Exploring Britain's eerie seaside towns 🇬🇧

[@Lechonberryph]

YOURE SO CLOSE TO 2K SUBBED AT 190

[@EdBrinton]

@@Lechonberryph cheers mate legend

[@LiftFan]

Personally I think the main thing that keeps people away from places like this is something we can do nothing about. When you look at the past two summers we've just experienced (mostly freezing cold, and either overcast or raining) it does tend to put people off staying here even with the advantages of being in the UK. Personally I'd rather spend £2000 if I was in a resort in Spain with almost guaranteed sunshine, rather than £1000 to be stuck indoors under a layer of blankets looking out onto a grey seafront and grey skies.

[@EdBrinton]

Exactly! It's mental really. Stupidly expensive

[@davidayers362]

So, I live in Littlehampton, and I do have a few observations. Firstly the road Google maps took you down a road that basically the alleyway behind all the houses hence not looking so good. At least you made it to the new river bank which was built as a flood defence, and a very nice job they made of it IMHO. Shame you didn't show the beach which is decent and enjoyed by many tourists in the summer. Harbour Park amusement park is open at weekends for the next two weeks, although the arcade is open all year round barring Christmas. Of course in the summer it's open seven days a week. As for the rubbish, I'm pretty sure this is due to the seagull problem, who just love to rip open black bin bags to scavenge, and that sort of rubbish spread is typical of the aftermath. On the whole though, nice to see our little town getting a highlight. Fun fact, Littlehampton doubled for Swanage in one episode of the Inbetweeners, with filming done on the river and on the promenade.

[@EdBrinton]

Littlehampton was nice, from what I read online it was "the worst town in Sussex" but everyone there was super friendly. It was a nice place overall. Glad you took the video as intended :)

[@jeshadelan8700]

Congratulations for your 2k Subbed Ed! 👏 Well deserve! more wayy to gooooo❤️

[@EdBrinton]

@@jeshadelan8700 thanks so much that's genuinely made my day, have a good one ❤️❤️❤️

[@archie592]

Seems I have a bit of a backlog of your vids to get through, might just binge watch them over the weekend . Another good video and its good to see your channel staring to grow mate.

[@EdBrinton]

Thanks so much mate, honestly your comments spur me on to make more videos. ❤️

[@jamesdean4100]

i live in southport a seaside town,but its still very busy and attracts a lot of people even with the pier shut for safety reasons

[@EdBrinton]

@@jamesdean4100 I'm glad to hear that man!

[@barrybennett2544]

You could come to Shipley in West Yorkshire 😃

[@EdBrinton]

@@barrybennett2544 Yorkshire seems so beautiful I wish I could go

[@tomgoesnomad]

Today I spotted a wall made of stone just like that in The Lanes in Brighton. Good to know!

[@EdBrinton]

@@tomgoesnomad it's pretty cool to see

[@jamesrobert4106]

Quite a stark contrast to Seaside towns in the Northwest and North Wales. Rhyl and Blackpool would open your eyes. 😂

[@EdBrinton]

Rhyl sounds good might be worth a visit

[@jamesrobert4106]

@@EdBrinton Rhyl was once a lovely, little seaside town. I have fond memories from childhood. As with all the classic, Victorian seaside towns it has been decimated and population swapped. You could count the teeth of the entire town on one hand now. 😬 The Seagulls wear flak jackets.

[@EdBrinton]

@@jamesrobert4106 that's crazy mate I'll see if I can go there

[@jamesrobert4106]

@@EdBrinton Take out isolated places like Rhyl and the North Wales coast is breathtaking.

[@EdBrinton]

@@jamesrobert4106 I bet mate truly stunning

[@DavidRobinson1978]

Wow I'm shocked at all the coastal amusements being shut, I used to play in the arcades there as a kid when we would go and see my Grandmother every other weekend.

[@EdBrinton]

@@DavidRobinson1978 me too I used to go to the pier with my grandparents when I was younger

[@SageMillhill]

1. Let AI choose three random places in the UK or Europe and pick one // 2. Cardiff // 3. Leicester 😊

[@SageMillhill]

@@James-m9k4w Any of it, but I wouldn't send Ed to bad Cardiff - it's his holiday after all.

[@mandymclan]

All good ideas actually yeah!

[@EdBrinton]

@@SageMillhill very good shout thanks so much!!

[@what-uc]

By simple geography a seaside town has about half the hinterland of an inland town, so without fishing, port activity or tourism it's at a disadvantage.

[@EdBrinton]

@@what-uc very good point ☝️

[@MrPhilpalmer4]

Respectfully, the Theme park is closed, not abandoned. It's out of season.

