Oldham Town Centre (Most deprived town in England) | 4K Walk

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[@PopUnlimited]

They are currently spending a lot of money and effort regenerating the town centre so hopefully it will be looking better soon. I don't mind shopping there as it has a decent mix of shops for a small town, and it's just much less stressful than going into Manchester.

[@scenicrouteyt]

I’ll have to go back and film when they have finished to see the difference. Yeah I wouldn’t want to go into Manchester all the time either

[@michaelclarke3031]

I worked in Oldham for over 35 yrs,and have seen it slowly but surely deteriorate into the complete dump it has become.

[@HaiLsKuNkY]

i am from oldham and have not been into the town centre for years, everyone avoids it like the plague, it is not a happy place at all. i also notice how everyone is walking with a limp and just looks disabled it is shockingly sad to see.

[@scenicrouteyt]

Definitely a drop from its former self that’s for sure

[@johnberry-r7f]

Oldham was one of the best places in 70s and 80s for shopping the good old days have gone along with the pub and free speech

[@scenicrouteyt]

Yeah the area has definitely had quite a steep decline over the last few decades

[@SarahRyan-w2d]

Sad to see towns like this where it used to be a bustling hub and now pretty run down

[@scenicrouteyt]

I guess once they lost the cotton industry it’s been hard to recover

[@toppleup]

A trip from the top of town, down Yorkshire St. to Mumps ... Haven't walked that path for a long time ... I do remember Mumps bus station wall from the top deck of a bus as a young lad ... There was a poem chalked on the wall which I still remember to this day ... Behind the iron gates of fate The seeds of time were sown And watered by the deeds of those Who know and who were known Knowledge is a deadly friend If no-one sets the rules The fate of all mankind I see Is in the hands of fools Home of the "Tubigrip" people it used to say on Mumps Bridge ... I am one of those people ... Does anyone remember the tower club?

[@scenicrouteyt]

That’s a great poem, thanks for sharing. What year do you remember these from?

[@nw8000]

Its true

[@TheWalkingExplorer]

06:55 Did they literally stick a cinema on to the back of that old building?!

[@scenicrouteyt]

Yeah that’s what it looks like 🤷🏻‍♂️😂

[@Paul-eb4jp]

That is a bit mad.

[@roberttaylor7551]

Yes they did it's the old town hall and old police station they have restaurant in the police but now

[@Paul-eb4jp]

Great people from Oldham, a bit rough around the edges but sound.

[@scenicrouteyt]

Yeah I felt a nice sense of community being there

[@angieogden2308]

I agree

[@nw8000]

Just looks like anywhere else in the UK no individuality just faceless corporations and interlopers

[@scenicrouteyt]

Yep, nothing independent left. However I did feel a good sense of community from the locals

[@jirapornphermsin9951]

I have visited different parts of England mainly in the South and have not heard much positive things from Oldham. I have been there many times visiting in laws around Greater Manchester area and in Oldham. I’m from Helsinki Finland and I personally don’t think this look as bad as people say it does.

[@scenicrouteyt]

Oh nice, I’ve visited Finland once when I was a teenager. It’s on my list to visit again soon. Oldham isn’t all bad, I’ve definitely seen worse towns in to UK

[@tedoneilclark4710]

Poor Oldham it looks depressed like the whole of the UK 😢

[@scenicrouteyt]

Yeah unfortunately more and more towns I visit are looking more empty and deprived

[@stephendavies925]

Tommyfeild market is now a dive full of Asian stalls a depressing place to visit

[@scenicrouteyt]

This was the only time I’ve visited. I walked through the market after I’d finished and most stalls were closed

[@staceyhall5402]

Im from oldham but ill avoid oldham center if i can its run down and not what it was when i was growing up the trams are to get people out not bring people in

[@scenicrouteyt]

Where do you go to go shopping instead now?

[@staceyhall5402]

@scenicrouteyt in shaw my local Aldi and Asda to be honest with you and I tend to do alot of online shopping as well

[@crnmldwny]

I live in Oldham it's the land of the living dead

[@scenicrouteyt]

You not like it then?

[@ColinMill1]

Back in the 1970s I knew Oldham quite well as my wife worked there but I hardly recognise any of it now. It looks awful now.

