I Visit 'NO-GO' Zone in UK's Worst City To Live - Peterborough

Peterborough has been voted amongst the Worst Places to live in the UK for many years now, this ancient cathedral city holds some of the highest crime statistics for any UK city. As we explored the city and residential areas of Peterborough including the notorious 'NO-GO' Zone and 'Red Light' area of Peterborough - Lincoln road, by day and night. I was Shocked to see so many abandoned places, Homelessness, Crime and Poverty on the streets of this UK City. #britain #uk #poverty #crime #england #reallife #Peterborough #nogozone #onthestreet #depression #homeless #abandonedplaces
Peterborough has been rocked by negative headlines for years, I headed to Peterborough to find out for myself whether the bleak reputation portrayed by the media was warranted... What I found truly shocked me, the crime rates where some of the highest in the UK. One area of Peterborough that I visited (Millfield Area) had 524 street level crimes (reported) last month! 206 of those were violent crimes...This notorious area of the UK is often labelled a NO-GO Zone by locals and journalists alike. I headed to this notorious crime ridden, red light district at night to gain a full understanding of how the people of Peterborough feel living in the Worst Place to live in the UK.
A quick google search of the Millfield area & Lincoln road in Peterborough will overwhelm you with negative headlines! The amount of crime, poverty and deprivation to be found in this small corner of the City is shocking. Peterborough City Centre is filled with beautiful medieval buildings however once you enter the outer areas of Peterborough the feeling quickly changes.
Thanks to ‪@BackpackerBen‬ for coming along and Local Timmy ‪@4KWalkz‬ for showing us around!
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[@90skidnomo]

I used to live there for a couple of years. It’s bad. The street you were walking - groups of 6 (man/kids) just randomly stand outside the off license shops like hookers in Dam. No one respects the street signs and everybody just acts like in a zoo. Istanbul grill is the bomb though so you kinda get used to it. Never had a problem and I was always on my own.

[@JoefishJ]

Yes the groups of blokes outside every other takeaway! Big groups too! Mental place. Thanks for watching and the comment 👍 I think people think it's dramatised but they have no idea!

[@vaughanowens4916]

@@JoefishJ I was raised there, it is a shithole I moved out 2010 and never looked back

[@EmperorMingg]

Absolutely right

[@matthewcohman1171]

Some men standing outside somewhere makes a city so bad lol. I live in Peterborough. It can be bad but there’s way worse places than Peterborough

[@lmorgzy]

​@@matthewcohman1171 honestly, every review of Peterborough on KZbin (that I've seen while scrolling, there may be nicer ones..lol) is of Lincoln Road and/or Millfield only. As if one area, just off town represents the whole of the city 🙄. Not that I think Peterborough is great lol, but it's not that bad, and there's much more to it than Lincoln Road and Milfield

[@D...Charger]

People make places.Wrong people and the place turns to shit.Thats what ive found.

[@JoefishJ]

Happens everywhere unfortunately. Thanks for watching and the comment

[@billrankin]

When the wrong people pour into a country the country turns to shit. Not just Peterborough

[@Tony11806]

Some of us know what the real problem is and we can see this problem in the video.

[@D...Charger]

@@Tony11806 Indeed tony.But i cant say the truth as i keep getting shadow banned.Which also is a joke,when its the bloody truth!.

[@raeeslatif9422]

@@Tony11806so u must know what the real problem is in hordon, western supermare, Sunderland and Rhyl too then aswell ?

[@user-sb9qn4xw7c]

I can remember when Peterborough was a nice place but years of mass immigration and the foreign invasion and failed multicultural project shows the country how disastrous uncontrolled immigration is

[@NevilleBamshu23]

Shuddup ya daft racist..

[@shotlikka]

Riiiight..immigration has made Peterborough a lot worse… even though its 90% white..and overwhelmingly british..

[@NevilleBamshu23]

@@shotlikka words ov reason spoken by a good person...awesome mate..

[@mungojerry990]

Came here to see the bigotry, was not disappointed.

[@AlexOjideagu2]

*Blames a 90% white city's desolation on 10% immigrants

[@carlwhitney917]

It is not the all Peterborough people that made it a bad place , It is a mix of Drug addicts /dealers and people from overseas . It was a wonderful place to live and I should know.

[@hairsandwiches]

I grew up in Peterborough before the immigration influx. Millfield and the Lincoln Rd area was always home to the Asian community which wasn’t that bad, until the Council / Housing associations decided to house Eastern Europeans there too. This is where the troubles come from. I have escaped PTown now but every time I go back it seems to have declined somewhat!

[@kyed9536]

Bs

[@Jesusisafriendofmine]

I'd take eastern Europeans over Muslims every day.

[@nbandpinportugal]

Huge elephant in the room here called immigration.

[@MichaelWillby]

There is nothing wasist about the truth . Duh

[@Thanatos6]

No. It's not immigration. It's your government. Do you people ever take accountability for your doings or do you just like to blindly blame immigrants for everything? It's ridiculous. Just because you don't like certain people colour doesn't mean they're responsible for the mess YOU created. Imagine being an 85% majority in your own country and then blame the 15% for the mess the country is in. Absolute delusion.

[@geraldfisher5683]

Well said.

[@guzzergusher]

​@bernardfitzsimons6942yep 👍

[@Me-gy7yk]

It's not just immigration it's immigration from certain places. Peterborough was always multicultural since the 40s/50s and was always a quiet place with a manageable population, but the last ten years or so have seen huge numbers coming in and it has changed the city beyond recognition.

[@princebuster93]

The nightclubs have been either shut down or burned down ( insurance job ) where I live. The local paper recently said, that s particular nightclub was shutting due to lack of students coming to the area, and yet there are more buildings going up for “ more students “ apparently….but we all know the real reason this country is building more houses like crazy

[@JoefishJ]

Thanks for watching and the comment. Common sight across the country. Thanks for watching and the comment

[@mjh5437]

Building barracks for the invading army of "peaceful ones"

[@roadrunnerairsoft4933]

Bournemouth girl?

