions.
China ought to take note of how not to run towns dependent on one business.
Have you any experience of life in China or with communists in England? It would be interesting to learn which town in England has communists in power.
Dog eat dog UK
Dismal
None of these towns having a migrant population.
Do you mean an IMMIGRANT population? If so, you could not be more wrong. Oldham, Blackburn, Darwen, Burnley and Rochdale all have MASSIVE immigrant populations. One reason is cheap housing. You can buy houses in Burnley for £50 000 or less!
Tory voting Northern towns that vote Tory 😂
Be positive ten poorest towns in England you're 10 times ritcher than the 10 poorest towns in France.
Funny that!
The average working class family in France is £3000 a year better off than their UK equivalent as of 2020
@@Hattonbank Doesn’t mean you are any better off as it depends on costs. And we are talking the poorest towns. As with all averages some are above and others below.
Ritcher 😅 is that the French spelling?
I didn't post this comment, even though it's probably true????
They all have high Muslim population.
A few of them yes but not all
UK is like a 3rd world country
You can take the man out of Blackpool but you can't take the Blackpool out of the man!
West Bromwich is much more bad than Blackpool 👍
im surprised sunderland were not on that list now its full of blacks
How is that relevant
@@janetbrindley1391 Probably why it was kept off the list. 'Racist' to point out it's failings.