[@scenicrouteyt]

Yeah a lot of people are saying something very similar

[@markmanc-zw3td]

Looks good on a bright day - its grey & wet most times & even if its a sunny day its windy & cold .

[@scenicrouteyt]

That was actually the second time I tried to film there. First time I parked up and it started raining! 🌧️

[@markmanc-zw3td]

@@scenicrouteyt 😁😁😁👍 brilliant

[@deano3467]

Former mill towns are pretty much all in a bad way, nothing left to fill the void of manufacturing/textiles…been a slow and steady rot since the early 90’s

[@scenicrouteyt]

Yeah it’s a real shame. 100s of towns up and down the country from different industries

[@petermills9755]

Hi was born in Chadderton 1951, think the rot started in mid sixties and seventies, myself and a friend was drinking in the Hunt lane tavern and decided to head for Australia in 1974,best move we ever did, sadly family all past away, except for older sister living in Middleton, stay safe

[@scenicrouteyt]

Australia definitely sounds like a good move! Hope you’re enjoying it over there

[@MartinCollier-w5v]

you went on a good day fortunately.

[@scenicrouteyt]

Was my second attempt at filming, first time as I was getting my camera out of the boot it started absolutely tipping it down

[@dockaos924]

Oldham was a great town then Oldham council said wait we got an idea the towns been phooked ever since

[@scenicrouteyt]

Those famous last words..

[@SnowFlake-h1i]

How much the rent is for one room a month for one guy there?

[@scenicrouteyt]

I would imagine they start from around £450/500 for a room

[@susanheywood4132]

I also worked in oldham town square in the 80s it was a thriving busy town , you were fighting your way through the centre at lunch time , great shops and outside and indoor market , what a shame it has become a town no one wants to visit and we all know why .

[@scenicrouteyt]

Why? What would you say caused the downfall of a bustling town?

[@susanheywood4132]

There are many northern towns in the same predicament ,labour councils are a big part of the demise of these once great towns can't say why for obvious reasons !

[@frankduffy2413]

Oldham born and bred the decline is shocking

[@scenicrouteyt]

How long have you lived there for?

[@frankduffy2413]

@@scenicrouteyt all my life l was a teen in the 70s Oldham was brilliant great pubs and night clubs it's such a mess now it's terrible 😔

[@scenicrouteyt]

That’s what I keep hearing. Do you think there’s any chance of it coming back?

[@frankduffy2413]

@@scenicrouteyt to be honest no it's too far gone it's very sad 😢

[@joeguy-x3y]

Well now there's a surprise I wonder why hmmm

[@scenicrouteyt]

No surprise it’s most deprived?

[@SteveSmythe-h8s]

The time must be before 11am the natives don’t get out of bed before then

[@scenicrouteyt]

It was 10:45am 😂

[@SteveSmythe-h8s]

@@scenicrouteyt 👍

[@doriscasson7162]

Looks like town planners of the past have done their worst. Glad to see St Mary’s, The Greaves Arms, Church Terrace escaped their clutches, and was that Barclay’s Bank at bottom of what was Lord Street still standing? Feel for the elderly in Oldham, lot’s of places to trip up on the beautification madness.

[@scenicrouteyt]

This was my first time there so I can’t compare to what it used to be like but down Hilton Arcade they show lots of pictures of how the town had changed over the years and I know it was a boom town

[@deano3467]

Barclays has now gone, building remains. Barclays have also vanished from Ashton and Rochdale too… Trip into Manchester now😮

[@JameyLeanneCooper]

Why don't they leave everything alone it's just so infuriating whats happening now.

[@scenicrouteyt]

Starts with greed

[@agentsmith2378]

Most depraved? Clearly you dnt know wot your talking about yes its run down but the ppl dnt go round stabbing and robbing each other.

[@scenicrouteyt]

It doesn’t say depraved. It was named the most deprived town in an ONS (Office for National Statistics) study

[@agentsmith2378]

@@scenicrouteyt depraved is Manchester city center i cnt take my kid ther coz of the homeless drug addicts.

[@stanleybrierley3896]

Must have been filmed on a Saturday quite a few people about lol

[@scenicrouteyt]

Surprisingly it was a Tuesday!

[@DeanEnd-z2o]

I've traveled all over. It's not the best by a long shot, bit nowhere near the worst

[@scenicrouteyt]

Yeah I’ve also seen worse towns

[@maggiedickenson1996]

All the old mill towns have Sadly ended up like this.

