Weird seaside towns

[Secret Visage]

Grimsby and Great Yarmouth

Ahem!

Yes there's parts that have declined, but there's a wonderful sea front and surrounded by the Norfolk broads.

 

[Ben Gardner]

Amble. Shit.

 

[Unbalanced Views]

Silloth=Shithole.
booked a caravan there years back.
never been anywhere like it.

We went there once - the beach is made of mud

 

[CEF]

So wide of the mark..... 'Millionaire's Row' in Llandudno is Wales's most expensive street

The daddy of them all when it comes to shittiness

Quaint Victorian seaside resorts declared shit by inhabitant of Sunderland who holidays at all inclusives in Torremolinos "Ilfracombe was shit, there was nee Big Baz's sports bar playing replays of ManU Liverpool, and the Main Street didn't smell like drains"

 

[errant]

Nothing to see or do

location location location

 

[pavarotti1980]

Barrow in Furness. Not quite a tourist hot spot but a complete dump.

 

[WestSussexMackem]

Sandown on the Isle of Wight. Stayed there a year ago, got some nice restaurants and the zoo is worth a look but it was like a ghost town at times, hardly anything still open on the seafront.

 

[Traumtor]

Amble's class man. I mean it's easy for me to say as I've got a few mates up there and have spent numerous days of my life stumbling about their place away with the fairies but I always get a proper nostalgic old village community feel whenever I visit. The main street is always packed in an age where everything is done via a remote, mobile phone or a computer and everyone knows everyone. Couple of proper traditional chippys, 2 or 3 real pubs within 50 yards of each other 20 odd miles away from the hustle and bustle of city life and plenty of proper MLFs who go home and away despite residing 50 miles who always look out for each other in amongst a sea of black and white fuckers.

Went to middle and high school there and I can confirm that to live in Amble is certainly far from glamourous, a real shithole in certain parts. Can’t believe how much coke floats about the place on a Bank Holiday mind, especially in The Tav

 

[peil]

Girvan

Dead, just hasn't realised it yet

 

[DisillusionedOldGit]

Had the misfortune to be in Cromer a couple of weeks ago, which was an experience I'd rather not repeat. Mablethorpe is awful. The other half is from Maryport and I actually think its alright

It's way way better than Cromer . So is Blackhall Rocks .

 

[hypersonic]

Went to Filey w few years ago, place was ok but there was this one strange shop that seemed to specialise in Nazi memorabilia

Where's this place then?
I love a wander down the beach and a strawberry waffle from Filey. A bit of Nazi memorabilia thoug, you can't get that anywhere else

 

[jaxaxe]

Withernsea near Hull.

f***ing hell, yes. Royston Vasey by the Sea.

Went to Mablethorpe once and there was a sandstorm. Expected Lawrence of Arabia to turn up on a camel.

Hornsea is like someone started building it, gave up part way through as a bad job, walked away from it and started on Bridlington. And Bridlington is like someone started building it, gave up part way through as a bad job, walked away from it and started on Scarborough.

 

[Dubai Si]

Kirkcaldy. Now that's a weird place!
At least Maryport and Silloth have nice old buildings.

Hoi! Outside! Now!

For such a large town it's done almost nothing to embrace it's sea front location. Well apart from the greasy spoon at the end of the promenade that's been there for years.

 

[Latka Gravas]

Kirkcaldy. Now that's a weird place!
At least Maryport and Silloth have nice old buildings.

Worked there a good few year ago. The Friday night was canny, copped off with a lass that was the spitting dabs of Zoe Ball.

 

[Keawyeds]

Dead, just hasn't realised it yet

Depressing place to say the least. Shame really.

 

[Steesafc]

A lot of West Cumbria is a special kind of shite. Start at Maryport and work your way down, cack.

 

[Dmac1969]

I was told Eyemouth was a really nice place to visit. It isnt.

Giaccopazzi’s ice cream is amazing though.

Certainly looks that way, read the reviews from The Grand, bloody awful

Its a shame , we went 3 years in a row in the mid 70s and I thought it was a great place as a nipper - I guess 4 decades of everyone taking their spending money on package holidays abroad has absolutely fucked the UK resorts.

 

[riffraff]

No mention of Sunderland yet? Takes some outweirding does Sunderland.

 

[humbug]

Barrow in Furness. Not quite a tourist hot spot but a complete dump.

i'll take your barrow and raise you an immingham.

 

[Paddy O'Dors]

We stayed there before Liverpool 90/91. It was creepy.

Down here, Hayling Island is always interesting.

Decent, apart from the bit next to the fair. I wouldn't live there like, the one bridge on and off is dreadful when the weather is decent. Gosport on the other hand...