I WALK THE DIRTY STREETS OF PETERBOROUGH & EXPOSE THE DECAY OF BROKEN BRITAIN 🇬🇧

Come with me as I explore my hometown and take in what it is really like in 2024, Peterborough. Voted constantly as one of the worst places to live in the UK, and recently one of the most depressing. I venture around to show what the camera sees with my own eyes, a couple of interviews and seeing what the state of disrepair a 1865 WW1 & WW2 medical hospital for the veterans and how its been shut down.
More to come as I venture around and show what I can see, bringing what you might not see or hear but this is Britain, broken in 2024.
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[@TolouseEmpire]

Big Posh fan, living near Huntingdon, never been to these parts of Pboro, thanks also for pointing out the real problems and causes of why towns like boro have ends up in the states they have “feel like a foreigner in my own town”

[@4KWalkz]

Hey, I speak from my heart, my family go back here 150 years, my great grandfather was an architect for the amazing lido. I’m sad to see it go backwards, I love the posh. Remember going to watch Jimmy Quinn, Martin Curruthers, Andy Clarke. I’ll do more about Peterborough, positive & negative. Because it’s the best way to be, I just hope that people see & that the camera doesn’t lie.

[@mikel4159]

It's been a shit hole for over 20 years to be fair, just getting worse over time.

[@dom8005]

I am Peterborough born and bred and grew up in the Eastfield area when the city was much smaller than it is now. There was no mattresses or rubbish on street corners, or any homeless in city centre.

[@paulmcallister8948]

Finally someone with gumption who is willing to call out the demise of this once great nation! I salute you sir! 🫡🤛

[@johnbeagley8162]

Ive lived South of River Nene in Woodston fur 36 years Its slowly but surley changing all around me .

[@adsseats4838]

Fond memories of Crown to Town it’s heartbreaking but Millfield is a no-go zone for me nowadays especially at night

[@DewiPridmore]

I wonder why???❤

[@piotrzzz5508]

Bye bye Great Britain.

[@susan0ne]

Hi Daren goodluck you seem a fantastic fella. God bless you.x

[@jaythebeatmaker1272]

I was born here and yes it was lovely 30years ago we had clean streets people were not homeless and we had many shops clubs pubs and more in the late 90 there was a drug epidemic and then the influx of migration due to Peterborough been on the fens having a lot of factory and land work it’s changed dramatically the hospital opened 13 years ago and they said there was not enough beds then but the ratio of new communities popping up it’s horrendous trying to get even on the hospital grounds it’s jam packed and no spaces to park at all if you need to go. We had two hospitals one by the railway over the blue bridge just past there and one in the same place this new one was built but it’s crazy. There’s no big chain shopping no more John Lewis pulled out of the shopping Center and many shops have gone through that. I did not understand why they thought it was a fantastic idea for a university as there no night life not shopping experience and you have walked around Peterborough so would you come and spend 10k a year to study here. There are still some nice things like the cathedral there ferry meadows nice for a walk out in open space lakes etc but I thing they need new council members and MP as what we have are no helping anyone or the city itself.

[@4KWalkz]

I was born in PDH on Thorpe Road in the 80’s. Agree with what you say, I walk around & drive around here and see a decline, the demise of this city. It’s beyond recovery in my opinion. It’s a shame. Queensgate is a graveyard. The MP’s? They ain’t interested in improvements, only to their salary that’s all.

[@sprintlifecamp]

The only interest now is in how many small cheaply built houses they can build.

[@makeitwork3929]

It was a good idea at the first time when University was suggested but they got it right they would need a prison instead, looks like theyll need another one as there are to many people who dont care about our laws and land. Council tax buys nothing for the people and just lines the pockets of the corrupt. Bring back rates for actual utility services only.

[@dylancarter1831]

I grew up in South Bretton, back then everybody had pride in the area. I had a stint in Dogsthorpe as well. I moved away as a teen but when back to Bretton on the way out and back home to Cheshire and Bretton was a literal overgrown dump. I remembered when it started going downhill but moved before it actually did. I could never return to live.

[@HedgewitchHoney]

Lived in Peterborough for 33 years. Best thing I ever done was to move out 13 years ago. I avoid it like the plague now.

