Britain’s ‘ugliest’ city named because it’s dominated by pound retailers and takeaways
Slough has been dubbed Britain’s “ugliest town” in a brutal rating of undesirable places.
Only half-hour outdoors of London on the Elizabeth Line, one can find Slough – aka the UK’s ugliest city in accordance with The Telegraph. The publication ranked 1,250 areas of England, Scotland and Wales.
Travel consultants evaluated the pleasantness of store fronts, historic structure, low site visitors/litter, beautiful viewpoints and plentiful greenery every out of 10 – with a most rating of fifty.
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Slough scored a measly 12 out of fifty for aesthetic enchantment – rating final. It additionally scored 0/10 for store fronts and a 2/10 rating for historic structure. Other areas that struggled are Telford in Shropshire, Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales and Stanley, County Durham.
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In distinction, Lewes in East Sussex, scored a formidable 46/50 general, incomes it the title of the UK’s prettiest city. Queensferry, West Lothian, Ilkley in West Yorkshire and Rye, East Sussex, additionally ranked nicely, being dubbed a few of Britain’s prettiest gems.
The Telegraph’s tackle Slough begins with a nod to John Betjemen’s 1937 protest poem the place he penned “Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough…” His phrases changed into actuality when the Luftwaffe bombed components of the city throughout World War II.
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Slough’s redevelopment, which adopted a finances brutalist type typical in post-war structure, has left many locals disgruntled. Despite being nestled within the largely rich county of Berkshire, a lot of the city seems to be dreary and rundown seven many years on.
“Today the town’s High Street has been rated one of the unhealthiest in the UK for its abundance of fast food joints and lack of leisure facilities, and pound shops dominate the stores that persist in boxy 20th-century shopfronts,” the Telegraph stories.
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But it isn’t all unhealthy information. There are some hidden treasures within the space just like the baked potato stand on the High Street run by native lad John Hughes for 32 years, and the Panjab Restaurant in Langley, which pulls in guests from everywhere in the nation.
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