The New Great Yarmouth Market Is Dreadful

We took a look around the new multi million pound market place at Great Yarmouth today and came away very disappointed, it’s just a dreadfully horrible over engineered characterless wooden structure . The market place had lost so much…

[@mickeyclarke7914]

The shit shed as the locals call it

[@lesliemccarthy6845]

when the traiders move out not making money with high rents then the cows can move in

[@paulinezarzoso6181]

The market chips was the best in the world the best brewers gone cus of a cow shed..

[@carlosfandango1931]

Yes a complete waste of money, creating shops when the existing shops can't even be filled 😢 shame on you Yarmouth council😮

[@catndog1000]

As far as I could remember, there was no empty ‘shops’ on the market. So Great Yarmouth council are probably very happy with the money spent and the income that it will generate for decades. If they were unfilled, the council would rightly be criticized. Unfortunately, empty shops are not unique to Great Yarmouth, its all over the UK.

[@filmsforallnations]

Why did the council get rid of the old market, which was both indoors and outdoors? I used to love Great Yarmouth Market, when we used to go on holiday to Great Yarmouth. Everybody got too use to online shopping during both lockdowns, which has slowly killed loads of markets throughout the country.

[@zombiezool]

it looks like a tram shed.

[@roberttaylor2279]

one reason l try not to go to Gt Yarmouth anymore

[@catndog1000]

I visited last week. I agree it does not have a market atmosphere, its more like a shopping centre. It’s a lovely, designed building. Very clean and perfect if it’s raining. My advice is don’t listen to the naysayers. Some people just don’t like change and object purely because its different to what they are used to. I give it 9/10

[@catndog1000]

Some people are not easily pleased, you are obviously one of them.

[@catndog1000]

It looks excellent. The old market was a sh.. hole. It was like a ramshackle, shanty town. The gluelam beams and zinc roof look excellent. It looks nice and clean inside as well.

[@nevillej9408]

Yes it looks good, but that’s where it stops, it has lost all its character and the atmosphere has gone…

[@charlie01546]

​@@nevillej9408Used to visit Yarmouth once a week but so few decent shops in the centre now. Is there still a Saturday market?

[@nevillej9408]

@@charlie01546Market days are Wed & Sat but theres not a lot there…

[@charlie01546]

@@nevillej9408 Used to go to a pub called the Gallon Pot years ago. Brilliant pub with good value food, sadly I think that's gone now ☹️

[@markt2014]

To be honest I just want the market chips 😋

[@MrMeon]

You could spend all the money in the world on Yarmouth and the locals would still moan. New Marina Centre - moan, new bridge - moan, new market - moan...

[@troubledtimes3941]

Probably because literally just meteres down the road from here, you will find needles on the floor, gangs with swords down their trousers and drug dealers handing out crack. But thats okay because new bridge. New marina Centre. New Market. While unemployment goes up. Poverty goes up. Homelessness goes up. Drug abuse goes up. Crime goes up. Violence goes up. But look at all the new, pointless things that aren't helping the issues. People are right to moan about this shit. Because it's money that has been wasted.

[@legsdymond2121]

That's because the council waste so much council tax on useless woke project's ! I stood on the new bridge for thirty minutes and then got bored ! 28 cars and no lorries Who decided a new bridge was a good idea ! That sort of money could have done a lot for the Acle Straight to stop people dying ! What's more important ! could go on ! ( Outer harbour etc ) the seafront for the bucket and spade brigade I'm glad that Plant bloke is retiring we might have some change left !

[@MrMeon]

@legsdymond2121 I've never heard a bridge or a leasure centre called "woke before" 😆😆 By bucket and spade brigade I'm assuming you mean the tourists, which without, yarmouth would be a lot worse off. I lived, worked and had to commute over the bridge for years, and it was pretty miserable at rush hour tbh, even more so if there had been any sort of accident near gapton, or one of the other bridges were closed. From what I've heard and seen so far, the new bridge has alleviated a lot of the traffic congestion so far. Even if they did dual the Acle straight, people would still moan.... its the yarco way, or say its woke 😆😆😆