[@Ania-qb3ot]

same, horrid place, unfriendly brain dead people

[@susan0ne]

I went to Peterborough once about 43yrs ago, and I remember it being rearly nice place. Remember a long river and hired a row boat. What ashame it is now

[@grahamplumb1349]

Peterborough used to have an optimistic vibe. As a kid, crowing up in Bretton and Werrington, no one ever explained the concept to us, but we intuitively understood that this was modern, new and different. Those shiny new estates were the consequence of some really smart urban planning that prioritized social spaces - with small green areas, over the tower blocks that dominated the skylines of other cities. But looking at this depressing video - it’s clear my home city lost its leadership. Whoever the f**k the last few MP’s were/are should be ashamed of themselves. Reading the comments, it’s clear that a lot of people blame the rise in immigration, which I completely understand. But from where I’m standing, I’m seeing the symptoms of a creeping disparity between the ‘haves’ and the ‘have nots’. Knocking down the Peterborough market to create a load of expensive apartments in the middle of a cultural desert says it all. That market was one of the few places you could shop but also get to know your fellow ‘Peterborian’, through friendly banter and bit of market haggling. Whoever is on Peterborough city council is making a packet at the expense of Peterborough citizens. Don’t blame the people that live in Peterborough. Blame the ones that claim to run it. They need to be held accountable. That’s the only way to turn this sad ‘Peterborough Effect’ around.

[@JANICEJANILLY]

Peterborough was lovely 20-30 yrs ago, started the decay when Blair imported thousands of Muslims in to our county. We moved out as it was awful and dangerous but now it is spreading far and wide

[@paulmcallister8948]

Thousands?? If only it was thousands! Millions more like! 🫣😳🥺🤒

[@InputArchive]

And now it's over a million a year.

[@JANICEJANILLY]

@@paulmcallister8948 I’m talking about Peterborough having 10s of thousands, it’s certainly millions in England

[@joyskiies9709]

But there has been Muslims in ptown for years since the 1960s unless your on about around early 2000s time

[@dh1380]

Being scared of Muslims sounds like a you problem

[@AbidHussain-fb5og]

---please read--- Someone who comes from a ethnic background and born and bred in Peterborough It is heartbreaking to see Peterborough in this state. I would like to make brief points. There are different groups that work tirelessly to improve the area that hasn't been mentioned. The council and police have been the biggest let down. The community has complained time and time again but nothing has come of it. Rental market is the biggest culprit for flytipping unfortunately. (I've seen flytipping in nice places of Cambridge) The club scene in general has changed all over the UK especially after covid. I recently challenged planning for a gambling place on Lincoln rd unfortunately it was approved by council. I'm happy to give my view on video if you ever want.

[@Dylan-g8b]

Unfortunately it was approved. How is that unfortunately?😅

[@ijjijoiuj9j558]

@@Dylan-g8b he means unfortunately the his appeal was rejected and the plans to build the gambling place were approved.

[@jc-xb8ve]

Meanwhile up the road in Stamford it’s lovely

[@TheMarky199]

Left Peterborough in 1965 Linoln Road was a good place to live then. I feel sad to watch this video but thanks for sharing

[@4KWalkz]

I could do more it’s just sad to film how bad it’s changed. Maybe I will again. We’ll see

[@paulgoode5245]

No go area at night now,our old boxing gym was on York Road

[@4KWalkz]

Just been down that way Paul, worse now the suns out lol. All I see is trouble & issues constantly.

[@garyhuskisson942]

What do you know about Peterborough. Did you go anywhere else but Milfield. How dare you say that you feel like a foreigner. Why don’t you do something about it , You know sod all about Peterborough. Try walking around rest of Peterborough. You know no history. Don’t criticise when you know nothing. You didn’t go anywhere else In Peterborough. You know no history. Why don’t you stand for council

[@4KWalkz]

Haha born & bred here you fool, family go back here 150 years, great grandfather was one of the architects for the Lido. Paston born & raised, chuck a bit of Dogsthorpe, Welland & Stanground in spices & that’s me. So sit back down. I’m sure you’ll do fine with your “knowledge”.

