BRANSHOLME: We find out what its like living in the LARGEST Council ESTATE in Northern England.

[@ukexplored]

Hope you enjoyed this video! If you have any feedback or comments, we'd love to hear them! Do you live/have lived in Bransholme or Kingston Upon Hull? Whether yes or no, your feedback is valuable to the audience, so please feel free to share.

[@Budgiearmy]

Do you know how to start a growth catalyst.I'm in a sub right now against keganmonteiro

[@ukexplored]

No, I don’t know what that is?

[@Budgiearmy]

Idk I heard about in a random yt vid

[@marksanderson-md7vh]

Lived there for 6yrs until 2016, never had any problems.

[@tazzy6403]

Really creepy seeing the estate i live on being on a video 🤣 I think living here isn't as bad as other places make out and I'm not originally from here and wouldn't choose to live here if i could. There's some good community aspects and i have met some decent educated people from here. I can't speak for north bransholme (which is a little different) but for the east and parts around the shopping centre, it isn't a good idea to go out at night nor have a motorbike on show even locked. It will most likely get taken to biggin fields (like my friends did) and set fire or will get ridden around the shopping centre or taken to orchard park (which I've heard is definitely worse than bransholme, the things they throw at buses has required police to be on the bus at night just incase). Unsure where the house prices came from as everytime i look on zoopla for a house, it's almost always under 100k. Even the house we are in was bought for less than that in just 2019 and it's in good condition and a decent energy rating. Overall, if you're wary of the local issues and need somewhere cheaper to live near the countryside, it's not too bad. The high fences are strange i thought too but I've found them very necessary. One day i hope we move somewhere nicer. My partner has always lived here though and will find it hard to adjust without the tall fences, the concern for security is high here and engrained in the local culture

[@sealand4950]

I find these videos fascinating, keep up the good work :).

[@ukexplored]

Thanks for taking the time out to say that, it’s appreciated. We find it fascinating going out and seeing different parts of the UK in person, too.

[@jasedix4583]

Grew up there from early 70’s and left in the mid 90’s. Had good people and bad people, like most places, but had some great times there.

[@markhp99]

I lived on Orchard Park in 60’s & 70’s and had a girlfriend who lived on Bransholm. Ok they were council estates from the slum clearances but they were safe and pleasant to live on and people had a pride in their homes. Wonder what happened since then?

[@mrunixman1579]

You should checkout next city either Lincoln, Doncaster or few more in the area near to Hull as well as Grimsby.

[@ukexplored]

Yeah, we want to visit those cities and more. It’s just really far from where we are and takes half a day to get up there, but I find northern cities really interesting as I’m sure many viewers do.

[@TheInnerSession]

Lincoln shouldnt be put in the same name as donny or hull or grimsby lol.

[@FilmNav]

I lived there in the 80's, and hated every minute of it. Horrendous place, and sounds like it's only got worse over the years since I left.

[@thelink4-h9r]

i left in 2002 never looked back like you i cant stand Hull

[@kippsguitar6539]

Lived there 60s and 70s and absolutely loved it there

[@pyeltd.5457]

@@kippsguitar6539 Better than Private Gated Estates.

[@astonkwambe477]

lived there from been 13 to late teens from 1971 very clean then and friendly we came from the slum house street clearings

[@user-lz6dm5lk9y]

The places these videos take us are certainly not Escape to the Country, Surbiton, the sleepy little village of Holmfirth, or even Hyacinth Bucket's (pronounced Bouquet if you please 🙂) neighbourhood. I have to wonder how many people live in dire poverty in the UK..... These videos are very informative and well done. I am learning a lot about what everyday life is like for millions of people in the UK. You are drawing back the curtain for all of us thanks to the KZbin platform. I have one small criticism, though, the background music. It is distracting, too loud, and not at all relaxing. In fact, it grates, but I know of no way to turn it off.

[@eatrawskin]

I walked past the park near gatwick house today and there were 2 7 year olds shouting about and smoking weed

[@ukexplored]

That's the future right there, that's the scary part!

[@eatrawskin]

@@ukexplored Word, it makes me worry about the state of society in 20 years

[@dondraper2488]

Future Crackies….

[@Ava_YT3]

Absolute bs😂

[@monacophotographyevents2384]

I simply could not imagine living in a place like this, or indeed, any council estate.

