The UK’s Most Dangerous Neighbourhoods 🇬🇧

The UK’s most dangerous neighbourhoods 🇬🇧 myself and @baldandbankrupt firstly visited Horden a seaside town in north east England which has been compared to North Korea! The entire town was completely boarded up and derelict!

Then we headed to Birmingham to the notorious streets of Soho Road which has one of the highest crime rates in the UK. This is how it went…

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This is hon good morning guys and welcome to Horden here in the northeast of England now supposedly hen is the roughest place in the UK some people even compare it to Chernobyl and even North Korea so I’ve come here to find out if it’s true let’s find out welcome to hen Get on me I like your bike hey what well there you go not the best F interaction that guy just told me to stop filming and gave me the middle finger Jesus welcome to hoen bloody hell this place is mental it really is rough all of these homes in

Front of me and to the side of me and behind me are all boarded up all smashed in and the council have even come over and to make it look a bit better for people driving past or walking past they got fake doors look that’s not even a real door look at

That look at this home completely abandoned boarded up and all of these are as well no one’s living in any of these what a place I can see why they call it North Korea I mean it feels fake this feels like the fake town of the United Kingdom Jesus this place is creepy

Honestly and you wouldn’t expect this would you one of the richest countries in the world UK it’s hard to believe you got these huge housing Estates that are just like this abandoned with yet again more boarded up windows and doors painted doors blue one there painted windows to make it look

Nicer same thing again this whole housing estate thousands of homes this way and that way another fake door here look look at this what a strange place here in the UK hello mate do you live here disused just no one’s in there how long’s it been like this then a few

Years now really are you living here no this place is crazy mate some streets are better better than yours yeah yeah I’ll check it out mate thanks for talking to me appreciate that guys I feel like I’m back in rural Mongolia in the city of eranet we’re in West Japan the abandoned

City we found but no this is England bloody hell guys this place is filthy and very rough look at this rubbish everywhere kids bikes just left here crap then it’s abandoned house windows are all smashed in wooden doors surely no one’s living here hen you are

Rough well if you want to move to hen that’s the number you call Taylor James and you could be living on this street number 20 so if you f see a new life here in Hen give him a call blind me look at this one number nine

G they painted the uh fake window by the way that’s not a real window look at this painted it over no idea why wow look at this I mean no one’s living here hence the door yet again hello anyone there of course not fake window oh look at that there’s

A fake door put on the floor floor over there I’ll tell you this weather really enhances the mood of walking around Horden dark windy freezing cold makes it a lot more miserable being here in real life let me tell you guys I’m shocked honestly look at

This place this is the UK look at these buildings honestly I can’t believe it [ __ ] someone there sh you okay mate hello oh what Mr bold oh I’m up here in property investing I’m going to buy a house in hen really I’m thinking about

It how much can you buy one for 10 grand 10 grand I go halfs Bill let’s do it m I can’t believe this this our country what’s happening we’ve been to Mongolia where it’s those deric places that West place in Japan Afghanistan man I’m shocked this is the UK this is as

Bad as anywhere where we’ve been this is like I’ve been through some Soviet hell holes that are abandoned and deserted and no work and no jobs there no different than here this is um Britain 2024 guys I could spend all day showing you the same home over and over again

With the fake door and borded up windows but there’s thousands of them this be an hour long video but you get the idea it’s like this everywhere looking like this what a place here in hen now you’re probably wondering why does it look like this why is Horden all

Abandoned and dereli well basically back in the day this used to be an old mining Village so 90% of the population used to work here in the mines thousands of people but when it closed in the late’ 80s everyone left and just left a home homes here abandoned there’s a few

People still living here but yeah as you’ve seen most of them are left here and here you go you got a statue here dedicated to the coal miners of hen then check this out mate have a look inside Jesus be ho in the wall [ __ ] oh who’s that hello how you

Doing there hey I’ve got some under packs for sale do you need who’s that don’t close it on me Sor [ __ ] hell mate just going to B the building mate used to be a pub or Community Center I’m not sure hello mate how you doing how you

