THE EIGHT BIGGEST TURDTOWNS IN CUMBRIA

#cumbria #england #holiday #lakedistrictnationalpark #turdtowns #uk
Alright it's a new month on the channel and we finally accomplished our goal of getting up north in England. We visited Cumbria a county which is a hot tourist destination for The Lake District. Places like Windermere and Keswick are world famous. The national park is fully of mountains and lakes. But there's a side to this famous beauty spot that the average tourist will never see or know about. But on the Western side of the lakes are a collection of towns that nobody ever sees or visits unless you're from here! We visited gems such as barrow-in-Furness, Workington, Windermere and Maryport on our Cumbrian visit.

[@bobhead6243]

This is a great collection of facts on real places , the whole country has been let down for years by successive Governments .

[@madguruJ]

A thousand thumbs up

[@katsudon2048]

Have you not seen his poshtowns videos

[@Suve35967]

​@@katsudon2048Where the politicians live.

[@christopherwhittaker2620]

@@katsudon2048no, his ignorance of why the water is orange in Whitehaven disproves your comment. Add to that his views on Bowness which is a beautiful town then you get an uniformed click bait low brow video

[@Markyd123]

@@christopherwhittaker2620maybe they should construct a sign about why the water is orange? The average tourist will think it’s pollution.

[@Callow01]

Pretty fair assessment of Bowness, from someone who lives just up the road in Windermere. You quite rightly pointed out how much of a nightmare it must be to live there, so I’ll give you a local perspective. Weekends and holidays sees the population rise by the thousands and for a village the size of Windermere, that increase puts a real strain on everything, especially the transport links. If you can’t walk to where you want to be, it’s probably best not to bother. A 15 minute run to pick the Mrs up from work in Ambleside, can turn into 90 minutes sitting in traffic. Windermere is a terminal train station so the top of the village gets stupidly busy, but if you add poor planning of the roads around the station, there’s regularly 2-3 mile tail backs heading back towards Kendal. The roads and access to Windermere are being addressed with the new Windermere gateway project, so that’ll hopefully help people on their way down to Bowness. It’s easy to be perceived as hostile, as a local, towards tourists but without them most locals wouldn’t have decent jobs, and as a quick aside, Cumbria(especially in the Lakes), and Cornwall have some of the lowest paid workers in England, which fucking sucks when you see the 2nd homes on the lake shore, and the super cars taking the owners to them. We appreciate you all coming here, but if you could stop treating the place like a theme park, take your shit home with you(or dump it in Maryport), and maybe acknowledge that people do actually live here, I’ll spend less time silently cursing your existence 😉

[@kevin4havis]

Yes the traffic can be bad, but you can't bring the whole area down because of that.

[@TheSometimeAfter]

Shut up mate

[@strickoau]

I miss living there, as an Aussie who lived there long term, the people are awesome

[@buy.to.let.britain]

you could always move out ?

[@Brian-om2hh]

I live 15 minutes from Bowness and Windermere, and I avoid the places in Summer, as they're just too busy. Even then, I only go there in Winter if I need to.

[@rogerramjet5302]

You need to start Turd Town Tours. A national express two week tour of these gems promising the holidaymaker misery, violence and salmonella.

[@paulhanson5164]

Sounds like club 18-30 but without the sun.

[@TheKARMMARK]

That is a genius idea. The Tours would be very successful. And you could meet some of the local people as well and go down the pub with them to have a chat. The Reality TV and KZbin revenues would be astronomical. It would be like the Truman show with Turds.

[@ellemmenn2930]

🤣🤣🤣☠️

[@martinmcfred6758]

With a different b+b every night and camp sites in a 2 man tent. Would make a classic series. Anyone seen coach trip.

[@emmaearnshaw3282]

oh the merchandise opportunities!

[@MrTopHat29]

This is the reason why the harbour in Whitehaven looks orange: In Whitehaven, there is a train station connecting it to towns at both ends (St Bees to the south, Maryport to the north) However, as many of you may have noticed, there is no train tracks to be seen in Whitehaven. This is because the tracks are underground, in a tunnel that goes under the town. The rails in this tunnel often get rainwater in it, and therefore there is a lot of rusted things in the tunnel. And there is also a lot of rusty water in the tunnel, and the drainage system in the tunnel funnels that rusty water into the harbour. I live in Egremont, the town just over from Whitehaven, and all the locals agree that it is an eyesore, but the council are actively trying to solve the problem.

[@Dan-wo4bx]

I was surprised egremont, st bees and millom weren’t on the list !

[@andysneddon962]

Millom certainly and Aspatria and Silloth 😂

[@bulletholeteddy9223]

I've seen it in the north quite a bit, it's very normal to have the water dyed orange by iron when you're near somewhere with mining history

[@stonkez8452]

Quote : "Whitehaven's an hour away from the motorway so if you don't live here you don't come here" Does the lack of motorways make tourism impractical ? 🫤 What an absurd statement !! I guess it was always a hazard, high-tech. video equipment becoming available to people who barely know their arses from their elbows...

