I Walked Around SWINDON'S HIGHEST CRIME Areas; Walcot and Eastcott

[@keving331]

Some viewers may not understand the significance of the sofas in gardens. This is not fly-tipping or being too bone idle to bother getting the Council or licensed disposal firm to remove the furniture. On sink estates like these, the presence of a sofa in front garden is a status symbol. It shows that the occupants have enough benefits handouts to enable them to replace an old sofa with a new one. Those with benefits handouts that they don’t know what to do with go to the next stage and adorn their gardens with an Argos kiddies’ trampoline and, for those with the very highest status, there’ll be an illuminated reindeer or Santa Claus, on top of the porch for maximum effect.

[@JessicaFuller-t2x]

You're killing me !!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ukexplored]

hah, that deserves to be pinned so we can educate those who don't know.

[@Ineedanewbrainwashagent1.]

You forgot to mention the large screen tv that covers the entire wall of the living room .

[@keithpassant5063]

@@Ineedanewbrainwashagent1. cutting down on heating bills....

[@jerrysartain2539]

Walking from the train station to Swindon Town football stadium is compable to walking through Mogadishu at the heights of war.

[@dWFnZWVr]

0:40 When I was at college in Swindon this was the local subway. One day in my final year (2016) some friends and I went there for lunch. A man came in with a metal pipe and full balaclava, smashed the counter and robbed the place. We missed our afternoon seminar providing statements to the police. The place was closed for about 2 weeks after that. A friend and I also had our bikes stolen at knifepoint while spending an afternoon cycling from Coate water over the M4. We stopped on a bench to eat some sandwiches we’d packed and were approached by two men asking to borrow the bikes; we said no. They said they were going to take them anyway and when we stood up to stop them, we quickly had knives put to our stomachs. We then let them take the bikes. We were a good 10 minute cycle away from civilisation and on a bridlepath only accessible on foot or cycle from coate water. We didn’t fancy bleeding out there. When I was younger I did a paper round and one day as I cycled onto Springfield road in old town, I saw an older gentlemen with his trousers around his ankles doing the five knuckle shuffle and depositing his remains into someone’s front garden. I was also followed by a man when walking my dog across a field just off the old railway line (also when I was younger). I stopped to pick up after my dog and he stopped in sync and pretended to mess with a shrub with his foot. I continued to look at him and he caught my eye at which point he sprinted away. I left Swindon after university in 2020 and moved to Cornwall. Never looked back. My sister, her husband and my nephew still live in Swindon as do many of my pre-university friends. The traffic is awful, the town is dull, it’s full of perverts, pregnant teens and migrants - the next London overflow town beyond Slough. Not for me.

[@darylevans5075]

I travel quite a bit round Bulgaria, and there are many small, poor villages there. There are many dilapidated buildings, where people have left to find work. But they do seem to be proud of their country, there are a lot of Bulgarian flags flying, and can't recall seeing discarded fridges and sofas littering the place. Maybe we, as a country, have lost pride in being British. Understandable given the weakness and selfishness of successive governments.

[@StennMathis]

What happened is Britain has grown complacent and fat off of past glories. We still bang on about the war and beating the Germans but since then sold our industry to every Chong Tunde and Rajesh... What have we done to feel proud of since the war or Boudicca? I'm not talking about a beautiful country side and rural areas that most brits don't even frequent anyway... And all the world has beautiful architecture not just England... So what do we produce that the rest of the world values needs or admires? At this point the greater part of the earth is at least bilingual but no, not us brits we're British! I could go on but see what I mean? The world has moved on in innovation whilst we're still "Dann the pub"

[@CARLIN4737]

Half the Bulgarian population landed in Swindon/Bristol areas the other half in London bringing there rubbish with them.

[@Anticommunism99]

​​@@CARLIN4737Hold your horses right there !!!! Bulgarians in Britain are WORKING their asses off ,paying taxes ,not doing crimes and murders like Muslims and Africans .We are not loud like Muslims ,we are an Orthodox White Christians with very good manners and can only help the economy of the UK . If you are talking about the Gypsies they are problem of India cause they originate from there .Yes they are lazy ,don't pay taxes and rely on government help . But still Bulgarian gypsies are civilised and not murderers and rapists like most of the illegals . If Polish ,Bulgarians ,Romanians, Lithuanians leave the UK your construction will be in so much trouble since we built most of it .