[@scenicrouteyt]

Yeah it’s a real shame. Because they’re all filled with such history

[@DeborahSellars-ut3wo]

I can't look it annoys me. What a shit hole breaks my heart RIP Oldham town centre 😢

[@scenicrouteyt]

Yeah everyone keeps saying how it’s gone massively downhill. Sad to see

[@DeborahSellars-ut3wo]

@@scenicrouteyt my parents, grandparents, aunties and uncles wouldn't even recognise it any more and part of me is glad they aren't here anymore to see it. How sad is that??

[@scenicrouteyt]

That is sad. Did you grow up in the town?

[@DeborahSellars-ut3wo]

@@scenicrouteyt yes chadderton really my dad went to Bluecoat and boarded there when it was a boys only school for poor families but my mums family and my dad's all worked hard and made a success of their lives here in Oldham, chadderton and Hollinwood. They were proud of where they grew up and came from.

[@KyublEditz.]

It's not even a bad place nothing happens in Oldham walk in moss side

[@scenicrouteyt]

Next time I head into Manchester I’m planning to do a Moss Side walk

[@angieogden2308]

I live here not that bad older generation really top folk

[@scenicrouteyt]

Yeah the people seemed really friendly

[@nikkienhay]

Don’t fort all that is coming down the new market is going inside where the the building work is taking place next to the cinema

[@SabrjnIsaja]

Greater Manchester is no more. Too many rough areas no offence

[@martincook1331]

I was brought up in oldham in the 60s it's the worst place in England no prospects for anyone oldham council ruined oldham AVOID this town I've moved on best thing I ever did

[@scenicrouteyt]

Seems to be the overwhelming opinion on the town. Where did you move to?

[@uk-martin4905]

It seems the Labour council and its 'shenanigans' has destroyed the town centre, Tommyfield Market and virtually everything else. Voting for independent parties will end all this. As a town, with some fine architecture (much tragically derelict and magnificent views, it has so much going for it. I left there after 10 years, determined to get out before the town was cut off from the main rail network when that damn tram was foisted on the town and the swift 15 minute train ride to Manchester beme a 35 minute ordeal.. Visiting a few weeks ago, I was appalled at the decline of the town.

[@scenicrouteyt]

I didn’t realise they cut off the rail network. That by itself would have a huge impact on the town, let alone everything else that’s happened

[@DebraMarieMawdsley]

you must of filmed early morning try filming at wk end , it's a shit hole now . Was once the best town for shopping and nightlife! R.I.P Oldham you have been destroyed 😢

[@scenicrouteyt]

It was 10:45am on a Tuesday. That was the only time I could make it. I will go back and film another video at a weekend soon.

[@ellebeaver]

shout out the homeskis lets go making it on another list (im from higgy shiggy)

[@scenicrouteyt]

🥇

[@ellebeaver]

@@scenicrouteyt with a former oldski we love to the old ham cant wait for new ham might be less dark if ykwim

[@scenicrouteyt]

@@ellebeaver niwym 😂

[@bigjak7358]

Dead as a door nail. Not like the early 90s

[@scenicrouteyt]

Yeah I can imagine it used to be a busting little town

[@nikkienhay]

It also looks like a Sunday go during the week or a Saturday

[@scenicrouteyt]

This was actually filmed on a Tuesday

[@Kiwiboy1929]

Bolton can't be far behind

[@scenicrouteyt]

Bolton didn’t seem too bad when I visited recently. Plus apparently they are redoing the whole town centre soon

[@frankduffy2413]

Oldham is a complete mess

[@scenicrouteyt]

Yeah not my favourite place I’ve visited

[@williameiffert494]

Gutted of all life and soul

[@scenicrouteyt]

Shadow of its former self

[@TrishaRodgers-ng2xc]

😢😢😢😢

[@scenicrouteyt]

Shell of its former self

[@GreySphinkter]

What a toilet.

[@scenicrouteyt]

Can’t expect too much from the most deprived town in the UK but I’ve also definitely seen worse!

[@Alphavideorecords]

Those donuts are amazing though to be fair so swings and roundabouts:

[@scenicrouteyt]

Almost makes it worth it 😂

[@DanielJewel-e2t]

Wrong