[@paulgoode5245]

​@4KWalkz mate Gary has been here a bit longer than yourself so don't knock him please. A very good long time friend of mine and a real good guy!

[@Kydan-n8w]

I moved into peterborough 40 odd years ago. Was a clean, safe little city back then. Could start a pub crawl at the top of Lincoln Road, and if you paced yourself, hit every pub on the way into town, and meet or make a friend in every pub and club and not have a bit if trouble regardless of colour or creed....even the Muslims drank in the pubs back then...especiallythe Windmill pub....then they opened the borders....try that walk now at night....prime example of letting in the 3rd world and becoming the 3rd world

[@Pete-i5z]

Same here...moved here 40 odd years ago. Done the Crown to town every other weekend. Windmill was my local. Managed the football club out of there. All the Asian lads were great lads....by 2000, Peterborough has declined exponentially. Going down Lincoln road, thinking of how good it was back in 80s and 90s breaks my heart 😢

[@Adventureswithvinnie]

2 guys at the start are awsome and great kind human beings who have had it tough, seriously I’ve met and spoke and got to know a lot of the homeless round Peterborough and they’re like a family combinded together..

[@4KWalkz]

Yes Vinnie, maybe we can meet & create some content, along these lines to show what people are going through in 2024 if your local

[@Adventureswithvinnie]

@@4KWalkz am planning an adventure to Peterborough soon it’s changing every day so many disused abandoned buildings which could accommodate the homeless

[@lmorgzy]

If you're going to review a city, at least do it fairly. Yes, Peterborough has it's rough/dirty areas, as do all cities, but it also has some lovely areas and beautiful scenery. You literally only went to the two biggest shitholes in the city and then chose to portray that as the whole of Peterborough.

[@jameshanmer464]

I swear all the shit Peterborough gets (and also the underfunding ect...) is some scheme to buy housing stock and property on the cheap by the powers that be.

[@VinnyVanBommel]

Love people that go on about how great their city was but do absolutely Fuck all to improve it. Hire a van, get some fucking gloves on and clean it up if it means so much to you, either that or put some pressure on the council. Highlighting the worst of the city to the wider world doesn’t help, that just encourages more fly tipping, more anti-social behaviour and more bigotry. 99% of the population of Peterborough are good honest people, no matter where they came from, its the system that is fucked up, not the people. Pride creates pride.

[@4KWalkz]

That’s what the council tax is paid for 🤣🤓

[@VinnyVanBommel]

@@4KWalkz who the fuck is going to invest in the city when all that is shown is the bad side. Peterborough was built on immigration and diversity, most of the city was built by Irish and Italian families and generations later their families are still here, providing jobs for “local people” then The Eastern Europeans came to do the work that “local people” couldn’t be bothered to do, you won’t find many “local people” working on the fens in all weathers providing the food on your table. As I said in my first comment, the system is fucked, we all know that but these shockbait videos don’t help. The only way the system can be fixed is if the people come together, take back that pride, promote their city and let the authorities know enough is enough 😔

[@johnmiller2739]

The area you are showing is predominantly of ethnic minorities (majority population). There are many lovely parts of Peterborough. Like most towns the centre of the City is predominately non British.

[@tgdb4968]

Very well said and totally true.

[@sheeraz552]

like what parts?

[@DewiPridmore]

Exactly ❤✝️🙏🏻👑🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@kb_9880]

There was a white man taking a swig from the bottle. Maybe it was water. He is a ethnic minority?

[@geraldfisher5683]

New to you channel. Just Subscribed to your channel. Fortunately I only go once to Peterborough once a year to the Beer Festival. Walking through the City Centre is a bit of a culture shock. I could have been in Eastern Europe, Pakistan, or Africa. I had heard from several locals that Lincoln Road was bad. I am glad I did not visit it. You can see your concern about your City. Keep up the good work. Try a day in Luton, even worse than Peterborough ! I wish you all the best.