[@Airlock667]

@@mjh5437yh if u say so 🛎️ end. U still not eating a gram of starch if not for their investments in ur country and your countries involvement in different corners of the world. Crazy thing is u wont and cant do nothing abt it and if u had this type of speech in public u kno u wont make it that far ;)

[@mjh5437]

@@Airlock667 Kindly translate that into English sweetiepie❤️

[@marshlanderdumarais264]

I go to Peterborough every now and then, usually as a busker, or for other music events or to catch a train to somewhere north. I’ve worked in the city centre late at night, attended events and workshops at Millfield Community Centre and walked from one end of the huge, dark station car park where it always sounds like there’s a nightingale singing after getting off a train late at night. Like every city it has its share of problems, but I’ve never felt threatened there any more than anywhere else.

[@dawncrisp8531]

Let’s face it it’s all over the country. This is what our country has become unfortunately.

[@JoefishJ]

Sad to see! Thanks for watching and the comment. I hope you enjoy the rest of the content

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

whats your country? . . -Ukraine .

[@symon3304]

England ​@@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361

[@002lisamarie]

Not all of it. Still plenty of nice places.

[@LeahDyson-kq4bd]

Yikes I guess I'll visit Wales lol

[@leehall9015]

In Birmingham I forget the long road it’s a total no go zone to whites after 6pm . The guy who told me as I was working in Chesterfield told me this as he was obviously from Birmingham, he was in his late 50s getting said he will never go back and he said it was enforced by Muslim gangs ! I myself had this in Firvale in Sheffield whilst working there in the day ! The country has gone . I imagine lots in London , Manchester the list goes on . government past and present well done hope your happy

[@jessicamarie8299]

The fact that Muslims have the power to control the British in their own country

[@motr1912]

Soho Benson. It's an absolute shit hole day or night.

[@leehall9015]

@@mikej365The guy said another named Road so more than that one ffs this country is shite

[@egyptianpeacebringer]

I'm white and I can walk after 6pm all fine for me in Lincoln road

[@waq7867]

Alam rock road Stratford road

[@Jack-fs2im]

Peterboro Cathedral is a must see building, fantastic

[@christopher9727]

... Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus

[@TimmyMagic]

Nice to meet you Joe, great video & look forward to seeing you & Ben in the future 🤝😎

[@JoefishJ]

Likewise mate absolute pleasure. See you soon! 👊🙏

[@beardtrick]

We had a school Geography trip to Peterborough in the late 90s. We were literally chased out of one the council estates by a large group of "certain" people

[@002lisamarie]

Asian ?

[@symon3304]

@@002lisamarie I'd guess yes

[@nenikiato3230]

I bet its the same in whole europe, im from sweden and our town Oskarshamn were booming from the middle of 1800s to 1990s but then everything got abandoned, the only thing that is working here now is the Scania factory and SAFT battery factory, then just some stores, half the town is abandoned and depressing, me and my gf are moving to a village nearby because its too boring and depressing here, i dont want my kids to grow up in this shithole, its very important to have beautiful surroundings with nature, the industrial abandoned shit makes you so unhappy. And criminality is rising too, a disabled guy got robbed and brutaly murdered outside my work, i came to work just hours after he got murdered and i still can see that pool of blood in my mind, we have had many more murders around here, my neighbor got robbed 3 months ago and much more shit, The far right is rising in scandinavia too, i dont blame the people but our government havent done anything for years.

[@JoefishJ]

Thanks for watching and the comment! Seems to be happening in a lot of places!

[@mjh5437]

A Far Right Revolution is inevitable and exactly what is needed in these social circumstances.....As Sir Isaac Newton said...."For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction".....The Far Left are going to have to lay in the PC Wokemaniac beds they have made for themselves.

[@OoohAaah6603]

Import the third world Become the Turd world💩

[@guzzergusher]

Is it the far right attacking/murdering people in the street?

[@Dannyfromnewquay]

I used to live there,,its not as bad as people say,,although theres a massive drug and homeless problem,but thats just any city nowadays

[@JoefishJ]

Lincoln road at night was super sketchy!!

[@Dannyfromnewquay]

Defo mate,i used to live 5 minutes away from lincoln rd? Some of the stuff i saw was mental mate

[@WildBill-py6vn]

Where immigration is drugs are

[@JanetJames-dw6xo]

No town should be seen as the norm, what has happened to this country, no law and order No money being spent on towns, everything just left to go to rot.

[@biglinds39]

Ive noticed where i live that you get stared at when out and about, Its like we should not be in our own town

[@JoefishJ]

Thanks for watching and the comment

[@symon3304]

It's like that in every English market town that's been " enriched ".

[@BLUEWHALE33]

Certainly scared of shadows. Places are certainly run down by the lack of government funding. Alcohol and drugs are a big issue. Good and bad in any town or centre. The city council has been underfunded for years. Having many takeaways doesn't necessarily mean a bad thing. The poor quality of jobs and pay is an issue around the UK .

[@paullewis2413]

Normally Cathedral Cities are among the nicest in England. It’s no coincidence that the trashing of the city from the 60’s on coincided with the downward spiral. Town planners /architects in post war England and including our era , were /are a total failure, their lauded “brave new world” turned into a “Clockwork Orange” type dystopia.

[@002lisamarie]

Yes it's the London/Scottish overspill that started the decline and the Asian, African and Eastern European immigration that ruined it.

[@rjflores438]

Its not as bleak as Bradford,.Middlesbrough, Stoke on Trent, Huddersfield, Dewsbury or Luton

[@JoefishJ]

Hopefully check a few of those off soon. Thanks for watching and the comment

[@mattwright3768]

Stoke on Trent = Zombie town

[@002lisamarie]

Come here and you will see it is.

[@bigprob8744]

Or coventry

[@002lisamarie]

​@@bigprob8744 In some areas it is

[@Ben-rm3uc]

When I was little in the 1980’s we would go on the train to Peterborough for a day out. It was great then! Queens gate shopping centre had just opened and was filled with great shops. It had something brand new to the area a Mc Donald’s! Hard to believe now but that was the only one for miles around. Or sometimes we would have tea at the reflections cafe on the top floor. Always felt safe and had were happy times. Now wouldn’t even go back to visit. Prefer to remember it as it was. Enjoyed your video though.