Doing P nice to see you you where you from mate you okay I’m originally from lanker but I live in Ordon no way do you like it here yeah it’s nice people are friendly I know since the mine’s closed down there’s been a few like obviously

Finances have been low AB like that but it’s picking back up we’ got an alino we’ve got a train station if you can imagine after the minds closed and you know what touch you did and it affected the whole area you know you’ve just got

To make do with what you’ve done again I like that that’s the most positive thing positive speech I’ve heard this everywhere M you spot on to be honest with you and the main thing is the people of from because I’m a YouTuber myself I do the food reviews and all

That I say that’s recognizing no way what’s what’s your YouTube channel my it’s called TFT street food reviews TFT that’s it just going to let the camera do the work here guys look at this I’m shocked can’t believe it I thought jaywick was bad maybe Western

Super mayare but this is number one here in hen look at this it’s mental can’t believe it old abandoned Caravans all of this look just left behind I’ve potentially found hen’s roughest Pub here on the side of the road it’s called Harden Victory Club let’s get in there and see who’s having

A pint at 2:00 p.m. on a Tuesday afternoon oh bloody H oh Mr VA what are you doing here I found a little Club full of friendly people at Hen what in a phoenix night is happening we’re playing I’ve stumbled back into the 1980s I’m in

This random Pub in hen I’ve walked into Mr Bal playing bingo with the locals PL 9 oh yeah five and seven yeah cheers cheers to hen cheers to1 oh yes hey get on me get me on that camera how you doing mate what’s your name my name’s Tom Tom nice to meet

You from been really I’ve come all the way from Plymouth to see hen oh hi pouth yeah have you been there yes I am when did you go few year ago nice did you like it yes I don’t think there’s any place in the South that you can play Bingo on at

2 p.m. in the afternoon get pissed and L wait for a sing song more fun it is the fun part of Brit the best part of the UK you sticky big first yes every Tuesday every Tuesday right 1:00 sticky Bingo soon as you’ve done that singer singer comes on for 45

Minutes then you have a chill normally eat whatever gr you brought over to it’s a whole day event every Tuesday every Tuesday yes I’ll be Backes see you next Tuesday this doesn’t show you the real England I don’t know what it does it’s 2:00 p.m. here on a Tuesday everyone’s getting ped up playing bingo listen to music this is it this is the real England love [Applause] It thank you guys well what do you know I thought that would be the roughest Pub in hen turns out is one of the friendliest places I’ve ever been hen’s Victory Club a good laugh and a good cheap pints let’s get out of here that was hen supposedly the

Roughest place here in England I’ll tell you what it was all right obviously the houses are all boarded up and Abandoned and whatnot but the people are a good good laugh apart from the guy that started on me and gave me the finger everyone else is really friendly well

You can’t doubt you can’t um what say you can’t you drunk only had two points I know I get drunk Easy E you can’t you can’t get fault fault can’t fault it you can’t fault the people can’t fault it mate can’t fault it welcome to Middlesboro the weather’s

Taking a turn for worst is absolutely pissing it down so I think getting a few interactions here it’s going to be a challenge mate what are we doing here I don’t know why are we in Middlesboro why have we on this tour just been to all

The hell holes of the UK why have you not taken me to the Lake District to the a of man I don’t know the silly aisles why have we done this it doesn’t get worse than this this is middles bro what a grim Place feels like I’m back in shalaw in

Belgium guys you know what we just got the mill Square it’s absolutely pissing down out there it’s depressing it’s miserable the last thing I want to do and what Mr B wants to do is walk around filming speaking to people imagine walking down the street in a piss and

Rain and I come up to you with a camera ask you a few questions I’m going to get my head kicked in so I think it’s best we sack off middles bro is that all right with you mate mate that’s more than all right with me and it just so

Happens I was looking on Flipping Google do you know what yes Wales is sunny today should we go to whales should we do it let’s do it let’s smash this breakfast look at that classic Weatherspoon breakfast and get to Wales see you then March Northern Island good morning guys and welcome to