[@TheCraigy83]

i grew up there it was good , like a big lawless adventure playground & most people where chill. theft is main issue, cars motorbikes , sheds , bicycles left in gardens , expensive coats on washing line etc. there's plenty of empty land for ball sports camping moto x airguns . there's a drain where we would go in canoes that joined to river hull. My school was literally 100meters from my house , i could crawl outta bed at 8:45 2min shower dressed eat toast on the way..

[@horzu3391]

All of that sounds amazing@@TheCraigy83

[@Jack1121_]

They aren’t all bad as ya think lad honestly I don’t live on a proper council estate or owt but I live in like a working class area w some council houses and it’s not tha bad most of the time occasionally there will be robberies, theft violence but not much just depends where yer at really

[@monacophotographyevents2384]

@@horzu3391 Canoeing in a drain, airguns etc? Sounds bloody awful.

[@WELCOMEHOMEBONE]

My problems not all that. It's young boys dying. Wouldn't want to have my kids grow up there i wouldn't sleep a single night in worry like

[@DisleyDavid]

Not as bad as Orchard Park or North Bransholme. I would like to see a few interviews with the locals to give a balanced view.

[@totallybored5526]

North bransholme is part of bransolme😂

[@DisleyDavid]

@@totallybored5526 Yes, though it's significantly worse than the main older area.

[@deanothemanc5281]

It's sad, tbh not all council estates have to be like this. My family were from Langley In north Manchester. Its always been well maintained and looked after, I'm sure there's a few nutters but it's all relative. Looks to me like Hull Council have washed their hands of this estate. 😢

[@WELCOMEHOMEBONE]

Exactly. Greedy corpo s letting it get run down but don't give a rats arse about all the kids growing up there who won't make it to 30. Buy for cheap cus it's run down and sell for heavy price. Gentrify and hide is all it is. When they want to step in all they will do is sell and gentrofy the area. They don't care for working class. Evil.

[@SaxonSuccess]

Who decided to cover that first tower block in such vomit inducing colours? It's awful. The second one is better to look at, but they'd both be a nightmare for ordinary folks to live in. Dreadful.

[@ukexplored]

I can imagine lots of high paid council staff and contractors sitting around planning out the look of these tower blocks and giving themselves a Pat on the back - then ignoring all the issues and feedback.

[@CallawayTribeDad]

I still live on Bransholme. It was interesting to see my house in one of the drone shots. I've been living around here since 2006 and have very rarely seen any more trouble than anywhere else I've lived, including the village life I grew up with in rural Lincolnshire. If anything, on the whole, while the society is deteriorating across the country the community is improving on Bransholme.

[@theabandonedhunter3604]

Just catching up on some previous ones I’ve missed now mate 😀 ….Smithy

[@user-lz6dm5lk9y]

I totally agree crime and high rise tower blocks go hand in hand and often turn into no-go zones. Many of these in the U.S., where they are called "projects" have been torn down, and as far as I know, no city builds them anymore. There are a number of good documentaries on KZbin about the notorious projects in the U.S. Off hand I can think of two comedies set in such places, one British and one American: Only Fools and Horses, and Good Times. I am nearing the end of my life now. I am sure I have fewer than 20 years left to live. More and more I have come to think that governments just segregate poor people, and the good poor people who obey the laws and try to have some quality of life are victimised first by government polices (witness the Winter fuel payment for seniors controversy going on right now again) and then by criminals, social deviants, and the lot. With very little or no socio-economic capital, it is very difficult if not impossible for decent poor people to escape these environments. It is horrifying....

[@murphy-g2i]

great video love watching them!

[@shibbymiyah6614]

Looks like a lovely place. Much safer than where I live in Salford gtr Manchester

[@HappyNana05]

I'm originally from Partington and now living in Bransholme trust me Bransholme is quiet compared to Partington

[@TheInnerSession]

cant believe the houses are £140k in such a terrible place i was thinking 80k or 90k max

[@SoundGGirl]

I’d say that was very unusual. You can get a property on bransholme for £30K. Sometimes a lot less. I do not think the figures stated in this video are anywhere near accurate. I wouldn’t expect to see a property worth more than £50K on that estate.

[@xEtayL]

Theres a few private housing areas which will bring the average up. Average for purely council houses would be closer to 85k certainly.