[@wiganfan3373]

Got my first pair of Red Doc's from there the day queens Gate opened, was our first holiday from Cumbria to see my Uncle who had just left the army and moved there from Germany, used to love the toy shop that had all the Star Wars and Action Man stuff in there also the HMV store in the square

[@LeahDyson-kq4bd]

You guys already had fried food that would probably still make you less fat than McDonald's

[@Turtledove72]

You know what hun, most of those shops and takeaways are foreign. It actually shows the majority of people who live there.

[@ironspider9026]

Your reasoning is impeccable man.

[@Afed390]

Send them back

[@symon3304]

Or the minority who have driven the indigenous majority out.

[@Afed390]

@@symon3304 we need to fight back

[@SuzanneO707]

This country is in serious need of rehabilitation, I hope this situation replicated in so many places , doesn't usher in a further neglect, polarization and hoplessness. Noone is an island. Many people who live in deprived areas are good people doing the best they can. And drug habits are not confined to the poorest in society . Its hidden from view. So time to work together I think and push for positive change, the alternative is bleak. Thanks Joe👍

[@JoefishJ]

Thanks for the comment and for watching! Sad times indeed! Hope you enjoy the upcoming content

[@truthseeker7794]

Yes I think you mean deportations my friend.

[@MichaelWillby]

Show your solidarity Westminster 12 noon St George s day

[@mr.13zn83]

My 17 year old nephew got jumped by 3 guys(non-Peterborough) early evening. Stiches in back of head and concussion! So sad how it has gone, Cathedral is amazing. Another great vid, subs still climbing. Well Done!

[@mjh5437]

I hope you`re going to track them down......revenge is sweet my friend.

[@JoefishJ]

Wow sorry to hear that! It certainly felt that way. Thanks for watching and the comment

[@mr.13zn83]

Only 17, doing alrigtht now. Think his mum was more upset!@@JoefishJ

[@trevorthorley5038]

Just laughable to think Peterborough is the worst place to live . No comparison to the deprivation of many towns and cities . That so called no go area would be considered middle class in the real deprived places.

[@james1658]

Have to agree with this comment, up north there many areas with worse areas, parts of Liverpool, Burnley, etc come to mind. This video started off ok. But then got a bit silly, you walked through a council estate in the daytime, whats the problem?? Where there gains of yobs chasing you away? No did not see anyone. No different to any other estate. Then the road in the day, it has a subway on it and a co-op funeral directors! If the people working at these places, felt, 'so unsafe', they would not even be there. This road is 10 a penny in 50% of London. Spotter looking at you, I did not see him. Try pointing the camera forward as opposed to looking at your face. Else one would presume your exaggerating to point to making stuff up innit brov!

[@_Shadbolt_]

Agreed. I'm from Peterborough and now live in the Finsbury Park area of London. That New England part of Peterborough would be a completely normal part of London. People just panic when they don't see white people 😅

[@002lisamarie]

@@_Shadbolt_ Rubbish.

[@002lisamarie]

Middle class ? Lmao. Have a walk down there. It's hell on earth.

[@002lisamarie]

@@james1658 All bad areas have businesses on them. My sister lived in Camberwell and it was a lot cleaner than Peterborough. Pboro is terrible.

[@LeavesofGreenLoG]

We did a long term job in Peterborough 2022-2023 - always liked the place and never had a problem. Like everywhere, it has some downsides, but also plenty of positives. Great architecture and history, beautiful Lido in City Centre for summer swimming. Good restaurants etc. This video is looking for the problems from the start.

[@JoefishJ]

I agree the cathedral square area is stunning however the estates surrounding Peterborough are sketchy for sure. All the locals in the comments agree, I guess if your working in the centre and staying near by it's ok? Thanks for watching and the comment

[@stephent5963]

Not only that, but I am getting alpha male vibes. Plus, I imagine you went out with your big burly mates. Scary for the rest of us, but wow, for Mr butch here, "what's the problem"? It's meatheads like this that give meatheads a bad name. So we open ourselves up to the possibility of getting stabbed just so that we don't disappoint Mr Alpha. Narcissist much? In case there is any confusion I would being sheeeeeting my pants in that situation. I grew up on a council estate back in the 70s and 80s, I knew how to handle myself. The degenerates of my day (me included) are not the same as those of today. The bible talks about the wicked going from bad to worse. As I have witnessed three further generations I have witnessed this to be true.@@JoefishJ

[@sarahjaneboytonrae3904]

All... 😂.. false comments and I don't know how you got your stats.. ridiculous pair of foolish vloggers .. scared 😂

[@002lisamarie]

Try visited a lot of the estates. Terrible.

[@MrsMoofy]

a long term job means you are/were working... architecture and history doesn't mean much to those living in poverty or areas with high unemployment unfortunately

[@catalyzed8457]

Ben bottled it in his video, don’t blame him 😂. Good on you for getting some footage at night! 😂

[@JoefishJ]

He was with me the whole time, it was a super sketchy place. Tons we couldn't film for obvious reason, if I did you would understand! Thanks for watching and the comment mate really appreciate it

[@KillerDiaguR]

I can assure you it's not a "no go zone" and Peterborough, while crap and boring, is not the UK's "worst city". That is all

[@Peoplebob]

It's not that bad, yes there is a homeless and drug problem but what urban centre doesn't? I used to work in Millfield, regularly walked around there late at night/early hours of the morning, as I have done all over Peterborough, good areas and bad, never once had a problem, not there or anywhere. I still frequent Lincoln Road as some of my favourite takeaways are there. Side note, Millfield isn't an estate, it's an old neighbourhood that's had a massive influx of generations of immigrants over the years coming in and out of the area, people don't stay long, and landlords don't care about maintaining their properties, they just cram as many into HMO's as they can, so the area isn't cared about or maintained like a normal community.

[@christinehomer2185]

The trouble is now after decades getting worse and worse.Younger people think it's the norm now.

[@STICKY_]

I live in millfield and my family and many others have been here for decades!