[@Dylan-g8b]

I only clicked on the video cos i recognised Darren on the front page 😅 good video bro ❤

[@simonfox9452]

I spent three years in Cambridge and live d in Norwich I also lived for a short time in Peterborough, and faced racial aggression for being white and hated every minute

[@paulmcallister8948]

The Glasgow lad was fantastic,. Much love ❤️

[@hammondo7]

Used to live i pboro about 30 odd yrs ago. Waterloo Rd Mill field, used to be the windmill pub top of Lincoln Rd also the Norfolk pub it was OK back then, couple of the Orton were sh t. Good luck lad. Still got some Italian mates there, used to be a good Italian population.

[@susanstones7815]

Norfolk pub was the best 👍👏🏻

[@secretanorak592]

Absolutley heartbreaking....

[@sheilafoster6213]

So sad 😢

[@sameersalaman]

I totally blame the UK'S government for unnecessarily attracting other countries then people have to come here .

[@InputArchive]

Been to Peterborough once and it was an absolute shit hole. Piles and piles of rubbish on street corners, saw a fight, someone stealing, houses that look so run down. Not sure what the solution is for places like this

[@juliethomas1309]

Lived on Angus Court in Peterborough in 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971. The entire town/area we lived in was beautiful. The markets at the end of the road, the fish and chip shop, the post master's shop. We kids would walk to the swimming pool in downtown. So many great memories. I see they took the Witche's Hat out of the park. No one ever got hurt on it, but it was sue fun to ride on. Saw the Sound of Music in downtown ... don't see the theatre there anymore. So sad to see it look this way. Same way in America ... lots of homeless and illegals living in the streets, using drugs, trashing the place. So sad.

[@sarahwinfield3989]

I'm watching your video with tears in my eyes, I was born in 1944 and left in 1966 just at the time the developement began. Where are the councellors who are responsible for this carnage. Is there a police station anywhere that the police are in because they obviously don't venture out to keep citizens safe.

[@helentucker6407]

Awful! I went to school in the 70s on cobden avenue, lincoln Rd area, it was not like it is now! Thanks for video. 👍

[@4KWalkz]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@drac7154]

Its the same everywhere in this city now its dirty everywhere and only getting worse since the council privatised the street maintenance and most places are a no go at night now you can understand why its been voted the worst place to live many times

[@milessheppardson3008]

Any city had bad areas if you you go searching for them. Peterborough is no worse than any other place.

[@holytwist]

Bollox, it’s a shit hole now and wasn’t 30 years ago. It’s been flooded with foreigners and a cess pit now.

[@002lisamarie]

Peterborough is mostly bad areas and it's better than anywhere not full of the third world and Eastern Europe.

[@simonfox9452]

Although I agree in the most I have lived in Cambridge,Norwich and this city Only in Peterborough as a white man did I feel unsafe at night,just by being white-we should all let that sink in

[@002lisamarie]

@simonfox9452 There are lots of white people but they are mostly Eastern European 🤣

[@leemichel8199]

Was brought up in peterborough. Was not so bad. Joined the army, travelled the world lived in a few places ,came back here in 2005 ,I thought i was in another country so many foreigners that were here ,now because of,the influx of migrants, peterborough has gone down the toilet .I fought for queen and country. If I knew it would turn out like this, I would never have joined, I feel ashamed to be called British, this country is doomed to failure .God bless you and your family. Lee 🙏

[@bakertelboy]

I was born and lived in the Eastgate area of the city for the first 18 years of my life, sadly the city centre is rubbish with many main retailers moved away, crappy wooden sheds as market stalls, a massive multi cultural population who simply do not want to live by accepted standards. I moved and rarely go into the city centre during the day and never at night as it’s not safe. Tony Blair and Labour started the demise by allowing mass immigration into the city

[@4KWalkz]

I know it well, used to visit my great uncle in Kesteven Walk early 90’s changed so much now

[@susanstones7815]

Bull& dolphin was a great pub as was the Norfolk.I miss them so much

[@jasonskerratt6858]

I worked in Peterborough 2015/2016 doing external wall insulation. I can’t how much as shut down from then.. Lincoln rd area is really rough and that’s where we worked most. It’s Asian area with a few Eastern Europeans and they don’t give a shit about it. There was a lovely sandwich shop that had been there years and that got shut while I was there…

[@kyuss8237]

why aren't the local authorities able to hire several or more "brigades" just to clean the town, move all the garbage away?