[@samroberts7404]

​@@andysneddon962silloth has some faded glamour from the promenade. It could be a nice alternative seaside town (albeit on the solway) and the golf course is one of the most challenging links in the country.

[@MrGibbonboy]

While you rip into the towns and the authorities that run them, you are often forgiving and sympathetic to the people that are stuck there, and always give some context as to why their town has been neglected. Your films go from strength to strength, and I'm glad you've been able to escape the South West!

[@christopherwhittaker2620]

His description of Bowness is a joke. Totally wrong in everything he said about the place

[@briandelamere8468]

The people in West Cumbria deserve all they get. They expect Sellafield to pay for everything and give them an easy living.

[@kevintaylor31]

​ @christopherwhittaker2620 I disagree. I went there last year on a motorcycling holiday and we decided that stopping wasn't an option. More tourists than Fowey on a bad day! Even on a motorcycle the traffic was an absolute nightmare with drivers having no clue where they were going. I also totally get what he says about self entitled retirees in their mansions. Saw a lot of that on the lakeside road.

[@leescott1775]

@@christopherwhittaker2620 he wasnt, it was spot on

[@jamesmason8436]

Escape the South West? The South West is lovely.

[@beermonster2224]

Being a Cumbrian by birth, I concur with your insightful statements which are both brilliant and well observed. I only wish those who are supposed to governing us (both local and national) had the will and common sense to watch you highly educational videos. You state the ‘bleeding obvious’ with such clarity and back it up with the statistics.

[@georgedowns4034]

Gotta be honest, ur comment doesn't make any sense but ok

[@daizyflower272]

Those who govern us, are here to distroy us. I used to visit Cumbria back in the 80s & 90s. Last time I went was 2005 and could see it gone already. But Now........ "They" are doing the same here were I live now, they are distroying Cornwall.

[@sunnyjim1355]

"You state the ‘bleeding obvious’ with such clarity and back it up with the statistics" What, by saying 15:52 "..... at the cost of the Government, and NOT the tax-payer" 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@emmaearnshaw3282]

UN Agenda 2030 explains what's going on here, all local Councils are signed up to it. These places....they want rid of.

[@raymondo162]

do you actually believe that: "those who are supposed to governing us......." give a flying fig for you or i ??

[@Nastyswimmer]

2:40 - for the interest of US viewers, yes, the pub is named after the founder of your navy. He worked on ships out of Whitehaven before he became a pirate/freedom fighter, then came back during the revolutionary war to try to burn the town. Unfortunately his crew went to the pub instead and got drunk.

[@jamesjennings1417]

You've missed the part where they sabotaged a few cannons that were so frequently used it was only discovered they'd done it like 100 years later

[@expatexpat6531]

He married one of my ancestors. We've never lived it down.

[@paulguise698]

The Pub is still there, its not Paul Jones, I think its name was the Pineapple, they keep Nets and that sort of thing in there now

[@johnmc7587]

It is call John Paul jones

[@leescott1775]

@@johnmc7587 and its closed, gonna be demolished soon

[@tlcrf80mins73]

I'm a Rugby League fan and visit Barrow, Whitehaven and Workington pretty regularly to watch my team play. All three are pretty 'rum' towns. In a pub in Barrow one time and a bloke saw the badge on my shirt and came over. "I spent a good few years down your way when I was a teenager," he said. I asked what he's been doing. Work? College? "Nah," he said. "Borstal".

[@_Tricky_]

I grew up there. Saturday nights in town were ridiculous. People were positively desperate to have a fight with anything that moved. Glad to have moved away.

[@alistairnicholson1090]

I love West Cumbria and lived there for a few years, the people generally are great. It's been criminally neglected and this is obviously reflected in your video.

[@susanofhullhumberside4753]

It's Cumberland, not Cumbria

[@SamB-gp5dm]

@@susanofhullhumberside4753 NO IT’S NOT! Cumbria is the County. Cumberland is the Council.

[@BooksAndShitButNotLiterally]

@@susanofhullhumberside4753 am from cumbria and you're wrong lol

[@trish8765]

As others mention you are incorrect. Cumberland has not existed since 1974 when Cumbria was formed by joining Cumberland, Westmoreland parts of Lancashire and Yorkshire. You could be getting confused with the facts as in April of 2023 4 previous councils (Allerdale, Copeland, Carlisle and Cumbria) have been amalgamated and became Cumberland County Council.. Therefore Cumberland is part of the administrative county of CUMBRIA. P.S. I am Cumbrian and have lived through it being Cumberland and Now Cumbria. @@susanofhullhumberside4753

[@andrewlucas9282]

@@SamB-gp5dmit’ll always be West Cumberland in my eyes 🥰😉

[@dr_dr]

When people mentioned that they lived at Cleator Moor at the place I used to work at, I noticed their colleagues would give them a look of extreme pity and actually treat them differently.