[@bertbuxton4180]

I hope the grave of Catherine of Aragon at the Cathedral does not ever get vandalised…

[@JoefishJ]

Thanks for watching and the comment

[@VrillonAura2012]

I moved to Peterborough in the 70s i grew up by the 80s I would go into town when there was only like 3 nightclubs, By the early 90s it was booming loads of shops clubs pubs it was pretty safe to walk around at night etc then we got loads of new people turned up from all over the world in like 2003 some are ok but the others oh well. Now Lincoln road is a no go zone, and the city center oh my god its derelict nothing like it was at all full of homeless and junkies and strange dodgy shoplifters and pick pockets from all over the world. I never go to town center unless I really really have too. All the surrounding areas are getting worse as well, starting to resemble lincoln road area. What can you say the cathedral is nice shame about the rest lol... would love to get away to country

[@JoefishJ]

Yes it's a real shame! Thanks for watching and the comment. Hope you enjoy the content

[@Solitude11-11]

I moved away in 2003, live on the south coast now. Never had any problems, around Lincoln Road, Millfield, city centre etc. Sad that it’s gone like this.

[@justincook2894]

I have the misfortune of living in Peterborough. Moved here in 1989 - it felt like a proper, bustling, affluent place with loads of decent pubs, clubs, no hassle, decent shopping, loads of businesses in town etc, much like most towns and cities back then. There has always been a foreign population, particularly Italian, Indian and Pakistani people with no underlying issues to speak of. We suffered huge volumes of immigration from all manner of countries, and with it the world’s problems. Criminal gangs, people on the fiddle, unemployed, homeless, compounded by a general breakdown in our own society with crap parenting and everything that goes with it. If you walk around the cycle path there is fly tipping everywhere, general litter. People don’t care for their properties. Flats and HMO’s everywhere. The city centre has been dying for years, compounded by COVID and now it’s just £1 shops, charity shops, takeaways, 2nd hand electrical shops, boarded buildings and doorways that house the homeless, alcoholic’s and drug takers. It reflects the majority of towns and cities across the country - I travel on business all over and it’s the same story with the same reasons. Country is lawless - political parties are complicit in the countries downfall. The end.

[@ryanhounsell7942]

Serious question. Do you come from a small village? I live in Peterborough. It’s not utopia but where is for a city of its size. I’ve had nights out in Millfield. Tapas bars, cafes. Restaurants. Pretty sure I could take you to many worse places.

[@BUFUmic]

I know, as someone who regularly frequents some of the rougher parts of Liverpool and Manchester, I didn't think it looks that bad, I thought it was satire at first, just walking around with a victim mentality...

[@RUSSELLCHADBOURN]

PETERBOROUGH IS HORRIFIC

[@RUSSELLCHADBOURN]

PETERBOROUGH IS FAR WORSE THAN ANYWERE IN MANCHESTER OR LIVERPOOL

[@daniell4039]

I’ve also had nights out on Lincoln road in the little tapas bars, end up talking to locals and always a fun night. Still regularly cycle down there at all times of day and night, lived in the area for 30 years, it doesn’t look pretty but it’s no more dangerous than anywhere else

[@ShrewBarrymore]

Borough is awful, a hellish dumping ground! It's sad, I used to go regularly as a kid during the 90s... Urban decay is a huge understatement!!

[@JoefishJ]

Really shocked me to be honest. Thanks for watching and the comment

[@christopher9727]

.... Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today Holy Spirit Can give you peace guidance and purpose and the Lord will John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus

[@johngoddard4459]

I lived in Peterborough for 45 years .Used to be a great place growing up with so many good memories. Was 10 pubs down Lincoln road used to be a great pub crawl into town back in the day think there is only the crown left there now ? I visit Peterborough 4 times a year to see my mum and mates who still live there BUT notice a change everytime i go there not for the better. Went to see a mate last time got a taxi to his told the drive lincoln road please he pulled up around the corner said to dangerous to let you out there :O what has the city become that i grew up and loved as a boy .

[@clark4219]

@johngoddard4459 Ah... The infamous “Crown to town” was attempted by many, achieved by few back in the day!!! (And anybody that made it to town was usually too wasted to get into any of the great clubs anyway 😂). I grew up in the area but moved away in my mid 20’s, 25 years ago. Peterborough was great back then. Fantastic shopping, buzzing nightlife, not to mention the Lido in the summer holidays!!! Crime was low, and we’d feel perfectly safe walking round the city centre as teenagers. I too go to visit family occasionally, and it’s so sad to see what Peterborough has become. Everybody local knows the reason for its demise, but I’ll let other people make there own conclusions. 😢

[@ottoreitstock2465]

That's what cultural marxism brought

[@mitchie2267]

Marx wasn't for mass immigration.

[@002lisamarie]

Exactly.

[@scottwhitney9890]

Great video, great channel. Hope you make a million Joe. Stay safe!

[@JoefishJ]

Hey bro 👊👋 thanks for the kind words! Honestly only started a couple months ago, my aim was a thousand subs by the end of the year! And here we are now, overwhelmed mate! Thanks for watching and the support 👊

[@hotchefuk01]

Didn't know you had a channel mate. It just came up on my feed. I remember you were very eloquent and knowledgeable on one of Bald's videos. Subbed 👍

[@JoefishJ]

Welcome aboard! Thanks for the kind words and comment! Hope you enjoy the content 🙏👍

[@Sidchasingclassiccars]

I grew up near Millfield. Peterborough was my Dads home town and he was saddened by its decline having been born there and died there end of last year. I got away in the 70's to Bristol then Devon and finally ending up near Lands End. Maybe I wanted to distance myself from it? 😉

[@JoefishJ]

Yes I don't blame you. Shocking. Thanks for watching and the comment

[@cornishhh]

PZ isn't wonderful nowadays either.

[@Sidchasingclassiccars]

It's Utopia compared to up country pard! @@cornishhh

[@UPTHEPOSH]

Similar story to mine although I'm still in devon and slowing making my way to Cornwall 😜

[@Sidchasingclassiccars]

@@UPTHEPOSH Where abouts in Devon?

