Nuneaton Walk: Town Centre【4K】

The town of Nuneaton lies to the northern end of the English midlands county of Warwickshire.
It was originally known as 'Etone' according to the Domesday Book of 1086, meaning 'settlement by water' in reference to the River Anker running through the town. A Benedictine nunnery was established here in the 12th century, thus Etone became Nuneaton. The nunnery was, however, dissolved by Henry VIII in 1539 and subsequently fell into ruin.
Nuneaton obtained a market charter in the 12th century from Henry II, allowing it to develop into a key market town for the surrounding area. The town's main industries over the centuries have included ribbon weaving, coal mining and brick making among others.
The town suffered heavy bombing damage during the Blitz in the Second World War. As a consequence, the town centre had to be redesigned in the postwar years.
Author George Eliot was born in Nuneaton. Her real name was Mary Ann Evans, though she adopted a male pen name, supposedly to escape the stereotype of female writers being associated with lighthearted romance novels. She wrote a number of significant titles in the Victorian era, including Middlemarch, The Mill on the Floss and Silas Marner. A statue of George Eliot is situated on Newdegate Street in the town centre (visible just after the 3-minute mark).
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Filmed: 13th February 2021
Link to the walk on Google Maps: goo.gl/maps/iYVrnVw4ye5PWb4A9
Filmed on a Sony FDR-AX700 with a Zhiyun Crane 2 and a Rode Videomicro.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Abbey Street
2:20 Newdegate Street
3:04 George Eliot Statue
3:11 Newdegate Street
4:31 Bond Gate
4:47 Bridge Street
7:00 Market Place
8:06 Queens Road
9:25 Ropewalk Shopping Centre
9:34 Queens Road

[@floatingpeaks4584]

Please re-film on a sat afternoon so the mongs who live in treacle Town can also be documented.

[@AmbientWalking]

Beautiful and wonderful. Thanks for this.

[@4KExplorer]

Hey, thanks for stopping by!

[@dotherightthingbro]

Nice walk and important documentation of Nuneaton during this lockstep event. Most shops are shut and Saturday should have a full street market covering most of your walk. Thanks for doing this.

[@StreetFoodKC]

Great tour, thank you

[@4KExplorer]

Thanks for watching!

[@jonathansturm4163]

Looks like I’m not the only one to have buggered off then! I left in 1965...

[@jerryjohn257]

I have lived here for 2 years , this video brought the nostalgia 😭. Thanks

[@4KExplorer]

That's nice to hear, thanks!

[@divinelight1012]

How is the city and people ? Are they fun or boring ?

[@ShoeWalker]

Glad to travel with you through your videos. I love the experience so much L3

[@4KExplorer]

Thanks, I appreciate it!

[@walkwithme8601]

so nice walking tour

[@4KExplorer]

Hey, thanks for watching!

[@braydencobb9100]

The fact I go through queens road 10 times a week

[@gunnertravel]

very nice tour, looks like the city is very quiet, first like

[@4KExplorer]

Appreciate it, thanks!

[@notmcsalad303]

I’m from Nuneaton, and I have never seen it this quiet lol.

[@deborahrobinson9813]

It's a town btw

[@user-hd8yx3jf7o]

very nice.

[@smilellc4665]

It’s not I live her

[@fatherpaulstone896]

(I beg to differ)

[@leeellard8260]

Was born here. It never changes

[@user-hl9bw9pj9c]

I know the town very well, and this video wasn’t the best way to present this place! Especially at those early hours when the shop windows are still closed!

[@4KExplorer]

I filmed this in mid February during lockdown. Around 9:30am on a Saturday if I remember correctly. But you're welcome to make your own videos if you disagree with my presentation.

[@divinelight1012]

@@4KExplorer yes you did a bad job on this city . The tour walk is nice when the city is crowded and shops r open .this looks so dead and scary place to live

[@4KExplorer]

@@divinelight1012 The video's two years old. How was I supposed to make it look lively in February 2021?

[@divinelight1012]

@@4KExplorer thanks for effort but for future reference, city centre or shops r nice when they r open or people r around . If you go to nature , it doesn't matter if it's quiet or busy bcoz you r showing the pure nature

[@4KExplorer]

@@divinelight1012 You ignored my question. And what qualifies you to give me KZbin advice anyway?

[@jamesexpat55]

i want to go some day looks grate there

[@smilellc4665]

It’s really not

[@adilsheikh7081]

Its not

[@fatherpaulstone896]

Grate? You going to be grating some cheese there then?

[@notmcsalad303]

What time was this recorded? Because it looks like a ghost town

[@4KExplorer]

This was around 9:30am on a Saturday in mid-February. The media's doing its best not to show it, but a lot of towns are experiencing this, including the bigger ones like Nuneaton.

[@notmcsalad303]

@@4KExplorer yeah that makes sense everyone goes to school at about 8:30am, ive only ever seen it like this late at night, around 4 is when its busy.

[@braydencobb9100]

It is slowly becoming a ghost town bcoz when I go to the town sometimes most some of the shops are shut

[@notmcsalad303]

@@braydencobb9100 yeah covid has ruined it, i was in town earlier and the only people there were homeless people

[@braydencobb9100]

@NotMcSalad ye same I saw quite a few homeless people

[@jaykaye7025]

I'm from Nuneaton, there are some nice people but far too many chavs

[@wanTANdan]

TeaFanSi😁

[@divinelight1012]

Dead city 🤮🤮🤮