[@cjbrunet8663]

I worked down millfield for 2 years its lawless down there my first day working down there some young lads got stabbed up for selling crack on another dealers turf its crazy i avoid this part of Peterborough as much as possible

[@patrickallen6223]

" welcome to Peterborough". I went to Saint John Fisher RC high school on Park Lane near Lincoln Rd i believe, but grew up in Stamford. Complete contrast

[@Jfrenchie1969]

Born locally just out side Peterborough, lived here now 38 years. Once a fantastic happy place, pubs clubs etc. Now look at it. Political class say we are right wing thugs. No, we are sick of our Cities and buildings, way of life destroyed. 😢😢

[@trinity210174]

mate, totally empithise with this.. i ran the FB group Peterborough crown to town group but after several years shut it down basically because of the awful slum Peterborough has become.. Yes it has some good points but as a local lad born and bred i am gutted to see how the city has hit this low point. I still work local and walk the streets of Millfiled in my lunch breaks. Its the slum. Its the Shit hole of the arse end of shitsville. I closed the crown to town group down because i was so ashamed of what the area has become. Keep up the good work mate.

[@4KWalkz]

Hey bud, thanks for the comments, I appreciate it, I used to go in the crown a lot & know lots in there, thanks for the support, more content to come, soon, including this area. A total embarrassment, my old relatives would be rolling in the despair & disgust.

[@MrTobysDad]

I used to live in Harris St 25 years ago, it wasn't great then but a lot worse now days. Pleased I moved to another country 17 years ago.

[@razorwestham5949]

Can take you to Bournemouth or Poole in fact many places and show you the same situation. Not just Peterborough. It's called years of neglect from councils that were starved of cash from government and of course downhill from farage and brexit still waiting for his 350mill a week for NHS promised 😮

[@islandor1000]

every cities in UK look like Peterborough....

[@smithy7639]

Omg so can u confirm that the market behind Tesco is now gone 😮

[@4KWalkz]

Yup totally gone, high rise flats almost complete now

[@paulgoode5245]

​@4KWalkz yes more greed from City council

[@PUNKinDRUBLIC72]

My Mum lives in Lincolnshire, luckily not there!

[@suzannekirk7423]

Yes mate it’s shocking the state of Peterborough it’s not just Peterborough it’s every were except were the rich people live funnily enough,lived in Peterborough all my life not safe if your on your own of a nighttime,it’s a shell of its former self get rid of all the civil servants there not fit for purpose sick of it

[@DanielBrackenbury-n4t]

Lot places like it now shame country gone down so bad

[@steveallaker761]

I had many good nights in shanghai sams night club many years ago when Peterborough was a nice place

[@EastCoastSteam4468]

This is one of the worst areas, but peterborough has some really nice areas further out, I think its unfairly judged based on the bad areas.

[@mikethebloodthirsty]

Yup, none of these people visit the cathedral, the town park, ferry meadows, the area around the lido... The nicer bits of town where the museum is... These videos are garbage, yes it has its problems... But there are still positives.

[@paulmcallister8948]

Problem is the bad areas of town and cities (like p'boro) spread like cancer and soon the whole town and city is screwed! 😳🥺🫣 and yes I worked around Peterborough in last couple of years on and off! I have seen the cancer spreading! Whole areas totally overran with mostly unneeded immigration (which we pay for our own demise with taxes). Wtf? 🤒

[@4KWalkz]

I never visit? Haha I’m born and bred here, I walk the embankment every day, I see homeless thieves, drug users, needles, stolen pushbikes. Want me to carry on? Come with me & meet me. I can show all the lovely positive things, easy, but reality, take a look. My great grandfather was one of the architects for the lido, my history goes back here over 150 years. It’s a shambles.

[@4KWalkz]

Exactly my point Paul. I can show you certain areas which are overrun, bogged down. Or the lovely jubbly flower gardens to keep Mike above happy, maybe he should go for a walk with me & see it for himself. Positive vibes yes, but reality check please and your comment is very true.