[@davids9549]

Egremont is a similar contender, as is Aspatria. I'm surprised how dire West Cumbria is - it's like the clock stopped in the 60s and they were left to rot.

[@susanofhullhumberside4753]

It's Cumberland, not Cumbria

[@davids9549]

@@susanofhullhumberside4753 Not since 1972, more's the pity. Three Shires Stone, at the head of Wrynose Pass, marked the boundary between Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire - now it stands wholly within Cumbria

[@sandragn3361]

Worked on the West Coast, at Ravenglass - definitely isolated! Though it does have a railway station courtesy, no doubt, of Sellafield. Seascale has a very good surgery - again, perhaps due to Sellafield. But it has its charms.

[@MrTopHat29]

Tbf egremont isn't really that bad. The only thing with it is that there isn't a lot to do there. I may be a bit biased since, you know, I live there, and have lived here my whole life. But some of the views you get from this place are stunning, especially of Dent and the surrounding fells. Plus you've got Crab Fair which always brings loads of tourists to the area, so yeah

[@BooksAndShitButNotLiterally]

ah, spieatrie

[@wowser1955]

Think you’ve got the wrong impression of Maryport! There are regeneration plans in progress, that’s why the church and other buildings are covered in scaffolding! The people are the friendliest people you could wish to meet. The sunsets awesome.

[@karenstokes1490]

I agree. As a Cumbrian. Maryport people are so friendly.

[@mickbeeee]

One comment you made : "People in Mayport being unfriendly" My experience, it is probably the most friendly place I have ever been to. I notice you said the same thing in a few places. Maybe its you ?

[@Turdtowns]

Maybe it is

[@oddities-whatnot]

Yes, I cant see all these places being so unfriendly. There is good and bad everywhere and often its how you interact with others that makes the difference. I get on with most people, I’m not a naturally aggressive or intimidating geezer who looks like I might be up to all sorts when I go into pubs etc. I cant remember the last time I had any problems and usually get talking to some great characters.

[@rubberyowen1469]

I was born in Whitehaven in 56 and went to school at Bransty hill. The main shopping stores were Woolworths and the Beehive back then. I thought Whitehaven was great but of course as a kid I didn't know anywhere else. Not lived up there for 55yrs now but I still have feelings for Whitehaven. Good luck to all those up there. 👍

[@allanmckeown8417]

Going into the Beehive as a kid was a treat.

[@allanmckeown8417]

Thanks, and you bud.@@rubberyowen1469

[@warrenchisholm7530]

Cheers marra 😄👍

[@allanmckeown8417]

And you marra.@@warrenchisholm7530

[@user-jh8no1zb9e]

Nothing wrong with Whitehaven , i was there 2 days ago , yeah a few stores have closed but thats the same everywhere thanks to online shopping and the brown water in the harbor only just showed up a few days ago , i have'nt seen it before in the 3 years ive lived around here

[@EricWalkerUk]

I'm honestly surprised Millom didn't make the list. I stopped there last year and it was one of the saddest places I've ever visited

[@rachcampb]

Is it not? I grew up there and was expecting to see it. I think of it as the armpit of the North.

[@EricWalkerUk]

@@rachcampb it was full of boarded up buildings and looked so run down, so sad

[@rachcampb]

@EricWalkerUk everyone forgets about the industrial part of Cumbria. It's been like that since the mines closed in the 60s and there's been nothing to replace it. Without Sellafield the whole region would sink into oblivion. I escaped, but not everyone gets the opportunity.

[@Glenn1892]

To be honest you could put another 20 on here. I visit Millom and Haverigg every few months to see friends. Although grim and isolated the people are salt of the earth.

[@EricWalkerUk]

@Glenn1892 can't deny that, people are very nice there

[@David-jq7bs]

The local nickname for Wigton's scent is 'The Wigton Whiff'

[@LiamEdgar]

Lived there 13 years you get used to it can’t even smell it anymore honestly

[@azog23]

3:15 the orange water will be from a mine. A lot of mines still get pumped out and that stain is from that. You'll see a lot of it in the north east too, especially after it rains.

[@binky_bun]

Yeah I was going to say it's just rust that gets washed out of rocks full of iron ore in the ground. Common to see in a lot of places where there are mines in ground with a lot of iron ore in them. It's not pollution it just comes out of the ground like that but it does make a very good pigment in the form of red ochre.

[@scottking869]

Ah so thats why i saw the river near were im staying looking very orange lol

[@kchodron406]

I lived in Windermere for a few years. Bowness was definitely somewhere to be avoided. Crowded chavvy nightmare in the summer, especially since covid.

