SIX disgusting towns in DORSET you need to avoid!

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How I wish I could return to the Dorset I knew in the 60s. So sad to see the decline of what was once one of the best counties in Britain.

As a teen growing up in Boscombe in the 70's it was a clean, happy, thriving area full of good guest houses and small hotels, good schools and housing, parks, walks, etc.. And then along came the mid-80s and it's changed almost overnight. Along with Bournemouth the decline continues.

I think these videos highlight problems that are nationwide: high streets are struggling everywhere, and councils have no money to spend on the various local problems.

30 years ago I lived near Weymouth. It was a lovely place to visit. In 2018 I spent some time there and was so shocked at what a shithole its become. Homeless and druggies everywhere. In the late 90s i lived near Boscombe which was a bit shit then, now its bloody awful. So sad to see how these places have, as with a lot of places in the UK have, been turned into utter shitholes.

I grew up in Redditch, Bournemouth is like paradise in comparison. When I moved to Bournemouth I asked a lad I was working with which pubs I should avoid, he thought I was asking for a rating he just didn't get the concept of there being pubs you do not walk into if they don't know you.

The reason Bournemouth wanted Boscombe was that at the time in the Victorian era it was where the rich lived. There were a few manor houses and many old Victorian houses where the servants lived in the basements. The reason that it is in the state it is now is for decades the council has used it as a dumping ground allowing free reign to landlords to create HMO's and it even has drug rehab units there.

I visited Weymouth a few years ago and didn't think it was too bad. But, this was the seafront area and not the town itself. It's shame what's happened to our countries seaside towns.

I never thought I would say this, but you are absolutely right. I have lived in Dorset for 36 years but fortunately, not in any of the areas you highlighted. I only go to Poole or Bournemouth when I absolutely have to.

As someone who was born in Poole, raised in Bournemouth, and now resides in Weymouth, I feel attacked 😭 so true though, Bournemouth and Weymouth have both become absolutely desolated pits these days, Weymouth is an absolute nightmare these days....

I went to uni in Bournemouth around 2008-2010 and genuinely loved it there, never had any problems and didn't really ever see any trouble. There were drug rehab units in Boscombe that apparently closed down and the patients had nowhere else to go so many of them just became homeless in Bournemouth; we used to bump into a Scottish guy we ended up calling Angus who always used the opening line "ahm glad yeh speak English, no-wan else 'roond here seems teh!" - don't think he ever realised he'd spoken to us more than once in his life before. Turned out he and a load of other homeless people had been on the syreets in their respective home cities and local councils had approached them and asked them where they'd like to go if they had a choice - a few said Bournemouth because of the beaches and seaside resort aspect, and the council gave them one-way rail tickets to go there. I moved out in 2011 as ai finished my course, but went back last year with a mate to see a show at the BIC; I was staggered with how dystopian everything looked, and this was in peak summer. Plus my mate had his fish and chips stolen by some absolute skaghead, utterly off his nut and walked off saying "you want your fish I fucking kill you" - soured the evening somewhat..

Brilliant film. I grew up in Poole and the whole are has become more and more rundown. We were all scared of the kids from Turlin Moor. My Dad’s firm designed the Poole Shopping Centre in the late 60’s and he said it needed knocking down by the 80’s… long past it’s sell by date… about 40 years.😂

I took my mum for what turned out to be her last holiday in 2017 and we went to all those places. She hardly recognised anything. Bournmouth was horrendous, parking charges were ridiculous and like you say, the roads especially near the centre, make you wish you'd stayed at home.

Having been born in Weymouth ( the world's first bathing resort) I was quite shocked with your description. However I have come to the conclusion that this decline is in fact widespread and terminal.

I left the UK 20 years ago because I didn't like what was happening, but I can't believe how bad it has got since then. I did some work in Swanage and Corfe Castle in 1982 and did the final part of my PADI scuba diving course at Chesil Beach in 1996. I remember Dorset as a gorgeous county, so very surprised to see it featured in Turd Towns. What has happened to the UK?

I grew up in Dorset, and I agree with everything you said except for Boscombe...I think it's one of the most interesting and vibrant places in Dorset and has some of the best cafés and beaches. Bournemouth however is the worst, I have sadly seen its demise over the last decade and more and we have the charming council to blame for that. Don't bother going there unless you want to feel utterly depressed. Boscombe has a thriving arts community, it has Chaplins bar and Boscanova café which sells the best coffee. Please don't be fooled!!

As someone who has lived in Dorset, Bradford and the Rhondda Valleys, I find it ludicrous that you can rate those towns in Dorset so badly. The truest examples of depression, despair and general hopelessness are to be found in places such as Bradford and RCT. People who think that Dorset is on a similar par with such places are either; blind to reality, lazy in opinion forming or genuinely unable to differentiate between rough around the edges and completely f*cked up

Having been born and brought up in Dorset in a small village, I saw many changes over the years to the larger towns, city dwellers arriving in their bought holiday cottages thinking they knew how to 'change' the rural countryside for the better. Portland used to be a very close knit community, despite prisons, everyone looked after each other. The Navel base was fabulous and when the seas cut off portland the navy were there to protect the islanders. Its not a case of nostalgia its country life with the influx of know it all high-flying townies who think they know better. Nothing ever stays the same but those born in Dorset especially those 'out of the way' places never like to leave. Bournemouth, Poole, Boscombe, weymouth have all changed with the influx of disrespect, even Lulworth cove in those summery days. Like all places throughout Britain, its attitudes of individuals that change these places out of recognition and sadly it will only get worse before it gets better. Your take is quite amusing for a Dorset bred like me but hopefully it will go some way to slow down the influx of 'non desirable so, thanks

Good work! Always enjoyable and amusing. Having just left Weston super Mare after 3 1/2 years of astonished disappointment Bournemouth looks like Bali in comparison. Take care out there!

This has got to be one of my favorite channels,its spot on!.have travelled alot over uk over the years,I am just shocked how these towns have gone downhill and rundown.