[@andybond4587]

I lived on bransholme in the 70s on Oakington Garth..there were some characters back in the day especially in telstar club .I wont mention anyones names..but im still very good friends with some of them ...some great people that have moved on to pastures new .who learned alot about being street wise .I have some very good memories

[@js5189]

I love Bransholme. Wouldn't change it.

[@edwardedward8067]

Did u inclued north bransholme in this video? It's concidered a separate estate, I've lived there for many years and it used to be worse then bransholme in the 90s lots of crime

[@BobBob-ok8su]

Live there myself mate there's deffo lots of worse places too live

[@Tyke107]

i see you didn't venture onto north bransholme. There's so much more of bransholme you didn't show

[@tazzy6403]

Really creepy seeing the estate i live on being on a video 🤣 I think living here isn't as bad as other places make out and I'm not originally from here and wouldn't choose to live here if i could. There's some good community aspects and i have met some decent educated people from here. I can't speak for north bransholme (which is a little different) but for the east and parts around the shopping centre, it isn't a good idea to go out at night nor have a motorbike on show even locked. It will most likely get taken to biggin fields and set fire or will get ridden around the shopping centre or taken to orchard park (which I've heard is definitely worse than bransholme, the things they throw at buses has required police to be on the bus at night just incase). Unsure where the house prices came from as everytime i look on zoopla for a house, it's almost always under 100k. Even the house we are in was bought for less than that in just 2019 and it's in good condition and a decent energy rating. Overall, if you're wary of the local issues and need somewhere cheaper to live near the countryside, it's not too bad. The high fences are strange i thought too but I've found them very necessary. One day i hope we move somewhere nicer. My partner has always lived here though and will find it hard to adjust without the tall fences, the concern for security is high here and engrained in the local culture

[@TheCraigy83]

I literally threw stones at buses there as a kid 😬...trust as an 11yr old its gut instinct to show ''big livestock'' who's boss 😂 . Had my moto x bike nicked aswel . Orchard park definitely worse then bransholme . Was there from 89 till 2003 . Holderness road now , its WORSE lol . Looks like mini London/ there's other countries people everywhere most the shops both local chippies...be spot whitey in 20yrs .

[@logotrikes]

I was a copper in the mid-70's based at Tower Grange, before Bransholme gained much of its notoriety. It was reasonably civilised in those days but this is nearly 50 years ago and society has gone down the gurgler pretty much since those simpler times. Public high-rise housing is a recipe for disaster. Get a few nutters in and that's it, the block is a gonner... It was all well-intentioned by the city fathers, but very short-sighted. It didn't account for changing times of Hull, or any industrial city. I'm not sure any of it can be resurrected...

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

Hull was still a large industrial city, fifty years ago when I lived and worked there. What is it now?

[@logotrikes]

@@EllieMaes-Grandad I think much of the industry has gone, mores the pity. It's now full of Turkish barber shops and kebab shops. The city has allowed this to happen because they're bought off. Orders from above. Not just Hull, everywhere...

[@pyeltd.5457]

@@logotrikesTurkish barbers are the best barbers so that is a huge plus for Hull.

[@logotrikes]

@@pyeltd.5457 Perhaps so, but how many is too many? If every Turkish barbers shop has a queue outside then maybe you're right. I haven't seen that myself..

[@mariamarshall6120]

You should do longhill estate in Hull

[@ukexplored]

I did another video on the top 5 areas in hull based on crime stats , but Longhill wasn’t on the list.

[@Budgiearmy]

It think that if towns were like the GWR village in Swindon crime may drop

[@Btchipz]

Really enjoy the vids mate, thanks. Harehills, Leeds worst for me (5 years back)

[@ukexplored]

Thanks! Yeah, Leeds is on the to-do list, and just browsing Harehills on Google Earth is piquing my interest to go there😀

[@Btchipz]

@@ukexplored Legend, sorry mate realised i'd spammed it on the last vid! Rusholme/ Longsight is also a bit tasty

[@Btchipz]

@@ukexplored Little London as well mate

[@Btchipz]

Ignore me, they've invested in it :D

[@ukexplored]

Appreciate the info, added these to the list.

[@Recordingstudio-uk]

Used to live on that estate many years ago it used to have large tower blocks which I used to run around as a kid it was a bleak building & was demolished, you could easily get lost on that estate as all the houses looked the same & it was vast with lots of crime

[@victorymansions]

I've managed to get lost on large estates a couple of times now. My logic is follow straight roads without taking any turn offs until you hear heavy traffic. Once you've found a motorway, your pretty much mustard. Road signs directing you to central areas and important locations.