[@bobbymozza]

Have you seen videos of the Roma housing estates? Search "Bulgaria litter".

[@bigboost2641]

This seems to have increased along with diversity!

[@urbanpulsewalks]

I was in the RAF at Brize Norton in the early eighties. I used to like to Visit Swindon on a Saturday and the town centre was a bustling hive of activity. Used to pop in to the big town centre pub which was always busy of a lunchtime, back a horse in the bookies and then go to the football ground to watch Swindon Town play. We also used to go to the Brunel Rooms nightclub quite often. The town now looks a pale shadow of it's former self.

[@garrymcgauran4978]

Sad to see this about Walcott. I used to visit my cousins on Frobisher Dr every few summers in the 80's. I have fond memories of playing on the streets and parks around there. It was certainly different to rural Ireland where I grew but I remember it being a happy and fun place. I even joined my cousin on his early morning paper round, where we'd pick up the papers at 6am from the newsagents in Sussex Square and deliver to the surrounding flats and houses. There were a few tough nuts knocking about the square, but never anything that bothered us much. The local boozer, The Bulldog, did have a reputation but it never stopped my parents and aunts & uncles going there. Whilst my relations moved from that area in the 90's, it's still sad to see it painted in such a poor light. I'm sure there are lots of good people still living there. My cousins for their part went on to do good things with their lives.

[@pgsmith22]

Ah, The Bulldog! Now there's a name from my forgotten past!

[@ukexplored]

Hope you enjoyed this look inside a couple of the highest crime areas in Swindon. As always, all comments, questions, and feedback is welcome!

[@Budgiearmy]

Your the gota

[@Budgiearmy]

Goat*

[@Budgiearmy]

The English flag belongs to and history teacher lol

[@justincook8329]

This is the bad bit pls look at the good bit🤗

[@dodgeboy9052]

Modern day Slums ... NOT the properties. ... but the way people. accept to live and look after their home n Neighbourhood.. Well. done Swindon ...Mind you I see that the local council. has a weed management program while they sit on their arse n earn over 80 thou a year ..

[@davidthomas3826]

It looks almost dystopian. The decay and neglect prove that we have just given up

[@_boracic_atreus_23]

I live abroad but recently came over to London on a quick business trip. I actually grew up in Swindon and after seeing your previous video on the town center decided to extend my stay over a weekend to go back and visit the town. Not been there since probably around 2009. Its genuinely depressing to see what it has become. Swindon never had the greatest reputation...being so close to nice places like Bath, Oxford and Cheltenham and the bigger, more exciting places like Reading and Bristol, it always had a bit of a downmarket, provincial rep. But the town center and the old town were always bustling places. I've spent a lot of time in Eastern Europe and Russia and the town centre resembles the kind of deprived, run down cities you find in places like Serbia and Bosnia (that is NOT a comment on immigration, I have no idea of what the demographics are of Swindon these days, it is simply an observation of similarity). It feels like it is a doom cycle of decline. The nightlife was genuinely pretty decent not so long ago and always really busy. You had to queue to get into places like Walkabout, the Brunel Rooms etc. My hotel was right in the center of town and on Saturday night I could barely recognize the place compared to how it was when I grew up. The nightlife has literally gone. In the 90s and 00s Swindon was a pretty good place to live, it had worked hard to improve its reputation and there was a lot of jobs and industry, but now it just looks like a run down backwater of a failed state.

[@strattonlad1228]

You are spot on. Swindon is a shadow of its former self. Night life used to be great.

[@WaniZame]

Swindon fell into a freefall of decline around the time of Brexit (not saying that’s to blame just that’s the timing) as late as 2017 you could have a decent night out but the last decade has been cruel to Swindon. The council have given up on the town centre and central Swindon in general and now pump all the money into the suburbs to keep the middle classes happy. It’s a sad state of affairs.