[@user-ug2wk7db2g]

Having lived in West Cumbria for a period of seventeen years I agree completely with every word. Abandoned places and people. The County is a disgrace hiding behind a veneer of poetic landscape distortions. It was once an industrial mega machine. It is a husk. You've summed it up clinically. There are worse than your list.

[@dsgb]

I hail from Workington and lived there for 18 years before moving to Cockermouth then Carlisle then Scotland. I attended St Bees School from 1985 to 1992. The best thing about West Cumbria is its proximity to the Lake District. I disagree entirely about the accent though. Great videos sir! 👍🏻😀

[@janecartmale2884]

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[@darthwiizius]

Maryport's history goes way back, it was the Roman western frontier. I once went to a blues festival there and the main marquee was next to the Roman fort site. Yes I did get off the motorway and drive round Lake Windermere to the far side and up the little road through the slate mines to get to Maryport, it was most scenic.

[@adruralo]

I was born in Maryport and brought up there until I moved out aged 20 back in the 70’s. When I return every couple of years to see relatives. I always leave feeling very depressed and vow to never return.

[@winterthewisp]

Its very surreal hearing someone talk about cumbria, without just singing the lake districts praises. As someone who has lived here my whole life (and visits most of these places often) its interesting hearing similar points of views to many of the locals. For example wigton and whitehaven are often regarded as some of the scummiest towns in the area. Its also kind of sad reflecting on the unhappy working culture of many of these places. Glad you covered my home county!

[@GretaBrown-rr9mi]

Oh really! Today Whitehaven had a fantastic Harbour Event on this beautiful day, the flowers around Town are gorgeous, the Park was lovely, the Cafes and Restaurants very busy and everyone looked happy. You mus be walking around with a paper bag over your head.

[@fatdaddy1996]

Not scummy, just poor.

[@Jim-qm9xf]

​@@GretaBrown-rr9miOf course he doesn't live there. I know who this person talking is, He comments and gets his friend and a few trolls to comment. Don't let him get in your head as this is his only chance of succeeding at life. The whole country is going downhill.

[@Max-xz8hl]

Love these videos man, look forward to the day you cover Norfolk/Suffolk 😁👍

[@heathermortimer1126]

Another awesome video, so funny, what's not so funny though is i can see a day when the whole of Britain is one giant Turd Town.

[@sircaptainchaos2388]

that's how u see the uk now no future

[@new_memeplex]

The idea of a horror film set in Maryport has potential. What was the Lovecraft story set in a decaying hostile seaside town? Dagon?

[@Suwako__Moriya]

There’s actually a Cumbrian version of the Call of Cthulhu tabletop game - I think it’s literally just called “Cumbrian Cthulhu” and you can find scans of the info book floating around online.

[@new_memeplex]

@@Suwako__Moriya Thank you, will look it up!

[@TheBeano132]

Could just make a horror film about a group of people travelling there to make a horror film and being terrorised by the locals

[@hosephanerothe1440]

TurdTowns and HP Lovecraft, I'm sticking with this comment thread. Can anyone confirm if the people of Maryport have a fishlike quality in their appearance?

[@new_memeplex]

@@hosephanerothe1440 Well, the ‘Cumbrian Cthulhu’ project is a real find, the founder has a story set in Maryport.

[@Maurauth]

i feel like some short interviews with locals would be really interesting to see what they like/dislike about living in these towns

[@FunkyTomo]

Hmm... Not very friendly places though, the locals may take offence

[@skyskieskie]

​@@FunkyTomotbh I've been here 2 years originally from Portsmouth... Nicest bunch of people I've ever met 😂 everyone is actually really friendly

[@BooksAndShitButNotLiterally]

@@FunkyTomo lmao who are you? why would we take offence? all my pals think cumbria is fucked

[@GretaBrown-rr9mi]

Hello, please read my above comment.

[@Handmemoretramadol]

You wouldn’t understand them 🤣😂🤣

[@twentyrothmans7308]

We love Turdtowns! As an ingenue, you can accidentally wander into one of these places without your warnings.

[@jacquesmertens3369]

Hint 1 for more views: add the names of all towns in the description. Hint 2: set the 'location' of your video to 'Cumbria' or whatever you want it to be to attract more viewers Keep up the good work !

[@Turdtowns]

Thanks for the tips!

[@hangarfiftyonehangarfiftyo9942]

Brilliant you should franchise this worldwide love to see turdtown Australia!

[@twentyrothmans7308]

I was going to suggest that TT visits NSW, though the bits of Sydney will take a year on their own.

[@brendabrown6187]

Absolutely love your commentry on all your 'Turdtowns' 😅 They are informative and you have a knack iof adding humour, keep em coming please, Im sure there are hundreds more Turdtowns!! Thank you for making me smile.