[@TheCraigy83]

Same , Binbrook garth near highschool /perronet thomson/kingswood high..

[@GarieTag]

Big hearted bransholme video

[@ramochai]

You have a tendency to profile council estates as hotbeds of crime by default. You're probably not entirely wrong, but part of it is due to its high density. If you sprawl those units in a linear way, same situation is likely to occur on a larger square footage. Just like hoods in America, where I currently live. And believe me, criminals owning cars adds its own challenges, aka drive-by shootings.

[@ukexplored]

I agree about density, and there are plenty of stats to back that up. It was either this video or my Wolverhampton one where I shared stats from a social study and crime was several hundred % higher in and around tower blocks in the UK. It just feels like the more humans bump into each other, the more friction builds up, and the more explosive situations occur, in simple terms, doesn’t it. Maybe utopia would be everyone living several miles apart from one another 😀

[@ramochai]

@@ukexploredI live in a system where 68% of residents live in single family homes, and crime is still much worse than UK. Besides, when people live miles apart from each other, suddenly every household needs at least one car. - Not sustainable. Maybe there’s a sweet spot in between. Perhaps 4 story, mixed use buildings?

[@mrbk5916]

Been living and still living near that area in Kingswood for over 15 years and Bransholme is pretty rough but there are a lot of areas I have been to or hung out in with my friends that were quite nice but seeing a lot of crimes in person or heard of as living near the area is very awful to live near.

[@MrClarkkerr]

Maybe talk to some residents?

[@matthewdiment2325]

its really not that bad London Birmingham is far worse

[@ukexplored]

Yeah, I’m not trying to say it’s one of the worst areas in the UK, I find it interesting it’s one of the largest council estates and it is one of the worst areas in Hull.

[@matthewdiment2325]

I grow up there in the 80s amd early 90s it was pretty rough then but I still visit there its been really cleaned up over the last 20 years its not the place it used to be. my gran got one of the first houses in 60s alot of the familys were originally off Hessle Road near the docks for the trawlers but it was heavily bombed so alot off the houses has to be pulled down.

[@thelink4-h9r]

its still crap though and its ugly

[@richrichie378]

Bransholme has probably been worse in its history than it is today. The estate was far bigger when I used to visit family a lot in 80s.. 35,000. There was a network of maisonettes dozens of blocks ( Alcatraz) and more high raisers too. I think what gives the place a more foreboding feel is the isolated nature of the estate, almost likened to a social experimental camp rather than a regular estate. Very friendly people though, the sort that would give the last penny to a stranger.

[@equinox95]

London people would call that houses not flat's, London estates had towers and much larger blocks with much higher density.

[@vikingodin1986]

The drone footage is noice

[@paulcampbell85]

Yes it is very big hope it gets some investment soon.

[@L3WCIFER87]

I live there what would you like to know?

[@ukexplored]

Awesome. What’s your unbiased opinions/experiences of life on Bransholme? Being mostly council owned, do they do enough to keep the area tidy and safe in your opinion? The estate was built with the intention of creating a self serving community with everything residents would need. Has it worked out like that?

[@L3WCIFER87]

@ukexplored I'm my opinion the people are great yes you have rough family's but they are just doing what they can to get by time harder now more than ever. Then you have the crime it is high in a populated area anti social behaviour mainly is what you see. The stuff in the background such drugs seems to be behind closed doors, yet you do get some of the zombie clowns now and then. Alcoholism and theft from shops or bikes and scooters that type of thing is witnessed daily. Council again in my opinion don't do much at all to revive the place but then again due to anti social behaviour, graffiti, rubbish and fly tipping. Stuff like parks and green spaces just get ruined so what's the point I guess. Can never have nice things. But in all a great community of people but more like a shamless (TV series ) type of community. Un fortunately they have been some high profile murders in recent years in and around the local area. Been within it and growing up around it, I know where to and where not to go and the type of people you can incounter in certain areas. Guess you need to be a little street smart round these parts. Any other questions feel free to ask.

[@L3WCIFER87]

Sorry I put witnessed I mean reported. For example on Facebook bikes been stolen and such.

[@Budgiearmy]

I think Yorkshire should be one entity

[@ukexplored]

It’s huge there, isn’t it.