[@electronicearnings]

I love sofa and fridge freezer counters and the bit at 4:50! (That bit is my favourite!)

[@chris-non-voter]

Coming to a town near you - or your town. This country has had it. Its been infested with a sub culture that will eat away anything nice.

[@ukexplored]

The wealth divide is definitely becoming more polarising, which is depressing. But I have hope that something will change, we have to.

[@bigboost2641]

Import 3rd world people and you import 3rd world problems.

[@unkutmusic3293]

The tower blocks you mentioned are in the parks - park north to be exact theres a park south as well

[@SaraSamGo]

Hi @ukexplored - great vid! I was just wondering if you have ever gotten lost while you’re walking around these areas?

[@richardarthur-nycstories]

You're getting closer to the area that I grew up in, Park South. Though I haven't visited there since the 90s. After football we used to walk through Walcot to get to Park South, but Walcot was a paradise compared to Park South back then. Back in the early 80s I used to drink regularly in a pub in Eastcott called The George, and by all accounts I was born there as well, assuming that the old Victoria Hospital was in Eastcott.

[@freespeechadvocate7492]

The old Victoria Hospital it on the roundabout that joins Kingshill road to Okus road. Its flats now but still has the same exterior. I was born and bread in Walcot in 1976 and through the 80s and 90s, I was to scared to go to Parks South, mainly Cavendish Square.

[@barbarahalkyard1901]

Some people just have no respect.For the communities they live in. Disgusting how some people live.I was born on a council estate . The neighbours looked out for one another. You took pride in the area . No anti social behavior.Parents knew where their children where and who they where with. Im 71 now not got many years left on this Planet .And the way it is these days I honestly couldnt care less.This country has gone right down the toilet.

[@DavidJohnson-cl4zk]

The sofa and freezer counters I feel would of been over shadowed by the mattress count

[@markhayden1]

I had no idea that places like this were even possible in the UK!

[@gracemae8599]

You need to visit Easton lockleaze and St Paul’s in Bristol!

[@DaddyNoNotThereIAmTheRapeBaby]

Nah, Knowle west n hartcliff got the top sofa levels and L dubz

[@gracemae8599]

@@DaddyNoNotThereIAmTheRapeBabywell obviously but Easton is very neglected aswell and is very scatty

[@LawrenceTimme]

Crazy how expensive these houses are in these dumps

[@ukexplored]

Yes, it's sad because it means greedy landlords often buy properties and turn them into HMOs and further degrade the areas.

[@I_Don_t_want_a_handle]

@@ukexplored No. Greedy landlords and HMOs never help, but it is simplistic in the extreme to think that that is the main issue. It is simple supply and demand. The more people there are, the more houses are needed. Any shortage of any goods pushes up its price. Housebuilding would be an answer, but no economy can support the cost of a city the size of Liverpool coming into it every year. We need to build a city a year just to stand still. That's why housing is expensive. There are too many people in the country.

[@twitchyyharriet]

Would be interested to see the flipside and have a tour of Swindon's lowest crime/wealthiest areas!

[@Snagprophet]

I live in one of the satellite towns and come in for shopping, cinema etc and I've always had a positive-ish view of Swindon but a lot of the residential areas are really shit. Rose tinted glasses, that said Canal Walk, main shopping area, is really shit. Not worth going for, mostly just pound shops really. Not like the good old days with Woolworths, Burger King, GAME, Disney Store etc

[@5uper5kill3rz]

I used to go there to the Cinema as a kid before they built the one in Witney, occasionally I go to the designer outlet, Shaw Ridge/ retail parks but I've never actually been to the residential areas, however Swindon is mocked a lot by Oxfordshire for being run down

[@MoochieGamez]

Just saying those shop names brought back memories :,)

[@michaelrose1839]

I live in Swindon, and went to school in Walcot in the early 1980s. It has never been as bad as people make out, and other than your usual bullying at school, I never experienced any problems.

