Wonderful video, this is my local city and have sung in the Cathedral many times. Sadly Worcester is a city of contrasts. It has some wonderful buildings but suffered badly in the sixties. Friar Street has the most unsympathetic piece of town planning I have ever seen, they demolished medieval Lych Street opposite the Cathedral at 5am in the morning, this also included Cathedral lych gate and built the ugly shopping centre which includes that helterskelter ramp at the rear which sadly blights Friar Street and the city. Something people are starting to regret today. The decision to demolish Friar Street made the national press with the Guardian describing it as "the r*pe of Worcester"
Yeah it did strike me as odd seeing that helterskelter ramp on the same street as those Tudor buildings. But then council workers are often overpaid with no skin in the game, i.e. they probably live miles away from their own patch... if I were to speculate, of course.
@@4KExplorer well the planning application got through by one vote. The fact that it was bulldozed at 5am in the morning speaks volumes. The planning department will be elected councillors so they would have been very well aware of what they were doing, I suspect some did live far away but Worcester is the county town so they should have had some awareness but they probably didn't care, this sort of thing was rife in the cities. The Germans managed to rebuilt their bomb devastated cities, we wrecked ours in the 60's and 70's instead! I imagine money was a big inducement. Why else demolish a medieval street opposite your most prized architectural asset (the cathedral) and in the process blight a historic city.
It is a shame and we can rage against these vandals and fools who made these ridiculous decisions. However we don't need shopping centres anymore so a local campaign group should form to have the ediface demolished and replaced with sympathetic architecture which blends with the remaining medieval bldgs for people to live in. Or create a city centre green space. Either way there is no need to have that anymore.
From now on, this is my absolute favourite video on TH-cam! I lived 4 months in Worcester and I left a piece of my heart there. Thank you for taking me on this (nostalgic and beautiful) walk!
....apart from the Cathedral, City is poor....if you want something to eat and a thick head, great..! Weekends after 11am, things from the 'outer rim' appear....every dialect spoken and all hotels booked....classy !
Luckily Worcester is not that big of a city. There are 2 main campuses in the city, City Campus which is pretty close to the centre, I'd say around 10-15 minutes of walk, and St John's Campus, which is on the other side of the river is about 20 minutes from City Campus, max half an hour from the centre. You can walk basically everywhere, no need to take the bus at all. I strongly recommend the Uni, everyone is really nice, and the city is simply perfect for students, with a lot of possibilities to party and shop. :)
Not really, it's mostly White English. I think diversity is great where it exists, but it's not gonna happen everywhere, and the places where it isn't as much a thing aren't necessarily bad places that need to be changed. Migration doesn't happen evenly, people from abroad come here to live in specific centres of industry and wealth, not everywhere is going to be as attractive to migrants as London.
It is very welcoming and multi-cultural like most English Towns and City’s are, the fact one of Britain’s biggest mosques is going to be built here would confirm this. The City has also donated 2 of its largest hotels to house asylum seekers, as again are most English Towns and City’s - although it rarely gets recognised or acknowledged for some reason. The City has a very high Eastern European population - in part as a result of Worcestershire having a very high fruit and vegetable exportation.
@@4KExplorer Thanks a lot. I've seen several "walk through" on TH-cam, you are right. My route consist of Bristol, Bath, Salisbury/Stonhedge, and Worcester. I thought about Cardiff, have You been there?
@@Bartolini1991 I have, yeah. Cardiff's a bit urban, but the castle right in the centre makes it worthwhile. It's a great introduction to Wales. And that sounds like an amazing tour you've got in the making, by the way!
@@4KExplorer thank you 🙂. Among all the English speaking countries I have been only in Malta. I've got my own rule that I strive to visit only little and mid-size cities. I came up with idea to visit south-west because I came across the video of this famous cheese rolling race 😆.
@@Bartolini1991 Ah the cheese rolling race, haha! That's a very good rule about visiting the smaller place by the way. You get a more authentic experience, for sure.
Very beautiful city ❤️.
Wonderful video, this is my local city and have sung in the Cathedral many times. Sadly Worcester is a city of contrasts. It has some wonderful buildings but suffered badly in the sixties. Friar Street has the most unsympathetic piece of town planning I have ever seen, they demolished medieval Lych Street opposite the Cathedral at 5am in the morning, this also included Cathedral lych gate and built the ugly shopping centre which includes that helterskelter ramp at the rear which sadly blights Friar Street and the city. Something people are starting to regret today. The decision to demolish Friar Street made the national press with the Guardian describing it as "the r*pe of Worcester"
Yeah it did strike me as odd seeing that helterskelter ramp on the same street as those Tudor buildings. But then council workers are often overpaid with no skin in the game, i.e. they probably live miles away from their own patch... if I were to speculate, of course.
