According to 4,744 people, it’s Bangor. I’m really shocked it’s not Rhyl.
Those people who voted for Banger have clearly never been to Rhyl.
Life expectancy went up in Rhyl when covid went there.
So was Rhyl just not an option on the survey?
So this Thread is just going to be a dunking on Rhyl Thread isn’t it
Is Bangor even a seaside town in the normal way you’d expect? Isn’t it just a university town that happens to be by the sea?
Somewhere like Llandudno, Rhyl or Prestatyn are proper ‘seaside towns’, where the main thing going on there is tourism to go to the seaside?
I alway forget Bangor is seaside
Never thought of Bangor as a seaside town despite its location. Is there a link to the survey? Couldn’t see one in the article.
Born in Bangor, studied in Bangor, love Bangor
Talacre is better than Rhyl
Aw man Port Talbot deserved this award.
Bangor? I hardly know her…
But seriously this feels wildly biased – Bangor is boring, sure. But it’s uni is actually a well-renowned and respectable uni so it’s a good education hub. It’s respectable even if boring.
Rhyl is example #1 for the decline of British seaside towns, death of the high street, drugs on the streets and complete poverty tanking a community. I haven’t been in about 10-15 years then but even then it was a rough place to visit.
I’ve been to Rhyl recently and worked in Bangor for a bit, I actually would give it to Bangor. It’s an absolute shit hole. It is so depressingly run down and hopeless that I think they’d be better off bulldozing the place and starting again.
That’s a surprise. Bangor is quite inoffensive as seaside towns go, and the pier has some great views down the strait and along the coast to the Great Orme.
Rhyl is so gassed when it comes to it’s level of roughness
>Multiple visitors remarked on Bangor’s “wonderful pier” and noted that while the town has suffered from shop closures in the town centre, it has some “really good restaurants” and “excellent amenities”.
“Apart from all these really wonderful and excellent things, it’s the worst place I’ve ever been to.” – Which? Magazine surveyees.
There’s a shop on Rhyl high street, unless it’s now closed down, that reminded me of something you’d find in a developing county. It’s in the unit that was once Woolworths and recently was a pound shop, but that also closed down.
The place I saw literally had stock in cardboard boxes on the floor and was clearly a collection of whatever was cheap from some source or another.
It had a weird name like Hera – I maybe mis remembering that.
Truly the worst town I’ve visited.
I went to University here and loved the people. The place itself though was an absolute toilet.
As mentioned here though, there is -no way on Earth- that Bangor is worse than Rhyl.
There is no way you can think Bangor is the worst seaside town if you’ve ever been to any other. There are dozens across the UK that have no redeeming features whatsoever, run downs from top to bottom. Bangor is just a normal little town (city) with a pier.
When did they move Great (sic) Yarmouth to Wales?
Definitely Blackpool. Absolute dive!
Wait, it’s not Rhyl?
Obviously never been to Bridlington…
Tenby
What about Fairbourne?
“This is the costal town that they forgot to close down
Armageddon come…”
Hell yeah
Just been out on my bike and rode through rhyl sea front , its up there .
Seaside city – it’s been rundown for years,I lived there for a while and it always felt that any new infrastructure is built solely for students
Each time I’ve returned since moving away it seems more and more run down, but always some new student accomidation
And as dismal as Rhyl is….feels a little bit more vibrant than Bangor
I didn’t open the article but I’m assuming it’s Rhyl
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According to 4,744 people, it’s Bangor. I’m really shocked it’s not Rhyl.
Those people who voted for Banger have clearly never been to Rhyl.
Life expectancy went up in Rhyl when covid went there.
So was Rhyl just not an option on the survey?
So this Thread is just going to be a dunking on Rhyl Thread isn’t it
Is Bangor even a seaside town in the normal way you’d expect? Isn’t it just a university town that happens to be by the sea?
Somewhere like Llandudno, Rhyl or Prestatyn are proper ‘seaside towns’, where the main thing going on there is tourism to go to the seaside?
I alway forget Bangor is seaside
Never thought of Bangor as a seaside town despite its location. Is there a link to the survey? Couldn’t see one in the article.
Born in Bangor, studied in Bangor, love Bangor
Talacre is better than Rhyl
Aw man Port Talbot deserved this award.
Bangor? I hardly know her…
But seriously this feels wildly biased – Bangor is boring, sure. But it’s uni is actually a well-renowned and respectable uni so it’s a good education hub. It’s respectable even if boring.
Rhyl is example #1 for the decline of British seaside towns, death of the high street, drugs on the streets and complete poverty tanking a community. I haven’t been in about 10-15 years then but even then it was a rough place to visit.
I’ve been to Rhyl recently and worked in Bangor for a bit, I actually would give it to Bangor. It’s an absolute shit hole. It is so depressingly run down and hopeless that I think they’d be better off bulldozing the place and starting again.
That’s a surprise. Bangor is quite inoffensive as seaside towns go, and the pier has some great views down the strait and along the coast to the Great Orme.
Rhyl is so gassed when it comes to it’s level of roughness
>Multiple visitors remarked on Bangor’s “wonderful pier” and noted that while the town has suffered from shop closures in the town centre, it has some “really good restaurants” and “excellent amenities”.
“Apart from all these really wonderful and excellent things, it’s the worst place I’ve ever been to.” – Which? Magazine surveyees.
There’s a shop on Rhyl high street, unless it’s now closed down, that reminded me of something you’d find in a developing county. It’s in the unit that was once Woolworths and recently was a pound shop, but that also closed down.
The place I saw literally had stock in cardboard boxes on the floor and was clearly a collection of whatever was cheap from some source or another.
It had a weird name like Hera – I maybe mis remembering that.
Truly the worst town I’ve visited.
I went to University here and loved the people. The place itself though was an absolute toilet.
As mentioned here though, there is -no way on Earth- that Bangor is worse than Rhyl.
There is no way you can think Bangor is the worst seaside town if you’ve ever been to any other. There are dozens across the UK that have no redeeming features whatsoever, run downs from top to bottom. Bangor is just a normal little town (city) with a pier.
When did they move Great (sic) Yarmouth to Wales?
Definitely Blackpool. Absolute dive!
Wait, it’s not Rhyl?
Obviously never been to Bridlington…
Tenby
What about Fairbourne?
“This is the costal town that they forgot to close down
Armageddon come…”
Hell yeah
Just been out on my bike and rode through rhyl sea front , its up there .
Seaside city – it’s been rundown for years,I lived there for a while and it always felt that any new infrastructure is built solely for students
Each time I’ve returned since moving away it seems more and more run down, but always some new student accomidation
And as dismal as Rhyl is….feels a little bit more vibrant than Bangor
I didn’t open the article but I’m assuming it’s Rhyl
Ngl I thought Bangor was landlocked
Rhyl isn’t even on the list.
[Here](https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/uk-destinations/article/best-beaches-uk-alhlx7E2uw1a) is a link to the original article.
Calling it the worst is a bit unfair. Lowest-scoring, sure.