[@carrieboultby7516]

It's such a shame that Britain has such awful and desolate places....

[@symon3304]

It's been brought on in 10 years by bad governance and uncontrolled immigration

[@002lisamarie]

Mainly due to uncontrolled immigration.

[@symon3304]

We all know the reasons

[@redbullvodka5696]

Yeah I went clubbing at Liquid in 2011, yeah loads of people out clubbing back then.

[@JoefishJ]

Yeh apparently it was buzzing back then! Thanks for watching and the comment

[@Tony11806]

I noticed that nearly every shop was foreign.

[@JoefishJ]

Thanks for watching and the comment 👍

[@002lisamarie]

Yes. That's why it's bad.

[@DM-it2ch]

Those crime stats are shocking!!! My daughter's a copper in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, which is generally considered the roughest town in Derbyshire (outside Derby city). In January 2024, there were 61 crimes, 26 of which were violent or sexual offences. And the figures here are just for ONE estate!!!!!

[@JoefishJ]

I know that really puts it into perspective. I suspect alot happens that doesn't get reported too. Thanks for watching and the comment. I hope you enjoy the content

[@Ronick-Q-46]

You're showing how rundown parts of the country has become, it's a big shame, will it improve I would say no, I'm just glad we live where do. Nice work it needs to be seen,

[@JoefishJ]

Thanks for the kind words and for watching. Hope you enjoy the content

[@MartialArtUK]

There's a theory that all these ...... barber shops are fronts for ....... debate? Investigate??? 😅

[@samueljarvis1276]

Most of them are yes but not all, they have to have cash flow somehow so they get family to come over and learn how not to cut hair properly and wash the cash 😂

[@MartialArtUK]

@samueljarvis1276 they got more cash than us , they can pay 3 , 4 , 5 grand for a dinghy ride to the UK. Meanwhile taxed to death brits can't afford a week holiday in Spain.

[@samueljarvis1276]

@@MartialArtUK hahaha 🤣, that’s funny! But yes it’s correct

[@A-C100]

You should have gone to the Welland (Wellhard) estate. That place was always rough, even in the good times. God knows what its like now.

[@JoefishJ]

Haha yes I heard bad things! Thanks for watching and the comment

[@002lisamarie]

Welland isn't bad now. Orton Goldhay, Orton Malbourne, Millfield, Eastgate, New England, Bretton, Westwood are bad.

[@clark4219]

@@002lisamarie Orton Goldhay was a dump 20 mins after it was built! 😂😂😂

[@002lisamarie]

@@clark4219 True, but I think Orton Malbourne is worse.

[@jessicamarie8299]

@@002lisamarieLet me guess Mawzlims ruined those areas?

[@TheSlyFox1995]

Go to Peterborough quite often, my family lives slightly outer peterborough in a village...I enjoy going to the city as you say its quite deceiving, always visit the cathedral grounds as its a nice visit in the summer. But I do hear alot of stories from family about how much it has degraded over the years...I've heard criminals from London are relocated here now but not sure how much truth there is to it...but that may be reason

[@JoefishJ]

Thanks for the comment, yes definitely on the surface a beautiful city. However like most places the underbelly doesn't always match.

[@motr1912]

It went downhill massively after the Iraq war when immigrants were being put in rented accommodation and private landlords started cashing in big time and this was 2005. I lived in Whitsed Street from 92-06 and although it wasn't the greatest area, that street had a sense of community and everyone got on and the nags head pub at the end was a good old fashioned pub in the houses too. There were even the parents of a premier league footballer that lived down there who were lovely people, but within 2 years from 04-06 it all changed. Once the buy to let's started happening, those that had lived there for years, myself included, sold up and moved away. Such a shame but it's a lot worse now and the last time I drove down there was a couple of years ago to show my son the first house he lived in.

[@craighobbs3708]

I have nothing but fond memories of Peterborough. My grandparents lived there and used to visit it often! Amazing cathedral . - Something changed, and we know what that was.

[@SimonPJohnson]

Not surprised you were viewed as being suspicious walking around with a camera. I returned to the Millfield area last year, having first visited over 55 years ago and it’s certainly changed for the worse. However, I’ve lived in various cities where such areas exist and I don’t think Peterborough’s the worst.

[@ChubbyChecker182]

Its a very odd place. I walked around it a few times about 10 years ago looking at cheap houses as someehwere cheap to relocate to...even in the day time there were some very rough sights and people.... It felt to me like a prime example of a potentially quite pretty place could be turned to crap....glad i never moved there in the end.

[@JoefishJ]

A lucky escape! Thanks for watching and the comment. I hope you enjoy the content

[@MUSIC4TRUTH....]

I used to work around there in the mid 1980's and it was deserted really, i still go around there for work purposes and its a different world now not British in anyway. Its the main area for immigrants so to see a white guy let alone 3 together is going to be very unusual so that would be why people are suspicious. I personally have never had any trouble and i don't feel in any danger when i'm around the area maybe i'm just naive? I have to say that during the so called pandemic and lockdowns Millfield never changed and that was the good part of it, whilst the rest of the city was in lockdown and in a state of paranoia, Millifeld was just normal, people out eating and drinking and nobody cared whch i liked. The rest of the city is more and more becoming like Millfield, a mix of mass immigration and "white flight" is turning the whole city into Millifeld and tbh as a white Brit i'm starting to feel like just another ethnic minority which is a strange feeling to say the least, i'm not patriotic at all i'm all for free movement around the world but the impact immigration is having here leaves you feeling no sense of belonging here, no sense of identity and an everyone for themselves kinda attitude. You get the feeling everyone is afraid of each other because there is so many different cultures and languages on the go. Peterborough in general is fast becoming non English speaking and sometimes it feels like the government and the council have decided this area is where they are to dump all the undesirables and asylum seekers etc... Every pub, every empty office block,bingo hall or house is being converted into flats for the latest wave of immigrants from Africa, Africans are everywhere at the moment... nothing wrong with Africans but its like there is nobody in charge of the numbers arriving. I have decided I will be taking my family away from here at some point in the near future because it just doesn't feel like a place with any future, it just feels like a ticking time bomb and i dont want to be here when it goes off. This is just my opinion thats all so any haters please respect my opinion as i do yours. And i'm not racist, my best mate is a rumanian gypsy ive known him and his family for years now and will be going to stay in rumania with him and his family next year, i also have a good mate from Africa who i could also go to stay with in Africa... immigration does open new doors eh and who knows maybe i'll become an immigrant myself soon.