This small town in Wales called laen Fair Park Quick G Queen droal I can’t bloody say it if only I knew someone that spoke Welsh that could say the longest Town name in the world do actually help it oh here he is now it’s Simon Wilson m please say this town name

Okay right do you want me to teach it or do you want me to just say it just say it can you say that mate of course I can mate I can say it without even reading the sign I just know off by heart why are you looking over there oh

You reading that the English version so there you go welcome to the longest Town name in the world here in Wales however we’re not going to spend much time here we’re heading to another place called real I don’t know how to say it is it real or apparently Hill has a very notorious

Bad reputation so we’re going to go there now and see if it really is that bad let’s go now before I get bashed by the Welsh in the comments I’ve got to say something Wales is beautiful all around the country is very nice you got castles

Like this behind me and you got bold people like this now whilst you’re trying to ruin my video come and explain this Castle behind me mate come on you’re a man of History I’m going to tell you 800 years ago the English were trying to subdue whales and what did

They do to do that they built castles all over the country in the mountains on the sea here in caravan everywhere to subdue the Welsh that was 800 years ago let’s see what life is like nowadays and what it’s like let’s go you heard the

Man let’s get to Hill and find out what it’s really like let’s go miles away I can’t see it this is it this is real here in Wales junkie walk up the street yeah just seen one let’s find somewhere to park and have a little walk around try not get

Battered first impressions of real I prefer it more than England you can get three hours of parking for Just Two quid look at this absolute bargain so we got the car parked there it is let’s begin a Welsh Adventure well guys this is it this is the beaches of real look at it in all its beauty the nice gray sand construction sites and nice brown Water let’s have a little walk around oh hello mate hello sir those suppose you’re from here not too far away 50 minutes down

The road how is it love a better of North Wales can’t beat it I was going to say some of the best beaches in the world but um current view it’s a bit of an exception to be honest what’s going on here building site just a building

Sight it’s pretty rough here down by the seafront you got bowling and pool Mr be’s Amusement so Mr bolds but above it I doubt people are living in now I think the pigeons are took over it all the windows are boarded up they got doors as Windows they all smashed up so I’m

Guessing no one’s living up there there you go Mr bal’s amusements bloody El load what your Ls up to today yeah are you all from real yeah how is it is it good yeah who speaks Welsh around here Shane you Shane speaks Welsh teach me some Welsh please how do

You say how are you p p PID P pen like WR in pen oh yeah and thank you is and hello how do you say hello It’s not that bad here I don’t know why it’s got such a bad rep I think it’s cuz I’ve been to Western super May Luton even my plays Plymouth here is not that bad why do you think it’s got such a bad rep mate you know what all the people

We’ve met have been super friendly they lovely just like any Northern or any British town the shops are shut but you’ve got quite a places youve got your Pub your weather spoons there it’s all right yeah I mean there’s a few shops closed up down here this used to be an

Old Victorian building that’s now closed and there’s something underneath it some jean shop or something little restaurant other than that it’s all right how is life in real or real how do I say real real are you from here yeah how is it [ __ ] really everyone says it’s a [ __ ]

But it’s not that bad mate I’ll be honest no it’s a [ __ ] why though why I’ve lived here 17 years of my life and probably after spending so much time here you probably say it’s a [ __ ] a fair enough mate well then I’m back in the car with

Mr Bal and yeah real wasn’t actually that bad what’ you think of it mate uh boring it Seaside Town nothing to do but not that nasty it’s got the worst reputation around Wales and in England as well but overall it’s fine so um don’t be scared to go to I was going to

Say Ry then don’t be scared to go to creel go there have a laugh meet some chavs but yeah overall is fine so now we need to go somewhere which is actually rough and that is of course Burmingham and if you know about Birmingham it’s got that

Reputation so we’re going to go there now and I’m going to show you one of the worst streets supposedly in the UK it’s called Soho Road you ready for this mate I’m not sure I am mate I’m terrified let’s go to Birmingham let’s do it