[@borderlands6606]

What unites many places on this video, indeed this channel, are the statues erected to remind people why the town is there. It's like, "Aww mate, you should have been here 100 years ago. It was a right laugh and everyone had money to spend." It's as if the paltry arts budget left over from paying benefits and NHS costs always goes the same way, a couple of metal blokes in miners helmets, welding goggles, or some other useful activity as a reminder how far the place has fallen.

[@iamjoestafford]

That's what has happened here in Stoke - and then the idiots at the council demolished one of them not long after it had been installed!

[@edmundsveikutis1698]

Town planners give the same kind of honers to the decimated countryside , swallow walk , kestrel close and so on . They lack empathy .

[@jamesjennings1417]

Whilst true, I think a lot of the mining ones are usually to commemorate disasters

[@iamjoestafford]

​@@jamesjennings1417 Here in Stoke they are not for commemorating disasters - they just use such statues as reminders of the city's once-thriving past, but I think they only serve to remind people of what it has lost. Meanwhile, the rest of the place continues to decline 😥

[@Suwako__Moriya]

I live in Cleator Moor. If somebody offered to swap my council house for a council flat in Carlisle then I’d take them up on their offer in a heartbeat!

[@AFCManUk]

Fun Fact: Bassenthwaite Lake is the only 'Lake' in the Lake District. All the others are 'Mere's or 'Water's.

[@NateMonoxide]

That's a myth. It's the only lake with the word 'lake' in it. A 'mere' is a (relatively) shallow lake, and a water can be considered a lake. All the meres and waters in the Lake District are lakes.

[@rachcampb]

It's grammatically incorrect to call any of them lakes except for Bassenthwaite. I flinch every time anyone adds that word to Windermere, or Lake Winderlake.

[@iandickinson6400]

​@@NateMonoxide apart from the tarns, which are tarns, not lakes.

[@slumdogjay]

I’m Glaswegian but grew up in Cumbria. Workington just a few miles from Maryport and Whitehaven. Lived there from 1980 to 91. Still visit there. Always been a bit on the turdy side. I do have a soft spot for it but it is rough and isolated.

[@susanofhullhumberside4753]

It's Cumberland, not Cumbria

[@Lucaeus]

My grandfather's family emigrated from Cumbria to Vancouver Island. I grew up on Maryport street in Cumberland, Canada. It's interesting to get to see its namesake, and the broader region.

[@Glenn1892]

You got it spot on mate. We had a conversation a few months ago at the end of one of your other Videos and I pointed a few places to look at. You featured them so I guess I helped a little. I just wish id bumped into you for a craic when you were here for 3 days in Workington. But then again I mightve been wary of you 😂.

[@samtheangler4489]

As a person who lives in Cumbria I found this brilliant and I can’t wait for the next one 😂 keep up the good work you just gained a new subscriber ME!

[@Turdtowns]

Thanks my friend

[@susanofhullhumberside4753]

It's Cumberland, not Cumbria

[@mattresbert]

Brilliant stuff I live in cumbria and found a few of these surprising Will definitely check out your other videos

[@samuraistretch3986]

Really enjoying these vids. Excited for when you get a chance to visit the Black Country.

[@Orenjen]

Super helpful vid for looking at which towns to avoid when looking to move to Cumbria! Also, why is there the some person commenting 'It's Cumberland, not Cumbria' under most of these comments? 😂

[@johnconnor3865]

I thought Cumberland was a sausage 😂

[@Orenjen]

@@johnconnor3865 😂😂

[@leescott1775]

the county is Cumbria but this year the local authority was renamed cumberland council for north cumbria , this clown thinks there being clever but they just look stupid after 20 comments .all wrong. Also whitehaven area is a great place if you want the quiet life some great little villages around with well below average house prices

[@Geesez]

Yeah and their wrong n all 😭

[@jennyspilker6092]

It used to be Cumberland but was changed decades ago so technically Cumbria is right 😁

[@SKSK-rz7br]

Great channel mate .... Love the bit where you said the old cinema has closed but you could always break in and watch a movie on your phone - Classic 🤣

[@ulysees321]

Love this channel and the vids keep up the good work,

[@lozyoung4110]

Cleator Moor is the only place I've locked my car as I drove through 😢

[@piraterubberduck6056]

I was born in Whitehaven and this reminded me what it was like being in that area when i was little or when visiting my dad who never escaped. I live in Cheshire now so quite a change. There is the lake district to distract yourself with up there and some nice beaches too.

[@scottlarrabee9527]

Absolutely perfect assessment of Bowness.

[@antstockton4099]

Love these videos they're fascinating- love the socio ecinomic context of them

[@Barbarapape]

I was born in Workington back in the 50's when the smog from the steelworks was realy bad. Then we moved to where my family lived in Aspatria, then onto Carlsle to reduce all the travelling in winter, those 70's winters were bad ones. Now i live in Chester, and i think it must be close to a turdtown, most of the shops are boarded up and the whole place looks like a scene from the 30's depression. This whole country seems to be full of places that when you visit them you never want to return.