[@jimjarvis2309]

But, hang on Michael, haven't you realised that the country is in a spiral of decline? And this is no longer 1980. I fear you may be part of the problem if you think everything is rosy for our kids. Spoiler alert: We have had Blair since then and major uncontrolled immigration. I did a short video revealing one aspect of the problem: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGLMpIiKjLiWntEsi=pNiXM67qgFCh1_Rj

[@chrisdawson6156]

What was swindon like back in the early 1980s

[@michaelrose1839]

@@chrisdawson6156 I always found it to be a nice place to grow people, and never really had any problems with the people living here.

[@chrislawton4692]

Not quite sure a lot of that was Eastcott. I live in the area and a few scruffy alleyways and some tags doesn’t make it rough. If you went round the front it would have seemed perfectly normal terrace town houses.

[@Budgiearmy]

Goddesses thank you dollop much I'm explored your the GOAT OF YT!!!!!!

[@freespeechadvocate7492]

Im a Walcot man, born and bread although I live is oldtown now which is really nice but Walcot has got worse in the last 20 years since I moved from there in 2001. The worst area in Swindon is Pinehurst followed by Town Centre and broad green.

[@mabbrey]

the uk in a nutshell

[@peterlewis1443]

Yikes, that was a bit of a shock... I remember the Eastcott area around Crombey St from the 1970s and 80s and it seems to have gone downhill quite seriously, what a shame...

[@rogercarlsson8679]

My first visit to Swindon was in 1995. I thought it was a nice calm place. I met a girl who told me all the bad areas started with a 'P'. Pennhill was one of them.

[@Dinoboy_071]

yeah a lot of knife crime and shootings happen there

[@Bertie22222]

You mention Walcot when you're showing the flats in Park north and Cavendish square in Park South

[@pgsmith22]

Eastcott meanwhile, is super high density. Is typically the location for first time home buyers, and those needing to benefit from social housing, or multiple occupancy, low rent options. i.e. those who own the land have no interest or financial capacity for enhancement or maintenance. But for little tear aways, its a fun place for mischief.

[@michaelburggraf2822]

Loosing more than 3000 jobs in car manufacturing cannot be expected to have no effect on a location. How has that been compensated ? And a cost of living crisis won't improve anything. If people start loosing a positive outlook and aren't offered proper chances to improve their lives some people will start neglecting their surroundings and, later, themselves. That can kick off a vicious cycle turning an area ready for being entered by corruption and crime. Deindustrialisation has made many places struggling - here in Germany too. But even more conservative politicians understand that decline is difficult to stop once it has started and hence try to avoid it early.

[@tomremkar]

Mieszkałem w Swindon w 2007-2008 Maxweel Street. To było bardzo fajne miasto 😢

[@ShireWitch]

Quite a lot of your Walcot section was actually in Park North. The untidiness of the council estates outside is (on the whole) down to the council no longer maintaining them.

[@Dinoboy_071]

i live near the flats that were mentioned at the start and it always smells like weed and it doesn't feel the safest of places but apart from that it does look a right state

[@BarryBethal-yv2oz]

This looks like one of the most run down areas of your videos so far I live in stoke on Trent I thought that was bad but compared to this it’s not to bad

[@ukexplored]

Yeah, Swindon needs some help. I've been following a channel on Stoke on Trent, you have some areas with the back alleys like in this video and they get dumped in too a lot. Too many people think it's OK to just dump stuff behind their houses!

[@The670533]

All the women in the market would say "alright duck" in Stoke and still do. I'd cycled everywhere and Stoke at least has a very simple traffic system (very rare). I do drive and passed on first attempt in that county Staffordshire. It's the furthest south you'll encounter Fred Dibner voices. Oo reight aah weir next to Doooorbysheeeer. XXX

[@BluenoseBeerReviews]

I tend to say that Swindon is a shit Cov...

[@skeptic9876]

thumbs up for kitty at 4:50

[@jonathans183]

I live locally. Walcot west is a wealthy area walcot East is poor and deprived that's why the house prices are high. If it was Walcot east only prices would be a lot lower. As for eastcott agreed in the main what you say but there are worse areas like Manchester road and gorse hill.