[@EL-te5om]

You can't paint a full picture of a city if you don't actually explore the whole place. This is pretty biased as you only really went to the most deprived places in Peterborough. Why didn't you show places like our Theatres, the river Nene, Fletton Quays, Peterborough United, Ferrymeadows, Flag Fen, Charters, Brewery Tap, Longthorpe Tower, Thorpe Hall, the rowing lakes, Central Park, Hampton Beach and Gardens?? Why only show the worst places, you really don't get a true representation of a place if your only goal is just to go to the worst parts and show that. Everywhere especially city's in the UK have places like Lincoln Road and Milfield, yes they have problems around there but so does every place in the UK. As you rightly pointed out, our Cathedral is stunning, our city centre's architecture is rather nice, so at least there were a few positives. But next time you come to Peterborough please show the nice areas as most of the city is an alright place. It's really not as bad as you guy's are stating!

[@JoefishJ]

I've been around and there's very few places that compare with Peterborough and specifically Lincoln road at night. I lived in down town Playa Del Carmen (cartel country) and felt safer.

[@002lisamarie]

It's not just Millfield that is bad. What about Eastgate, Eastfield, Welland, Orton Goldhay, Orton Malbourne, Bretton, Westwood, Ravensthorpe, Paston, New England ? Most of the city is not an ' alright place'.

[@jacob9593]

Great videos mate, wishing you all the best on your youtube journey

[@JoefishJ]

Thanks for the kind words 🙏 hope you enjoy the upcoming content

[@rafd3593]

Peterborough is no different to any other place of the same size outside the south-east. Economically, a bit of levelling up would help. This hit squad that visited the city made things out as worse than they are, and forgot to visit the good things going on in the city (E.g., Peterborough United, the theatres, Ferry Meadows, the nice affordable housing, Etc.). And they weren’t attacked ,as I never have been, in the places they made out to be dangerous. This vid sets out shock when there really is nothing to be shocked about, certainly in comparison with other cities. Possibly, the hit squad are into drugs because certainly seem to be able to sniff then out. One thing about Peterborough, it is a heavily multicultural city and yet there is no interracial strife. Peterborough folk live and let live.

[@jackisonthemap]

Great video Joe. Peterborough Cathedral is beautiful! What a contrast to the following scenes! 😅

[@JoefishJ]

Thanks mate I couldn't show barely anything I recorded on KZbin... It was super Sketchy! Catch you soon mate 🙏👍

[@DhDemonzInk]

Not as bad as Ilford… You genuinely may not be able to go there… You’d more than likely have active contact,

[@JoefishJ]

Active contact 😂 military speak? Thanks for watching and the comment.

[@thisis2awesome]

As you move away from the city centre it indeed changes, like many youtubers before you got were every ones knows that the trouble is and missed the oportunity to see Nene Park and the newer neighborhoods like Hamton as that will not bring you even a fraction of views you need for the chanel to grow.

[@wiganfan3373]

Used to love going to Peterborough during the 1980s, Me uncle lived on Lincoln road across from the Peter Brotherhood chimney in Walton, used to love riding into the city centre with my cousin on our BMX bikes, used to go to a larl bakery for tasty cream cakes and bottles of Corona Limeade that was down the road from my uncles house, think it's a Polish food shop now, we used to walk into town on an evening my 2 cousins my mother and myself with no problem what so ever, It breaks my heart to this once great place turned into the shit hole it has become due to Diversity and uncontrolled immigration.

[@Methazar]

Sad to see. I grew up in south London, and moved to town just outside Peterborough to essentially escape the path I was going down. Now it looks like where I left, Croydon 🙁 I hear my old home Spalding is doing bad

[@JoefishJ]

Sad times! Thanks for watching and the comment. I hope you enjoy the content

[@sarahwilliams755]

North London, and it is the same… it was not great when I was growing up but it gone down hill like a lemming of a cliff.

[@housinauthority5258]

I work in Spalding, it's absolutely fine!

[@Methazar]

@@housinauthority5258 I'm aware of people being set on fire at the tulip festival. That is not "fine"

[@reenagrateful9527]

You can not compare Croydon to Peterborough no way I lived in Kennington and when I tell you Peterborough is nothing like South London at all😂

[@SoNoFTheMoSt]

I dont live in peterborough but ive worked there a lot of the past 8 years and i would say the homelessness seemed to have been reduced some way or another, i used to see a lot of tents in the numerous tree belts across the suburbs but this year i havent seen any.

[@grantbale8068]

Fair play to you lads. Bit tricky that little manor. 😎

[@ArtificialTrip]

Just moved from Peterborough to Devon about 5 months ago and 20 years ago I would have missed it and the night life was amazing but hate it now and lived there all my life, don't miss it and it's just absolutely rubbish there.. Ruined :( ..

[@JoefishJ]

Well at least your in a good spot now. Thanks for watching and the comment hope you enjoy the content

[@nornironnomad]

I was in Peterborough a few days before, I thought it wasn't actually that bad!

[@JoefishJ]

Once you leave city centre it changes!

[@nornironnomad]

@@JoefishJ I was staying in the travel lodge across from the abandoned nightclubs, If I knew you guys were going to be around would have stayed about !

[@lin9821]

I remember going to London from Edinburgh in the 80’s on the then LNER main line and hated when the train had to stop at Peterborough station. Why should a place be so uncomfortable 🥹

[@JoefishJ]

Yes agreed a definite feeling in the air. Thanks for watching and the comment. I hope you enjoy the content

[@paddypaddy2834]

I’m in London for a week and was hoping to see the Cathedral there. As a woman traveling solo, I’ve decided to pass. Sad..