[@EdBrinton]

@@MrPhilpalmer4 it is yeah, I added this into the video as text :)

[@bdel80]

It is cheaper to fly to another country than to take a train to another part of the country

[@EdBrinton]

@@bdel80 exactly that man!

[@kirstydiamond6987]

looks alright you should do morecambe

[@EdBrinton]

@@kirstydiamond6987 how did you find there? :)

[@kirstydiamond6987]

@@EdBrinton after its prime time when i wet as a kid i revisited every year, there is a lot happening just now with the Eden prject but the old fairground still demolished, part ha been bought by Morrisons but still alot of wasteland

[@Greenfield1762]

Would you pay staff to open up a whole attraction for an hour or 2 to maybe take £20-30 ? Doubt it. It’s busy in the summer.

[@EdBrinton]

@@Greenfield1762 my point exactly

[@mandymclan]

6:17 why so many of them? 😅

[@krisexplores]

In your opinion, what needs to be done? As an American who lived in Blackpool (strange, I know lol), I don't think there is any solution to the states of these towns. They are the equivalent of our rust belt. If Britain were still an empire, at least the wealth would be distributed to the country as a whole, but in its current globalized EU-style economy, (where wealth is centralized in the capital), there is no solution but to leave.

[@EdBrinton]

@@krisexplores i agree it's inevitable. The question is what should and would replace them that will bring joy and prosperity to the nation

[@edd60]

In the 1st place how did Britain build its wealth? Globalisation has proven that wealth does not have to be centralised in the so called Wealthy Nations. Also are people leaning because there is wealth elsewhere?

[@jamesrobert4106]

An American in Blackpool. Now that is a story I have to hear. 😂

[@EdBrinton]

@@jamesrobert4106 me too haha legend

[@jamesrobert4106]

@@EdBrinton The Vegas of the Northwest 😆

[@VincentComet-l8e]

Lack of tourism is definitely a factor in seaside decline. But, also, the demographic of many Sussex seaside towns has been dramatically altered over the decades with London boroughs guilty of having used them as convenient dumping grounds for problem families. Towns like Hastings, Eastbourne, Newhaven, Worthing, Litttlehampton, Bognor etc have all had that treatment…

[@EdBrinton]

@@VincentComet-l8e poor old Sussex :((

[@Lechonberryph]

Man has a good narration voice it's like proper London haha

[@EdBrinton]

@@Lechonberryph thanks!

[@shawn6796]

​@@EdBrinton so true! Rather soothing 👍

[@EdBrinton]

@@shawn6796 thanks so much I appreciate that

[@Firode9856]

👏👏👏👏

[@EdBrinton]

❤️

[@itchyviking]

Simple suggestion; get yourself a fluffy for the microphone - solve your wind problems. Perhaps. No charge.

[@EdBrinton]

@@itchyviking very good idea mate

[@mikekaraoke]

Another enjoyable video, however you said if people were saying they were going togo on holiday it wouldn't be in UK?? Not true at all-Me and my gf and her mum went to Devon in mid September and then to Isle of Wight in late Sept till 6th of October and had a blast! Not been to Little Hamton for many years, but was last on TV only 3 weeks ago on Homes Under the Hammer and not as vibrant as what it used to be be still not horrible! BTW-when you went to Poland please tell me you went to that theme park I said for you to go to-Energylandia????????

[@EdBrinton]

@@mikekaraoke thanks man I appreciate that!

[@EdBrinton]

@@mikekaraoke I wasn't near it unfortunately, mainly of zakopane minus the last day :( I'll have to go back!

[@mikekaraoke]

@@EdBrinton You're welcome mate!

[@mikekaraoke]

@@EdBrinton Oh no, yea you will def have to go back-when will that be in a couple of years or??? What was the last theme park you went to?? Mine was when I was in Devon-Watermouth Castle + Theme Park!

[@EdBrinton]

@@mikekaraoke if I can ever quit my job to travel which is the dream very soon!

[@A_Guy_Called_Terald]

Think is you can get a flight for the price of fish & chips and a ride on a merry go round..

[@A_Guy_Called_Terald]

@@James-m9k4w 🤣

[@mandymclan]

11:22 lmao

[@andrewjones4006]

Great video. Is everyone 17 or 70.

[@EdBrinton]

@@andrewjones4006 thanks mate and yeah pretty much haha

[@edd60]

Brilliant content bruv. This highlights the decline of small towns. Brexit is also a factor because some Europeans who would most likely vist such towns do not get incentives ~ Incentivized tourism. The decline is alo attributed to the local authorities interests not to see the need to attract tourists. Urban decline or rural decline?

[@EdBrinton]

Thanks mate as always! All good points indeed