[@SharpblueCreative]

I live in Stratton st Margaret on the edge of Swindon, be interested to see a video from there.

[@ukexplored]

Looks like the area has a crime rate of 50. I’m guessing the worst you face is someone nicking a bottle of milk or a public disturbance from two seniors arguing about a parking spot 😂. But seriously, what’s your take?

[@SharpblueCreative]

@@ukexplored no take, just would like to see how it compares to the rest of the place.

[@neilkinsella9680]

The tower blocks are in park north not Walcot

[@proton600]

I’ve lived in eastcott for 3 years and had zero issues.

[@strobel6028]

Nothing at all on Hull. Hull invented the term CHAV, which is council house and violent. I couldn’t believe that in this video there were no houses on fire. Some of these areas had had the grass cut, which is impressive.

[@Fireflythebest]

As someone who lives here, the place is a hell hole. You hear more domestics here than you do genuine conversations

[@ukexplored]

The people who leave messages saying it’s perfectly fine and they never hear a thing must be the ones involved in the domestics! 😂

[@dickieblench5001]

The outlet centre is still worth a visit and the link centre also

[@samanthab1752]

I live in one of those tower blocks and all I can say is what fun!! Antisocial behaviour on a daily basis, class a drug dealers living in the building, it's always fun watching the police dragging people out of cars by gunpoint for dealing and the noise all the time is awful! The building is in severe disrepair with a water pump breaking down and not fixed and elevators that don't work properly and a list of other things, mould in the flats and a ventilation system which barely works and also breaks the 2015 laws put in place by the government, its never ending with the issues of the building and local area, 3 times I have seen the glint of a knife in a low lifes hand aimed in my direction and the issues with drugs around the area are bad, some mornings I get to see a flock of crack heads sometimes with their children all waiting around the local phone box for the dealer to drop the brown!!! Then a 15 year old chav turns up on a surron with the drugs carrying a machete!

[@damien7254]

If you want to see real crime go to Penhill

[@johnsbox]

I think some of the shots are from the Park estates. Don't recall them in Walcot. I grew up in Walcot East, but it seems from the footage that it is now much worse. At least the local shops look a lot better than Sussex Square which they replaced. Let's hope the new council can find a way forward and make the council estates worthy of living in.

[@ricardoaguiar3353]

Yes johnsbox , you are correct. To the casual viewer , getting Park North / South mixed up with Walcot wouldn´t be an issue . But having been brought up in Walcot it was a big deal as both areas had a certain antipathy towards each other . During the early seventies I remember quite a bit of gang conflict between the 2 areas.

[@loosesurfer]

As a swindonian i desperately want to get out just font want to end up anywhere as bad or worse any advice on where to move in the uk 😢

[@ThatGuyOverThere47]

Would like to see you do a video on West Brom

[@ukexplored]

Yeah, it's on my to-go list. Apparently West Brom has the worst crime rate in the West Midlands, there must be something crazy going on over there.

[@jamesblake7343]

Grew up on Savernake Street that’s our childhood park. Used to be nice up there loved it

[@davidbreakspear8776]

I used to walk from Curtis Street as a child, just so i could be around the older kids at Savernake Street rec. I think it was the 60 foot long curved slide that was the main attraction for some though.

[@dandelves]

Used to live in Swindon. Can't say i ever had any problems in these areas

[@jeffblack5024]

Love how they have double yellows on an alley you can barely get a car down.

[@emmanewman9863]

Ps since when was old town called eastcott? Are you referring to eastcott hill and road. I’m shocked at some of the alleyways. I have not been home in years, and I’m shocked.

[@ukexplored]

Are you talking about where the footage was shot? I looked up the council boundary for Eastcott and tried to stick within those lines. But one thing I come across on a frequent basis is people disputing boundaries, I do my best. 😱

[@derekp2674]

Before the railway came to Swindon, Upper Eastcott was a hamlet roughly halfway between Old Town and the site where the Station and Railway Works were to be built. There was also a farm called Lower Eastcott further down the hill (near where Broad St now meets Carfax St). Eascott Hill and Eastcott Road are what became of the old lane from from Old Town to Upper Eastcott. Further west, there was another small hamlet called Westcott.