[@davidscott3292]

Most of the shops are not boarded up in Chester.

[@Barbarapape]

Ohh no, i walked through the Grosvenor precinct, all i could see were walls of boards yes there are a few shops open but nothing like there was. Fordsham street is the only one where most premises are occupied walk under the clock past WH Smith you have Wilko who are now bankrupt a card shop, Boots and a Discount shop What was pound land is now a job centre I moved to chester in 1993 and can remember very busy streets but not today.@@davidscott3292

[@STORMWOLF66]

I loved this episode mate! I know how you feel with the seagulls & tourists! Summer is a nightmare down here i hate crowds and it’s manic here in summer plus you can never just eat in peace without being asked for change or dive bombed by the bloody seagulls😢

[@paulguise698]

Flying Rats

[@jukeboxjohnnie]

Thanks for getting up north theres loads to go on up here

[@paulpayton8238]

Thanks for sharing this I used to love the Lake District 😮

[@Talesoflife80]

Im from Whitehaven, bang on list pal well done, i heard u said u had more so egremont n seascale prob be mentioned in that, great video enjoyed it despite our misery here ha

[@Turdtowns]

I visited Seascale pretty nice

[@Talesoflife80]

@@Turdtowns nothing there tho except a coop really

[@iansmith4023]

​​@@TurdtownsSeascale is great if you enjoy peace and quiet - and a lot of people do! However,it's out on a limb; the nearest fish and chip takeaway is in Egremont (a 20 minute drive); the nearest big supermarket is 30 minutes by car; the nearest Burger King is 1 1/2 hours drive away. I live there for around 3 months a year (my work takes me there). I always look forward to going there - but after a couple of weeks I can't wait to leave. Great if you're elderly,though.

[@TheMindfulnessSquirrel]

WORKINGTON .... jaysus this place is grim. They have an annual game called "uppies and downies" ... it involves getting a ball from one end of the town to the other ... it goes on for hours, in thru peoples houses... punch ups / downs ... there are no rules... hiding it for hours ... all while people drink and fight each other in the town streets ... its a great tradition

[@Turdtowns]

I seen that on KZbin hahah

[@davids9549]

That's actually the origin of football. Seriously.

[@MrGeoffHilton]

Really enjoyed your video well worth a sub .

[@moogymog1722]

I've been researching this county especially because i wanted to look into cozy towns and beautiful landscape. But 😂I mean every place isn't perfect. So thank you. I might still try to visit this place! Very great sense of humor!

[@ropa2142]

Have not watched this yet…..but my guess is the winner is Barrow!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@richardhunter7363]

Whitehaven - the frontage for the old baths is listed and so although the rest of the building could come down, the frontage needs to stay and sharing walls with the old John Paul Jones pub means that the pub is likely to remain until the whole block is redeveloped. The marina water colour is fairly recent - thought to have come from water escaping from old flooded mine workings - investigation is still on going and hopefully a solution will be found fairly quickly. BTW - Cumbria is no more - the county ceased to be April 23 - however all but Barrow in Furness and Bowness on Windermere are in the new county of Cumberland.

[@Turdtowns]

Thank you for all that info. I’m going to stick with historic counties because that’s how I’ve done it on this channel so far.

[@cumberland1234]

Cumbria is still a ceremonial county, it is just the local government / councils which changed.

[@IndependentHeathen]

Cumberland is an historic county. The counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland were merged to form the new county of Cumbria in 1974.

[@allanmckeown8417]

Not the new county of Cumberland, the old county of Cumberland.

[@stevencowles8419]

The pub gets knocked down in the next few days

[@sammcloughlin9291]

😂 was really glad to see the title of this one, you replied to my comments a few months back and you asked for recommendations, i would never have said Bowness due to its popularity but mate you smashed it there brilliant its epitomises the worst of tourism, your analysis was perfect so funny. Really made my day, i live in barrow and im so glad it made 1st place ...

[@TheDirtyharry75]

Your channel just got a mention on the daily express newspaper today, good work buddy . 😂👍

[@StateGiant796]

Isolated with people who generally haven't lived anywhere else. They vote for a councillor who has never lived anywhere else then you get a whole council who are isolated and blinkered who then fight any development. Welcome to Cumbria!

