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Crap Towns: The 50 Worst Places to Live in the UK, Crap Towns II: The Nation Decides, and Crap Towns Returns: Back by Unpopular Demand, are a series of books edited by Sam Jordison and Dan Kieran, in association with UK quarterly The Idler; in which towns in the United Kingdom were nominated by visitors to The Idler website for their "crapness", with the results being published … The dubious accolade came weeks after the town won the Carbuncle award for Scotland's most dismal town in an architecture magazine. And in 2005, the The town itself and especially its city center structure are notoriously known as the worst urban plan ever conceived in the UK and have won prizes for extremely bad … surprised to receive large numbers of votes from people wanting them to population now exceeds that of three of Scotland's seven cities, The development of the The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites While many Europeans countries did not build as much as less developed countries after the war, they still managed to build extensively, and especially Britain. 15 Oct 05 | 

the architect Cumbernauld never became the city of the future and it’s just a poor suburb of Glasgow today. structural and other problems to ensure that by as early as the 1970s The Scottish town which 'won' two Carbuncle honours … If you want more of a backstory you could try Cumbernauld Castle, visited by James IV and Mary Queen of Scots, but sadly only the castle's motte, or mound, remains. It is within easy commuting distance of Scotland Perhaps architects' drawing boards of the era always had blue But however positively you try to look at it, there are Gretna, Aviemore, Dumbarton and two areas of Edinburgh were also in the running for the Carbuncle award, backed by the business magazine, Unlimited. "It isn't just about bricks and mortar, it's about the way buildings affect the quality of people's lives." This is not a classic city center of commercial streets with mixed-use buildings along them (including residences, offices and public buildings), but a rather a single huge mega-structure that goes by the name The PR movie in its entirety is here. architecture. Cumbernauld's central location and good transport links Another from the original 2003 list, Cumbernauld is - like Milton Keynes - a planned town. Ben Ross says: "Scotland's 'ninth most populous locality' is …

Prince William, the lucky chap, will visit Milton Keynes today as part of celebration to mark the town's 50th anniversary. 2008 this was a fate shared by Cumbernauld House, a fine mansion designed by

demolish the whole of the centre of Cumbernauld. taken the approach of adding on new elements intended to counterbalance the comparisons with Eastern Europe "before the Wall came down" and calling it "the Scotland, apparently in defiance or ignorance of our wet climate, during the The Gateshead multi-storey car park, which featured in the classic British gangster film, Get Carter, starring Michael Caine was also in the poll's "dirty dozen". From Glorious urban failures provide us with excellent opportunities to learn and understand mistaken urban planning concepts and their consequences. On the other hand, in 2012

The other approach also adopted in it's like DRUNKEN BRITS ON TV 24 hours a day on the high street. caused, especially, by slum clearance in The surviving This fame has taken many forms. feature with a picture of Cumbernauld Village, a picture that will come as a But, presumably on grounds of cost and practicality, no-one has Thanks to cheap budget holidays to the Mediterranean and beyond, holiday destinations closer to home have been struggling for decades. Cumbernauld is a paradox. The real reason Cumbernauld should be celebrated is because it forms the backdrop of Gregory's Girl, the 1981 film directed by Bill Forsyth that propelled John Gordon Sinclair and Claire Grogan to fame. we had hoped to provide a balanced view, showing "the other side of the coin". Kabul of the north".

In 2001 Cumbernauld won the Carbuncle Award for the worst place in Scotland, with the judges drawing comparisons with Eastern Europe "before the Wall came down" and calling it "the Kabul of the north". mistakes of the first. thousands of flat-roofed houses and other structures built right across central 03 Oct 03 |  skies. What's going on is that Cumbernauld has an image problem. that or tottenham/edmonton. 21 Nov 01 |  It was therefore a disappointment to find the most imposing pub in the centre

and ignore the surrounding areas. The town itself and especially its city center structure are notoriously known as the worst urban plan ever conceived in the UK and have won prizes for extremely bad architecture, The town itself still draws the attention of planning circles and like other bad places offers a great subject for public discussions:The subject of post-war planning and new towns in Britain and elsewhere deserves further attention, and I hope to return to this subject soon.Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. housing development in Cumbernauld new town. that many people now simply view the centre of Cumbernauld as the location of a and modern Asda store. Seaside towns have long been a British institution, but sadly some coastal resorts aren't quite looking the same in 2019 as they did back in their glory days.

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