[@robertfreeman7906]

For your information, Eastcott is pronounced Escott and Walcot was a Council house estate started in the 1960's as a London overspill estate and was always a bit run down. I know as I was born in Old Walcot which was a 1930's private estate. Do I got the Swindon anymore, no I don't

[@warmbeerfreezone]

Missed a sofa at 5.27 in front garden under rubbish facing house behind wall 🛋

[@tony359]

May I suggest you look into the framerate you use to shoot your videos? There is an excessive amount of stuttering which is pretty annoying. This should be the by-product of framerate conversion. If you do your final encode at 60Hz, make sure you shoot at 60Hz and so on. I hope this helps! :)

[@ukexplored]

Thanks. It is annoying, I agree and I have tried to resolve it. We use three different cameras, and the editing software does throw out some errors. I haven’t checked what frame rate all devices record in actually, I’ll see if I can at least sync them.

[@thehumancanary131]

Why don't the British have any pride in their neighbourhood? In Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and many, many other countries - the streets are clean and rubbish is minimal. 🤔🤔🤔

[@gaborhertelendy]

Maybe these british are different quality of people. It's not easy to be decent if one's family is constantly on drugs since 3rd generation.

[@ruthymccabe]

They've given up.

[@Dinoboy_071]

@@ruthymccabe and the whole country has gone to shit

[@MarkR06]

Hope you can do Cardiff soon 😊

[@emmanewman9863]

Walcott has been rough for over 30 years.

[@jwithington9347]

This channels great, should there be a change in 30 years these videos will be very interesting to look back on. These places look as bad as rust belt areas in america or like 70s new york

[@ukexplored]

Thanks, yeah I agree - it’s going to be interesting to see how these areas change going forward.

[@jwithington9347]

@ukexplored hopefully they don't decay to the level of some cities in america that half abandoned and lawless. It is possible they could change for the better as look at Poland, cities that were once abandoned ruins full of serious crime and poverty look better than most cities here now, the regeneration there is incredible

[@dave-jk6en]

I’ve lived in Swindon all my life and never heard anyone calling that area Eastcott

[@rogerhearn5243]

Yep its pronounced Esscott

[@katb4149]

I live in Eastcott, about a 2min walk from the "Top Boy" graffiti wall. I've never felt particularly unsafe here. The amount of fly- tipping in alleyways & graffiti tags everywhere though is shocking & makes it depressing.

[@DarrenMartin-x9v]

Ha! I have a mate who lives on Lennox Drive. A 30 year old woman was found dead In a Walcot street around Christmas/New Year time.

[@THEWORSTGAMER45]

as someone who lived in swindown for quite awhile i admit walcot east is a fucked up place

[@sirjohnjohns]

Swindon is such a beautiful place, really. I just hate the fact that it will stay ‘empty’. What do I mean by that? I heard that the town centre is dead and there are no shops or anything like that. Someday, when I grow up, I want to see it with my eyes but this will happen in merely 5 years or so. The persons who are going to read this and live there/ ever visited Swindon: What places do you recommend to go to and what not?

[@uk_central348]

Do some Birmingham Coventry videos next

[@ukexplored]

Yeah, those are on the to-do list for sure.

[@coltaylor7015]

Alot of the video was of park south and park north. I grew up in walcot and it has definitely gone down hill over the years.

[@theabandonedhunter3604]

I enjoy these videos? Have you done any in Worcestershire?

[@ukexplored]

Thanks! I haven’t been to Worcester yet, but I have a relative there and she’s given me the rundown on the places I should visit 😀

[@theabandonedhunter3604]

@@ukexplored there is also one in Droitwich Spa worth a visit called The Westlands, the one pub in the estate has just been bored up again. Saddlers Walk in Worcester isn’t great either (sorry if I have offended anyone reading this)

[@ukexplored]

Alright thanks, I’m always noting this stuff. And no one should ever be offended, unless they’re the ones flytipping! 😂 we should be ashamed of how the government and higher ups are behaving, that’s for sure.