[@susanofhullhumberside4753]

It's Cumberland, not Cumbria

[@StateGiant796]

@@susanofhullhumberside4753 True, although I've yet to hear anyone call it Cumberland in a conversation yet. And at work I'm surrounded by Cumberland council signs 🤣

[@SnorlaxGeoGuessr]

Looking forward to this one as someone who’s from here😂 Workington Whitehaven maryport all dumps surely on the list

[@SpringsteenRecordings]

Been to Maryport a few times and it really isn't as bad as this video suggests

[@carrieboultby7516]

A lovely girl that I was at uni with, Charlotte, works on one of the boats on the water. Bless her, the thought of her made me smile

[@davidcrawford8583]

I'm from the North East, but my wife and I regularly stay at a holiday cottage in Aspatria. We were married five years ago in Gilcrux. Cumbria very much mirrors Northumberland where we live. Outstanding beauty, but some places aren't good, I get it. All in all I love going to Cumbria.

[@Laila76]

Ironically the biggest turd in Maryport is the MP. I’m local to West Cumbria and I agree with some of these placings. Even more delighted you put the horror that is Bowness in there.

[@jeaniebottle6758]

Wigton spells like old Bridgwater, perfect for Bridgy folk to go & reminisce of times gone by. Thanks for another tour.

[@EarlsFishingAdventures]

This was hilarious , good video mate. Im living in Whitehaven at the moment but before i was living in Cleator moor and the joke is so right lol

[@theenigmaticst7572]

Now head south and see places around Manchester (Bolton springs to mind) - and the East Lancashire valleys!

[@andysneddon962]

....and you'll think Maryport is paradise 😂 Wait till you've been to Bacup......

[@petersheridan2993]

The waterfront has changed for the better. since my days in the sixties. The place in my memories is of coal smoke damp and miserable weather!! I was fortunate to get out and have never been back.

[@NickB_Yorkshire]

I predicted the No.1 entry before the video even started 😆 We nearly ‘accidentally’ visited many years ago after taking a wrong turn (pre sat nav days) 😂

[@keithwheeler8875]

I've just moved to Wigton I have to say I like it a lot

[@philiptownsend3622]

No. 3, Maryport. No mention of the town's Roman past and its Museum adjacent to the former fort. No mention either of the excellent aquarium.

[@lianekerr650]

Or the nice food in the lifeboat pub.

[@paulm2467]

You can’t seriously be denying Maryport it’s rightful place on this list, it’s been a shithole for as long as I can remember.

[@denholmcox9548]

It's the most depressing place I think I've ever been in the world.

[@bsibbs2667]

This was a pleasant surprise!! Love to see you rip into my home county!! Edit: not surprised my home town is number 1

[@fudge4609]

As someone who lives in Friz, I completely agree - there's absolutely nothing here like there used to be in the 1900's. Everybody just goes into Whitehaven or Workington for everything and there's nowhere to work here either.

[@RJW1967]

Another hugely entertaining vid, mate was up in Cumbria recently and said how bad Bowness was!!

[@susanofhullhumberside4753]

It's Cumberland, not Cumbria

[@RJW1967]

why are you talking about sausages@@susanofhullhumberside4753

[@hi-viz]

Hah I was fully expecting Workington, my Mother's home town and a place I've spent a lot of time over the years, to be on this list. Had no idea about the crime rate however, though I won't argue with how rough it feels. My Uncle (from here) is an alcholic so I guess the drinking culture does fit.

[@trish8765]

Omg how true you are. Born and lived in Cumbria my whole life. And I'd say you hit the nail on the head with many of your analogies of this area. The only thing I would say is we up here don't call it Maryport it's known as Scaryport🤣 My least favourite place in the Lake District has to be Bowness on Windermere, it's like Blackpool with grass.. Way way to many tourists.

[@matthewbriggs9414]

Haha, fantastic! Glad you enjoyed soul-sapping Frizington😂

[@user-vu7rv1xf1l]

Is this your town? What's it really like? I am looking considering moving to this village.

[@matthewbriggs9414]

@user-vu7rv1xf1l No. Stayed in the Lakes for about 7 months in 2021 and used that time to explore the surrounding area. I didn't spend any significant time in Frizington, just passed through on a couple of occasions and felt no reason to stick around. I would recommend spending some time in the area before committing to a move.

[@transporthub_]

Nice video you should go to Margate, Dover also Ramsgate next

[@harrylangford3797]

I think the Medway towns would be an interesting one to do an episode on. Being a local, I can confirm there are some places worthy of being called 'turd towns' here, thats for sure...

[@scottking869]

Put rochester, gillingham and chat into the same town 😂

[@mcharrisment4765]

@@scottking869 - and you must not forget Chatham sir as that place surpasses most others around The UK

[@youtubewatcher703]

Chatham and Gillingham are worst places in UK

[@fatdaddy1996]

I promise you they aren't.

