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One man visited the UK’s “worst” seaside city and there have been many issues that he wasn’t impressed by, however he is undecided that it lives as much as its notorious title. Bangor in North Wales was named the worst seaside city within the UK final 12 months and was slammed for its “drab” and “run down” look. The city, which is residence to only 16,000 folks, took the title of the worst seaside city within the UK in a Which? Travel survey, receiving simply one-star rankings for food and drinks, vacationer points of interest and buying.

It additionally scored low in classes corresponding to worth for cash and high quality of seashores. One YouTube creator took it upon himself to see whether or not or not the city deserved its poor repute. Ed Chapman shared a video of his findings, taking viewers together with him as he explored the city and the issues to do there. In his video, he factors out various stunning points of the city and surrounding space, with two standing out to viewers.

The first one, which he exhibits at first of the video, is the seaside and promenade which leaves a lot to be desired. “That’s supposed to be a beach,” he says as he exhibits viewers what he is seeing. “It looks more like a swamp down there.”

However, there have been constructive components of his time there that he shared within the video. One of them, which appeared to shock the YouTuber, is how a lot enjoyable he had on a velocity boat tour of the waters surrounding Bangor. He revealed that he loved the good surroundings in addition to the banter with the boat’s driver.

While others are in settlement about Bangor’s place because the UK’s worst seaside city, others, corresponding to locals, do not assume it is a truthful label. One particular person took to the feedback part of the YouTube video to share: “I’m Bangor born and bred. We are NOT a ‘seaside town’ and have never been one.”

They continued: “We are a very small university city beside the sea. We are not geared up to be a seaside town – that’s places like Llandudno and Rhyl. We’ve never had a sandy beach and they are shoring up the sea defences down there atm [at the moment]which is a massive job. Bangor is the gateway to the mountains.”

Another particular person mentioned: “Not only is Bangor NOT the worst seaside town; it appears to be one of the nicer ones. Of course the town centre is ‘dead’. The majority of Britain’s town centres are now, in case nobody noticed? At least you didn’t see any chavs knocking about there, Ed.”

A 3rd commented: “North Wales is one of the best places for a holiday in the UK, assuming you have a car. The mountains of Snowdonia, stunning medieval town walls and castle in Conwy, beautiful sandy beaches and red squirrels in Anglesey.”

Although Bangor was named the worst seaside city within the UK, there are nonetheless planty of top-rated points of interest situated round it. On Tripadvisor, reviewers have had overwhelmingly constructive issues to say about Penrhyn Castle, Cwm Idwal National Nature Reserve and the pier in Bangor.

By the top of his video, Chapman is not wholly satisfied that Bangor deserves the title of the UK’s worst seaside city. However, some folks assume it’s simply that.

One native instructed The Sun in 2024: “It’s a s***hole. It’s gone downhill massively for years. It’s a dump in the city centre.” Another mentioned: “It’s been declining for 20 years. It’s a shame it has gone downhill.”

A 3rd shared: “It seems run down. There’s nothing here. To think it’s a university city, you’d expect there would be more commerce here.”