[@theabandonedhunter3604]

@@ukexplored Westlands is definitely one mate… 👍

[@pgsmith22]

I grew up in Old (west) Walcot and i think its perception here, is skewed by being grouped with Central South, because Old Walcot was much better than New (east) Walcot, and Park South. The Queens Drive divide between the two is freaky.

[@Davross]

With the caveat that I left Swindon 22 years ago........ It's not pronounced Eastcott, rather Estcott. However it's not even referred to as Eastcott but rather Old town. Never felt particularly dangerous, not like some of the estates begining with a p anyway. A little scruffy perhaps but never dangerous. The idea that statistically it's got the highest crime rate in Swindon now seems bizarre to me. Much has obviously changed since I've been away.

[@Andy-wx4wx]

The alleyways are eye openers, its as if you are walking in a deserted town film set with zombies just around the corner!!!

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

I live in Swindon and I never go to these scruffy areas.

[@MarkFromEastleigh]

There's even a cat burglar on day shift at 04:51

[@barrygreen5782]

These towns and cities are hogging like a ghost town everything is being closed down etc 😢😢😢

[@ukexplored]

Yeah, it’s sad, honestly, isn’t it.

[@kimmaddison8686]

sofa in garden is great u can rent it out 4 10 a night with blanket pillow and cup of tea

[@vanzyli]

It's quite stark how there aren't a lot of people on the street - or are you just avoiding filming people?

[@kaiserphoenix01]

How is average house prices still £250,000 though. What am I missing?

[@5uper5kill3rz]

Just goes to show how unaffordable housing is becoming...I live in Oxfordshire which practically borders Swindon, Walcot is about 35 mins from my house, yet my parents bought our house for £250,000 way back in 2007 and the average on my street now (according to right move) is over £450,000...I can't afford to move out but if I was going to then I'd be looking at the towns/villages closer to Swindon as they're cheaper, ironically this helps fuel price increases but to answer your question I think it's because Swindon is actually very close to more expensive places so £250,000 comparatively is very cheap.

[@CARLIN4737]

Westcliff near Southend will give Swindon a run for its money?

[@dodgeboy9052]

Modern day Slums ... NOT the properties. ... but the way people. accept to live and look after their home n Neighbourhood.. Well. done Swindon ...Mind you I see that the local council. has a weed management program while they sit on their arse n earn over 80 thou a year ..

[@MESSY-AF]

beautiful england

[@darkerarts]

If anyone has seen The Wire, then you know the sofa is there for the crack dealers to negotiate business in comfort 😁

[@TheBrick2]

You should go to Thamesmead SE18 london

[@unkutmusic3293]

Also eastcot is in oldtown

[@bertyaustin]

It's all judicial system's fault.They favor criminals, over decent people. If there was capital punishment for selling drugs, or any violent crime, things would be so much different and better..

[@joehilliard154]

Have you spoke to resident to get their thoughts on what it's like living in these areas rather than showing the bad parts? Thought not

[@ukexplored]

I have actually, I know several people who live there and was shown around by two friends on the day. Do you ever ask questions before assuming things? Thought not.

[@joehilliard154]

So where is that in the video? Fed up of stupid KZbinrs coming to our own town and showing a biased view. Despite being poor in these areas the communities are incredible despite the struggles they face.

[@gaborhertelendy]

How does it fell living in a dodgy place like that? What do you think, what kind of people feel good there? If you meet anyone who says: i feel good here, this place is alright, then you met the problem itself. I live in Kingshill, and i tell you man, this is a bloody tatty place. Crackheads and junkies all around, violence, drug dealers, everything gets stolen. I have to call the police for something almost weekly.

[@cartoonhead9222]

3:48 Ahhh good times. I once spent a hot summers day with a mate frisbeeing assorted floppy discs and CDs we found in a skip onto the roof of that permanently abandoned church.

[@ukexplored]

Haha, I don’t know why but that cracked me up.