[@Geesez]

As a Cumbrian born an bred (near Whitehaven..) the acky harbour is also a mystery to us.. and most of this was bob on, the council has abandoned the west/ coast of Cumbria. and yes In cleator moor people do just piss in the streets :)

[@user-jh8no1zb9e]

ive only seen that brown water just recently though

[@paulguise698]

He should do a vlog on Mirehouse, Woodhouse and Greenbank (suburbs of Whitehaven)

[@susanofhullhumberside4753]

It's Cumberland, not Cumbria

[@BungleBare]

@@susanofhullhumberside4753 It IS Cumbria. That’s the name of the county. Cumberland used to be a county name, but disappeared in ‘74, and has returned in April ‘23 as the name for a council area (borough/district) covering roughly half of the county of Cumbria.

[@christopherburton9993]

I used to deliver Chinese takeaways in Cleator Moor. One time I was sitting in my car waiting for a delivery, and a drunk lady squatted down beside my car and took a shit. I sort of sank down in the seat praying she wouldn't notice me.

[@BarrowZigger]

Can't believe Millom isn't high up on this list.

[@liberatumplox625]

Can't send him there marra, we want him to live, so he can keep making videos.

[@paulprosser4108]

Great stuff. Think this channel is brilliant.

[@Turdtowns]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@jacobleetaylor]

Finally braved it up this way have ya boys :) welcome the the wild north west

[@neilmchardy9061]

The orange water is caused by mine runoff, there was as much iron ore mining as coal.

[@tommyhurst50]

I went to Maryport a few years ago, parked up by the front and the car park had about 10 cars who all looked as though they were going to drive into th quay. It was pissing down and a miserable day. We’ve got a holiday home in Cumbria so up there every weekend and I can’t believe Carlisle wasn’t in the list!!

[@Ady19907]

Glad silloth isnt on there i have fond memories there with my gran

[@steve-bk1qd]

I love Keswick... Do Kent...Ramsgate...Dover...Margate...real dumps...and yet there is beautiful Canterbury...sure there are many turdtowns in the UK but there are also some beautiful towns and cities...however it is of course more fun to focus on the negatives...

[@foxstrangler]

My parents came from Frizington and Scaryport, but had the sense to move far away during the war. I still have cousins in Shitehaven and Excremont. Not been up there since 2018, but this footage shows how far down it has gone in 5 years. It's getting to the stage that I don't have much desire to go back. It was so nice 60+ years ago.

[@crazydiz2009]

🤣

[@user-vu7rv1xf1l]

Where do you live now? You sound like you must have found somewhere more upmarket by the way you speak? I am actually considering moving from a million pound house (that I don't own) in a posh area of London, to Frizington, because I can't bare the insecurity of rent & waste of money, & I also hate the crowds & heat, & am an avid walker of hills & mountains. I'm a loner by nature so the isolation doesn't bother me, in fact I welcome it.

[@foxstrangler]

@@user-vu7rv1xf1l I live in Suffolk. Some towns are popular second homes for Londoners, but it's possible to buy or rent in nice, quiet places.

[@markswishereatsstuff2500]

With the sun shining, the towns look pretty decent.

[@benscotti1991]

🤣🤣 i was thinking you've missed where i live then it comes up number 1 spot hahaha knew it 😂

[@russellhunter8378]

Just come back from the Lakes and, being too tight to spring for a nice hotel, stayed in Barra. I saw a woman doing Just Eat deliveries using a mobility scooter, an image that will stay with me for some time.

[@tobyjackman3212]

🤣🤣

[@mcharrisment4765]

😉😂😂🤣

[@user-ze8jn3rh9n]

Was suprised Aspatria wasn't in this list, very depressing little town

[@David-jq7bs]

Yeah, would have had Aspatria in rather than Bowness personally.

[@darksta01]

Silloth and Distington

[@THECUMBRIANYOKEL]

Nowt wring with spyatri 😂

[@darksta01]

@@THECUMBRIANYOKEL Nothing right with it either!🤣

[@tealeafuk]

I'm new to you channel. good watch thanks to you i want to go to Frome. I had to watch this one because i know cumbria well, live close to it and work in barrow alot. I would say you missed one out a place called Millon. still very good though keep them coming.

[@davidwhelan1545]

Visiting the lake District, reminded me of my terrible bike misadventures on my way to Scotland!

[@boring4606]

Maryport is known locally as Scaryport. Some good choices on here! I think Millom should have made the list.

[@paulguise698]

The Bear On The Square is a great pub

[@Glenn1892]

​@@paulguise698prefer the Knights myself when I visit but I'm from Workington so I'm hardened.

[@stephenmcculloch1915]

What? There are turdtowns in the north too? I thought I was living in a utopia up here. Thanks a lot mate.

[@mikecleasby709]

Absolutely love that the town that I grew up in tops the list…… 🤔😊

[@Alliseeissainzzz]

You should go to Birkenhead and up towards Wallasey and seacombe as none of them especially seacombe is barely ever talked about. It would be interesting

[@davidbutterworth9609]

Don’t mind Whitehaven. Spent loads of time there because it’s one of the UK capitals for Cycling. Quite a bit of effort going into renovation. Fantastic cultural history.