[@paulmcallister8948]

@4KWalkz yeah I know what you mean. I work around the country and often stay in Peterborough (to work in the PE Postcode in Cambridgeshire and parts of soutb west Lincs). They often put us in two of the city's premier inns. One overlooking a really nice golf course. And another not so far from the now infamous Lincoln Road. Believe me, I know Peterborough used to be a lovely place to live (and still is in the outlaying areas). And it pains me to say it, but give it another 20 years at current immigration rates (which surely can only get worse with most of the world's 8 billion people wanting to immigrate to the west) and that too will all be gone. The whole country (and western, northern and southern Europe) is doomed. Swamped by a tsunami of unneeded mass immigration of mostly huge families that all need to be billeted, fed and clothed! 🤔🧐

[@Ania-qb3ot]

its a shit hole, hated it from age of 2 til I left aged 30 Always been a dead place, people there view you as a genius if they see you read a book! No hope getting a decent paid job or any career

[@jamiehomewood]

Not all Peterborough is like that. I live in Peterborough and where I live we take pride in the area. Start exposing the type of people that leave it in that state, you live there, you know the types.

[@makeitwork3929]

Good old norfolk for live music, oh what fun days, who would have thought wed be taken over and our infrastructure ruinned. Britain RIP.

[@susanstones7815]

Norfolk best pub & bands

[@reenagrateful9527]

Are you purposely searching for bad areas? All city's have them! Come to my area of Peterborough u would loveeeee it

[@claudiaranielle]

I live in Watford Here is the same. Dirty, homeless, violence.

[@4KWalkz]

Give me a guided tour with you….?

[@domk4955]

Peterborough once I imagine was a lovely town judging by the housing stock in some areas of the city. However it is a dreadful mess now, brasses turning tricks behind park cars, drug paraphernalia littering the streets, a drug epidemic, people living in overcrowded converted flats from what were originally lovely large houses. Nobody speaks English there either, so many from Eastern europe.

[@Willem-yg5rv]

I moved to Peterborough from London in 76 and it was a new town for the London over spill places like bretton and ravensthorp ,I'm now 62 and disgusted how its changed since Tony Blair opened the flood gates and feel totally unsafe in this era of dystopia. Millfield, Gladstone street, Cromwell rd areas are no go zones with Asian and eastern European migrants selling crack and heroin I see it from my window on a daily basis. Sad times indeed.

[@dh1380]

Peterborough is alright. If you think it's that bad you are some next level snowflake. If you really want a measure of decline go to Kingston on Thames which used to be the richest borough per head in greater London. Or go to Boston in Lincolnshire.

[@4KWalkz]

Let’s go together somewhere?

[@memorymuncher2738]

Not locals dodgy builders dumping their shit😢

[@MartinWhite-i5u]

Is this what our fathers died for the first day of the somme 😢

[@gravyfiend]

Ive lived in poro from birth im 52 now and ive watched its decline its a proper shit hole now

[@danielogrady6562]

Met darren a few times in wisbech

[@JRapid420PBOROUGHW33DMONSTER]

The guy at 12.46 my ex new fella 😂

[@maudieedwards9332]

Animal's are cleaner than this...not the town l remember as a child!

[@DewiPridmore]

I'm from borough, the 🐘 in the room...IMMIGRATION, too much of it, the areas you are showing aren't exactly native demographics are they? South of the river is a lot tidier. And a lot more native...❤

[@MstRaziaKhatun-ie7zn]

I am watch Bangladesh . ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@sameersalaman]

Come to Coventry its even worse 😂

[@LewisDavis-p6t]

Absolutely prick with yah innuendos mate, you've not got a clue....! Kind regards Lewis Davis

[@4KWalkz]

🤣 what “ Welcome To Peterborough “ go do a video yourself?

[@tgdb4968]

In all these areas you are showing hardly anyone speaks English

[@Ania-qb3ot]

what nightlife and 'entertainment'

[@NathanHopkins-r5x]

It shit because off the Europeans that came over because 30 years I remember being better the crown to town

[@BOXINGKINGS786]

its not jut Lincoln road its all of Peterborough its absolute mess

[@mrnobody1067]

I was away years ago with a lad called Burke who's family ran boozers there when it was lovely .Another pal lives in Crowland which is lovely too . Its a pity these areas to through this shit ! Never liked bag heads never will you need to get a lid on this your KIDS are around ffs 🙄🙄🇬🇧🇬🇧