[@JoefishJ]

A real shame! Thanks for watching and the comment. I hope you get to visit a nice Cathedral somewhere.

[@TimmyMagic]

I’ll give you a free tour of my city Peterborough, let me know if this is of interest

[@mohinuddin8889]

Mate that's not even the worst bit you should of went down the embankment behind the famous asda at 8-10ish open needles everywhere, homeless crackheads living in tents and just so much more activities but I'd be careful.

[@turokforever007]

Peterborough council is bankrupt. What is going to happen when governments cannot chuck money at places like this.

[@AbidHussain-fb5og]

Unfortunately millfield alot of cons than pros but you will not find an empty shop on that strip. The locals have tried working with the police to tackle crime Unfortunately its always empty words. Most group of men i agree not a great sight as a local you know all they are doing is having a beer and eating sunflower seeds. The deprivation of the city people can blame immigration Unfortunately the council is to be blamed for that.

[@tosspot9244]

I’m currently staying off this road and it’s perfectly fine and if you speak to people and say hello they are very pleasant

[@DavoInMelbourne]

Turd Island looks more and more like the US now, but even more depressing with vandalised environments and shit weather.

[@tarronspencer5483]

My sister and her children live here, hope they are doing ok. Much love family. ❤

[@andrewjones4006]

Great video. I’d like to visit the Cathedral but probably not much else lol. I’d recommend Chatham in Kent for a visit.

[@JoefishJ]

Thanks for the kind words 🙏 the cathedral was stunning! I hope you enjoy the rest of the content

[@tommykarate9397]

Basically every city in the UK look the same and has same problems: rampant homelessness, drug abuse, "cultural enrichment", etc.

[@002lisamarie]

Not every city and definitely not every town.

[@motr1912]

Peterborough and Lincoln Road was fine up until the 2000s (lived in Peterborough from 1974) Used to spend a lot of time down there in pubs, shops (anyone remember AnB records?), my brother was murdered on Rhubarb Bridge in 98 and i left Peterborough in 2012. My parents and sister still live there and so do my children and friends. When i go back like i do a few times a year, it just looks horrible in certain areas. One of the most bizarre incidents by the then council was when they housed Iraqi (iirc) immigrants in the Gladstone Strret area and there were riots because the locals in that area did not get on with that certain group. The council had no idea and just decided that is where they would be housed and meant houses were set on fire and there was trouble. The local paper reported on it all at the time.

[@joyskiies9709]

Everything about it is depressing even night time and even daytime whenever jts sunny your so lucky you escaped

[@1rixo]

i live here for 25 years and he just dramattizzing normal life here in pborough welland dogstorpe bretton and westwood are worse than millfield by a mile away..he makin drama 4 views dont take me wrong i like what he doing showing what uk is really but he was let down here bad localy info ..agree last 10 years whole uk down toilet ...poverty drugs homelessness u name it ...

[@aussiemouth747]

What a shame. All those beautiful buildings! 😢

[@Robfnord]

I used to live down Lincoln road until a couple of years ago I never had any problems then, I used to walk out at night and go to the shops all the time, down towards town is definitely more dodgy though , we came back for a weekend recently and went to a pub in town, it was a total state and we didn’t feel entirely safe when we were out ,

[@JoefishJ]

Shocking scenes there now! Thanks for watching and the comment

[@juliemcgarty4764]

Really like your vlogs only recently come across your channel some teally horrible places

[@JoefishJ]

Glad you enjoy the channel and the content 🙏👍

[@Stephen-gp8yi]

Great content Joe top man🤙🏻

[@JoefishJ]

Glad you enjoyed it thanks for watching

[@carlwhitney917]

By the way did you go to the nicer parts ? Nope the areas you walked down have been bad since the early to mid 80s , all the shops you mention ? How many are English ? very , very few . I do not care what anyone says Peterborough has been ruined by Drug users and people from abroad . Same with all the cities and towns across the UK . Get rid of drugs , get rid of the wrong people moving over to the UK and you will see the issues reduce .

[@Josh-ek9pw]

Nice to meet you guys! All the best with the channel Joe.

[@JoefishJ]

Thanks fellas the interview was great however my camera in low light caused the whole thing to become a blur! Next time mate! Thanks again

[@Josh-ek9pw]

You're welcome mate, it was a good experience. No worries at all!

[@iap-ug3oy]

What has happened to our towns and our people ??…What on earth is happening to our country…it’s getting like a third world country….WHY IS THIS HAPPENING I REALLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND……I want to cry…..I am so glad I am not bringing up young children….THEY DONT STAND A CHANCE

[@tomderby7759]

Migrants

[@tompwh]

Why is this happening? it is so frustrating to see, every town near to me the councils are demolishing the shopping centres that are popular, businesses are closing yet they was queing out of the doors less than a year ago

[@WasabiDreams]

i really like your channel . your honesty, reporting and respect for the area you are in

[@JoefishJ]

🙏 thanks for the kind words. I really appreciate the support thank you!

[@comedyinnit6560]

Isn't diversity wonderful

[@002lisamarie]

Yup.

[@megpeace5059]

The juxtaposition of it being such a beautiful city with such horrible issues is just mind blowing.

[@roverrover3233]

The local radio station is heroine fm,seriously

[@markcoleman900]

Hereward?

[@roverrover3233]

@@markcoleman900 no heroine with an e

[@benscotti1991]

I used to live near and tbh its not as bad as boston thats not too far away from there and its worse than here by far, been to both.

[@hilly451]

Imagine living in this shitehole country working all your days paying into the system to finally retire and your scard to walk down your local high street at night !

[@dinaworkman306]

Come to Doncaster twinned with beruit

[@geraldfisher5683]

Doncaster is going the same way ? All our cities are going down the toilet. Multiculturalism has destroyed Britain.

[@002lisamarie]

It looks nice on videos.