[@rebeccahayes1007]

It's been a squash club for years and years, quite popular too

[@Great_WesternTVFan]

Eastcott looks like a suburb of Luton lol

[@vincerees841]

Very amusing did make me giggle when I was a kid growing up in penhill the dogs went round in gangs and the cats carried flick knives ... Yes that woman was obviously attacking vloggers 😂 yes and lucky for us old feckers we don't have long to suffer millennial UK .... Man the lifeboat

[@ukexplored]

That’s hilarious. Be careful what you wish for though, replacing the Millennials with Gen Zs comes with its own set of problems! 😂

[@ButternoteBackingTracks]

Lived in Swindon for 35 odd years now. It's never been a cultural hub, it has to be said, but I'm growing tired of seeing videos painting the place as if it's the worst place ever - it really isn't. Sure, there are bad areas, but this is the case in almost every other town throughout the UK. Try visiting Bournemouth these days, a premier seaside resort and see how run down it's become! I could spend a day filming areas in Swindon that would paint an entirely different picture. This video and others like it, are just sensationalism.

[@priscillas.5314]

Why don't people list bulky items, like sofas, on websites? Many would happily come and collect them and, if they're in really good shape, they might actually even pay for them!

[@ukexplored]

I know, right, they have so many other options, but they decide to take the lazy way out that affects everyone else around them by just dumping the stuff.

[@priscillas.5314]

@@ukexplored You're doing a great job, I've only just found you and I thank you so much for what you're doing. It is a really interesting and informative material that I wouldn't find anywhere else.

[@ukexplored]

Thanks, Priscillas, appreciate having you hear and always love hearing people enjoy my videos, that's why I make them!

[@gaborhertelendy]

I wouldn't take any furniture from these people. I don't want any bedbugs or cockroaches or any diseases. The best is to keep distance from that kind of people.

[@lifetruthseeking5808]

Could you ever do Scunthorpe lol

[@ukexplored]

Yeah, one day I'm sure I will. Scunthorpe has a reputation that deserves a visit 😄

[@DOCTORDROTT]

It struggles because the people have no pride and self respect . I lived in Swindon Old Town for a year . Wonder what colour the stabbing victims and criminals were. Drugs are also to blame

[@chrisdawson6156]

Yes I have to say the alleyways in Swindon are absolutely appauling makes me sick we are suppose to have a local MP who was born and bred in Swindon but I don't like her I hope there is a way back for Swindon

[@simonGunning-s6d]

Funny how you have showed very little of Walcot!!!!

[@user_unknown1488]

i think the lockdowns have really made alot of poor people just give up .

[@ukexplored]

yeah, throw in the cost of living going up and some other government shenanigans and things are looking pretty bleak.

[@user_unknown1488]

@@ukexplored all those sofas might not be being dumped, theyre keeping it aside for winter fuel maybe 😕

[@ukexplored]

A couple of them looked pretty comfy 😄

[@user_unknown1488]

@@ukexplored lol

[@Budgiearmy]

Ye

[@markmaskelyne]

You do not know Swindon. You were in the parks

[@ukskywatcher9598]

Seen way worse alleys in Swindon the place is full of them

[@iamphoenix3564]

Coventry bro

[@ukexplored]

It's coming, I've done a little research in Coventry, I'll get round to it.😀

[@zeckham100]

You got any good areas over there?

[@skeptic9876]

i think you missed a sofa at 5:26

[@BlackzMob]

Swindon’s factory thingy close down everyone’s lost there jobs

[@CraigAplin-hi9jk]

Swindon has jobs galore. BMW, Nationwide, Zurich, Iceland, M&S, Aldi, Outlet village, B&Q, Historic England, Research council, GWR, Network Rail, majority of these are head offices. These are only 5% of what Swindon looks like. The author of this video should do a comparison to the better parts. Its so one sided. Swindon isn't run down at all, these are minor examples. There is deffo money in Swindon.

[@fkez0510]

Nah what 💀 I went up to Swindon once to visit this girl. We literally walked under that part at 0:44

[@DJSwezzleMusic]

By far the most run down place you have covered.

[@astra-rb6sz]

Never any excuse for mess .