[@Budgiearmy]

Ye

[@dr_chicken5911]

Trouble with estates like bransholme is, It's not a normal layout, it's like one big maze with very limited road access to houses and even streets etc and nothing for growing children to do apart from Roam the Streets getting upto Mischief that quickly escalates to Crime as they Get older!!!

[@SoundGGirl]

There are some really decent people on this estate. Hard working. Huge sense of community going on too. There are worse places!

[@pyeltd.5457]

Big Man Tings. IM ON BIGGA TINGS 💯🚬🔨

[@revzombie]

Every estate in Hull has its fair share of problems, even the more desireable areas like Hessle, Anlaby, Cottingham, etc.

[@mlawlan69]

You can tell its predominantly white because even though its "rough" its relatively clean 😂

[@victoredwards3959]

Pathetic comment.

[@comanchedase]

In all fairness...it looks like the whole of England, minus Chelsea, Clifton and Covent Garden...

[@lizichell2]

I call these areas high impact high density low grade housing for high impact high density low grade people

[@thathurt]

I live in a high rise (not in Hull) and its ok if you're young. But its shit long term. Service charges are high and the landlord does as little as possible. Its too hot much of the time May to October unless youre on a lower floor. My block has 11 stories and 70 flats. Its too noisey both due to noise in communal areas and in the flat above me. No sound proofing and concrete homes are echoy so any noise is magnified. The lifts always broken despite the service charge. Our water pressure often goes and u cant even flush a toilet or get a drink of water. Landlord just gaa lights residents and ignores the repair issues to save money. They are quite woke. But being proud to be gay etc doesnt fix anything . Luckily most of my neighbours are ok so little break ins and the cleaner is good. ButI i live for the day i can move out. 😆

[@cervelo9465]

I used to visit Bransholme regularly in the 1990's. Bransholme was absolutely notorious and I had a female friend there working as a Pharmacist. Hull had it good points we were always out around the pubs and clubs and always picking up girls, one night stands etc Good times

[@PorcupinePig-d2r]

That’s about right for Hull lose women.

[@Albion89]

Bradford

[@sen_metro]

You have to be kushty with people and they will be kushty with you

[@FingerANumber]

I am from Zom

[@strobel6028]

That housing being built next to those high rise flats is not social housing, thats private housing. Hull is the city of broken dreams. At “Welcome House” where most immigrants go, whoever they are they all know “Please not Hull”.

[@jeffreygoggin2849]

No-one has any money but the first shop you see is a thriving beting shop lol

[@dcarbs2979]

Usually a big indicator of a deprived area. When I went to Vegas, explaining that betting / gambling was far from glamourous or even a sign of a rough area was a hard concept for them to grasp. Strange considering Vegas is so well known for it's mob culture and even has a museum dedicated to it.

[@myname7284]

I lived in gatwick house had a few bag heads tobin and the grass garry ziggy above me did my head in with noise ended up going up there and they moved out and some of the stuff fell out the window they didnt come back for some reason couple of dirty crack heads. the flats are not that bad except for the druggies on a few landings the drinkers like jago are usually asleep for 8 pm some of the elders in gatwick house have been there since the 80s or before the caretaker was a fanny though scared of his own shadow

[@monacophotographyevents2384]

@TheCraigy83 I suppose that may be OK for a young kid that doesn't know any better, but quite honestly, that sounds truly awful.

[@myname7284]

I lived in Gatwick was not that bad tbh apart from Tobin and Ziggy his junkie mate upstairs noisy as Fook one night they moved out quickly. They even threw some of there belongings from the window. They didn't return really noisy they was above me needles everywhere in that flat eww dirty people

[@TheCraigy83]

Most the crime is probably 50 - 60 lads lasses on the full estate , my area had the dk heads you'd know not to show stuff too. like 3 or 4 lads rest where ok . Each garth + street has a c*nt 😂and they're basically all best mates & they can smell an un supervised bicycle from a light year away .

[@pyeltd.5457]

Describe the smell young lad.

[@richiestrich8079]

Shit ‘ole

[@sen_metro]

U get jumped a few times for stuff you haven't done and if you have done something wrong you get jumped

[@paulmcallister8948]

That doesn't make sense! 🤔🧐🥴

[@benhall4141]

Anyone in a council house / estate have failed in life.

[@pyeltd.5457]

shut up shut up shut up shut up🔪