[@dogvip7688]

UK urban decay can include the following aspects: Industrialisation Deindustrialization Gentrification Population decline or overpopulation Counterurbanization Economic restructuring Abandoned buildings or infrastructure High local unemployment Increased poverty Fragmented families Low overall living standards or quality of life Political disenfranchisement Crime (e.g., gang activity, corruption, and drug-related crime) Large and/or less regulated populations of urban wildlife (e.g., abandoned pets, feral animals, and semi-feral animals) Elevated levels of pollution (e.g., air pollution, noise pollution, water pollution, and light pollution) Desolate cityscape known as greyfield land or urban prairie. Since the 1970s and 1980s, UK urban decay has been a phenomenon associated with some towns, especially in many parts of the UK. Cities have experienced population flights to the suburbs and exurb commuter towns; often in the form of white flight. Another characteristic of urban decay is blight - the visual, psychological, and physical effects of living among empty lots, buildings, and condemned houses. UK urban decay is often the result of inter-related socio-economic issues, including urban planning decisions, economic deprivation of the local populace, the construction of freeways and railroad lines that bypass or run through the area, depopulation by suburbanisation of peripheral lands, real estate neighbourhood redlining, and immigration restrictions. During the Industrial revolution, many people moved from rural UK areas to cities for employment in the manufacturing industry, thus causing urban populations to boom. Subsequent economic change left many cities economically vulnerable. Studies such as the Urban Task Force (DETR 1999), the Urban White Paper (DETR 2000), and a study of Scottish cities (2003) hypothesise areas suffering from industrial decline, high unemployment, poverty, and a decaying physical environment (sometimes including contaminated land and obsolete infrastructure)-prove "highly resistant to improvement". Changes in transportation from public to private, (specifically the private motor car) eliminated some of the cities' public transport service advantages, e.g., fixed-route buses and trains. In particular, at the end of World War II, many political decisions favoured suburban development and encouraged suburbanisation through financial incentives like government supported loans and mortgage aid. This allowed many veterans of World War II and their families to afford comfortable single family housing in suburbs. The manufacturing industry has historically been a base for the prosperity of major cities. When these industries relocate to larger, less urban environments, some cities have experienced population loss with associated urban decay, and even riots. Cutbacks on police and fire services may result, while lobbying for government funded housing may increase. Increased city taxes encourage residents to move out. Libertarian economists argue that rent control contributes to urban blight by reducing new construction and investment in UK housing and discouraging maintenance. England civil society decay is not salvageable and irreversible, UK housing projects will cease, caravans and campers will be rapid all of the UK. The UK and Europe will also descend into anarchy or unprecedented civil unrest, street crime, drug imports and EU organised ganglands will become an epidemic and radical ideological terrorist attacks occurring daily by 2028=2030.

[@002lisamarie]

You missed the main one. Immigration.

[@dogvip7688]

@@002lisamarie Non natives of UK were the hired help of Britain but industrialisation collapsed in the UK and working visas/migrant visas were mismanaged and had no EXPIRY DATE.

[@dogvip7688]

@@002lisamarie study the history and you'll understand that I am close to the point.

[@jaythebeatmaker1272]

This city in the 90s was a good city full of clubs bars pubs and restaurants shops it’s really run down no shopping even in the main shopping Center of queens gate. The city it’s just run down to fuck hospital was built new was to small not enough beds to support 13 years ago and the influx of people to the city it’s crazy wait times the nice parks we have are full tents and drunks lots drug misuse and homeless people and they thought it was good to build a university here with no night life and nothing to do not a very big attraction for students lots millions wasted on the Hilton hotel it’s left as the money ran out the council have spent millions on new road work but it been pointless and unfortunately a wast of funds this city needs new MPs that will be there for Peterborough and its residents as there not. Been born here and lived on an off for 44 years it’s gone down to rock bottom and further down even more. Just demolish and start again I think 💭

[@Warrior20245]

Its like oakland and Detroit got imported all over the UK

[@AshSmash123]

The only thing that has put Peterborough on the map is Joanna denhenhy!.

[@JoefishJ]

I remember that story!!

[@tango4271]

Lived in Peterborough 18 years, it has gotten worse and worse over the years quite sad really, don't really feel safe in the city anymore, the sounds of sirens are common, I've been involved personally in a couple of different occasions I was assaulted within the city for no reason

[@omegadeep1]

Homeless, drug users are hard to spot in the city centre .

[@JoefishJ]

For Stevie Wonder maybe...

[@omegadeep1]

@JoefishJ I live in spalding and visit Peterborough twice a week at least. Peterborough isn't as bad as painted and there are many far worse places. Lincoln Road has always , abdxI mean always been bad. 30 years ago Lincoln Road Peterborough was cited by Government as one of the five most impoverished roads /areas in England . [NOT UK]

[@johnwoodward4319]

Even back in the early 70s I used to call Leicester (domino city) white spots on a black background, now it's all our cities.

[@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool]

With its magnificent cathedral and other historic buildings, it’s a shame the rest of the place has gone to pot.

[@JoefishJ]

Totally agree a stunning cathedral! Thanks for watching and the comment

[@ic3358]

In the early 90s Peterborough was the place to go but over the years it’s turned into a shite hole !! I wonder why that is 🤔

[@JustineTX375]

I like your channel. Keep up the good work. 😀

[@JoefishJ]

Thanks for the kind words 🙏

[@choochoo9506]

Joe! Look at your subscribers! YAY!! Congrats! Jen

[@JoefishJ]

Hey Jen 👋 I know! So crazy. Thanks for the support from the beginning. 🙏

[@ianhoyle8459]

It looks like most city’s in the UK which have taken Londons lead. Lincoln Road was okay and had many independent interesting shops. Queens gate and the surrounding area was nice as was the pedestrianised shopping area, in addition to the featured Cathedral walk. Nice pubs and hotels could and probably still can be found. The white Lion? Peterborough was one of the first towns to receive a large multiplex cinema, bowling and ice skating rink; among other things like large modern eateries. Kids from the surrounding areas would travel up to an hour to visit these places. There has always been a large Asian community but they contributed significantly to the area and worked normal jobs. Unigate was a large employer during the eighties but the area is known for large scale sugar beat production. I think it may be perhaps other more recent communities that have very different ideas about life that have spoilt the community. Or is it diversion of precious local community funds needed to carefully tackle immigrant integration successfully and to invest in the urban environment.