Well after 4 hours on the road we have arrived at SoHo Road here in Birmingham supposedly one of the roughest streets in the whole country and one of the most dangerous apparently so we’re going to park up now have a little walk around and see what it’s like here on Soho

Road now if you’re from Birmingham or especially London you might be used to seeing these what I’m about to show you but here in the UK you can Surrender Your Weapon so if you think to yourself on the day you know what I don’t fancy carrying a gun today or a bloody knife

You can hand in your weapon look at this you can surrender it here welcome to the UK I think this is the worst place I’ve been in the UK so far this is minging look at this look at the state of this I hope my camera does this justice but this goes

On all the way down to the other end look this place is filthy this is worse than pay to in Sheffield look at it everyone has throws their rubbish on the floor what a place let’s get further in now I doubt I’ll get any interactions here on Soho Road the streets are empty

Middle of winter pissing it down but normally these streets are packed full of tourists coming here going to the markets local selling stuff at the shops but yeah right now it’s empty right what they drinking here in SoHo Road I mean there’s kinds of this everywhere around here black storm 7.5%

Cider Jesus look at this massive factory here look looks like it’s been abandoned for years look at this one all boarded up smash Windows all these businesses Bill house the old building here in Soo Road nothing remains only got homes here look all boarded up as well all

Destroyed ladies and gentlemen this is broken Britain in all its beauty I’m afraid look at this just a fridge over there look it’s old abandoned house rooms available for higher I don’t think mate that’s pretty close to me is this what you picture when you think of the

UK one of the richest countries in the world I don’t know about you but it’s pretty minging I mean I could make an hour long video on how much rubbish and crap has just been dumped here in SoHo Road it’s endless for miles it looks like this City Birmingham safer cleaner and

Greener so they say not too sure about that well if you fancy moving to Birmingham there’s a house here for sale on Soo Road it’s currently abandoned it needs a bit of work as you can see you can’t even see the front door but there

You go so if you fancy moving here this abandoned home call that number there for all inquiries but yeah ambulance coming look at the old Victorian holes look back in the day these were look beautiful 100 years ago 80 years ago but now just polluted streets or below it something’s happening look there’s

Fire engines all over there all the fire brigade have gone down at alley old biler so son’s kicking off here on Soho road which is a common occurrence apparently according to the stats few businesses here look but didn’t quite survive sohoo Road Kang fashion looks like it’s been barded up for years this

One there’s a few more down here yeah look at this these are all closed just the odd shop open here on Soho Road Believe It or Not Soho road is one of the things they recommend you do when it comes to Birmingham it’s on a tourism

Board things to do come to Soho Road imagine flying all the way from America you spent a fortune to come see the UK and you come to soo Road and see this look at this place guys just crap everywhere this is right behind the street of Soho down this alley look at

It the Bin’s not exist in SoHo what he do I can see them but people have chucked their crap everywhere look at this mattress looks like it’s been there about 50 years my God down here as well and that is the main street of Soo right there

Just been walking down it but look at this what a dump I’m starting to see why people throw their rubbish on the floor theyve blocked off the bins here in SoHo Road and they don’t empty them look at that so if you want to pay rubbish in a bin can’t bloody do

It you probably don’t picture the UK to look like this but here in Birmingham especially here around the Soho Road area this what it looks like oh what’s this maybe a community park Oh no just a Dumping Ground lovely the bana motor home there in the corner and just more [ __ ] here

Dumped dumped on the side lovely and a smashed wooden gates that’s like the fourth and ambulance we’ve seen already in the first like 15 minutes this is Apparently one of the highest knife crime places in Birmingham so yeah I’m guessing a usual sites here on Soho Road ambulances and police cars

Oh what a journey it’s over Soho road to finish it what a day it’s been didn’t fancy a little walk around so her world mate I didn’t fancy it the weather was nasty yes Grim absolutely Grim what a grim we Grim week it’s been honestly been some rough places had had its ups

Had its downs but overall a good laugh in the funniest country in the world the UK and thoughts mate no B just get me out of here let me go back to some civilized place I’m out of this country as well I need to go somewhere warm yes

And not so run down oh God until next time see you later