@@4KExplorer well the planning application got through by one vote. The fact that it was bulldozed at 5am in the morning speaks volumes. The planning department will be elected councillors so they would have been very well aware of what they were doing, I suspect some did live far away but Worcester is the county town so they should have had some awareness but they probably didn't care, this sort of thing was rife in the cities. The Germans managed to rebuilt their bomb devastated cities, we wrecked ours in the 60's and 70's instead! I imagine money was a big inducement. Why else demolish a medieval street opposite your most prized architectural asset (the cathedral) and in the process blight a historic city.
It is a shame and we can rage against these vandals and fools who made these ridiculous decisions. However we don't need shopping centres anymore so a local campaign group should form to have the ediface demolished and replaced with sympathetic architecture which blends with the remaining medieval bldgs for people to live in. Or create a city centre green space. Either way there is no need to have that anymore.
It's has changed a lot over the years I was born in Worcester in 1961 lived there for over 50 years
I was born in Worcester in 1961, good vintage! I love this walk, the Worcester I left aged 19. Happy Memories!
From now on, this is my absolute favourite video on TH-cam! I lived 4 months in Worcester and I left a piece of my heart there. Thank you for taking me on this (nostalgic and beautiful) walk!
Wow, thanks very much! It is a lovely city. :)
Very very good from Japan! Thanks!!!
Arigato!
@@4KExplorer Thank you so much!!!!!
Just saw a good friend of mine in the high st preaching quite remarkable seeing on how many in mask unbelievable
Absolutely love this video. Please make more like this! Thank you! :)
Thanks for stopping by!
Nice walk. Thank you
Thank you so much
....apart from the Cathedral, City is poor....if you want something to eat and a thick head, great..!
Weekends after 11am, things from the 'outer rim' appear....every dialect spoken and all hotels booked....classy !
Very nice walk!! Perfect place too
Hey, thanks for watching!
born and lived there 16yrs love worce
Looks very nice !
Thanking fior showing. Planning on coming for Uni . Is this place close to the Uni?
University of Worcester, you mean? They've got a few campuses around the city, close to where this walk goes I believe.
Luckily Worcester is not that big of a city. There are 2 main campuses in the city, City Campus which is pretty close to the centre, I'd say around 10-15 minutes of walk, and St John's Campus, which is on the other side of the river is about 20 minutes from City Campus, max half an hour from the centre. You can walk basically everywhere, no need to take the bus at all.
I strongly recommend the Uni, everyone is really nice, and the city is simply perfect for students, with a lot of possibilities to party and shop. :)
Did you end up coming to uni here? ☺
The Friar street is nice !
Great walk, So much Tartarian structures amazing Technologies that built that city and every other city in the world, ❤
A really nice place.
Passed by a good cafe/tea room in Reindeer Court.
Is it even multi cultural. See no sign of that
Not really, it's mostly White English. I think diversity is great where it exists, but it's not gonna happen everywhere, and the places where it isn't as much a thing aren't necessarily bad places that need to be changed. Migration doesn't happen evenly, people from abroad come here to live in specific centres of industry and wealth, not everywhere is going to be as attractive to migrants as London.
It is very welcoming and multi-cultural like most English Towns and City’s are, the fact one of Britain’s biggest mosques is going to be built here would confirm this. The City has also donated 2 of its largest hotels to house asylum seekers, as again are most English Towns and City’s - although it rarely gets recognised or acknowledged for some reason. The City has a very high Eastern European population - in part as a result of Worcestershire having a very high fruit and vegetable exportation.
Worcester is very multicultural
"Multiculturalism" is a bad thing!
Wonderful thank you for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Hello.Nice walking video.
Is there public transport?
Yes there are bus routes but there not amazing
Very nice walk :)
Hey, thanks bud!
Hi! What to choose Gloucester or Worcester to visit? If you have to choose only one city?
Out of those two, definitely Worcester for me.
@@4KExplorer Thanks a lot. I've seen several "walk through" on TH-cam, you are right. My route consist of Bristol, Bath, Salisbury/Stonhedge, and Worcester. I thought about Cardiff, have You been there?
@@Bartolini1991 I have, yeah. Cardiff's a bit urban, but the castle right in the centre makes it worthwhile. It's a great introduction to Wales. And that sounds like an amazing tour you've got in the making, by the way!
@@4KExplorer thank you 🙂. Among all the English speaking countries I have been only in Malta. I've got my own rule that I strive to visit only little and mid-size cities. I came up with idea to visit south-west because I came across the video of this famous cheese rolling race 😆.
@@Bartolini1991 Ah the cheese rolling race, haha! That's a very good rule about visiting the smaller place by the way. You get a more authentic experience, for sure.
Tremendously enjoyable . Thanks .
Thanks, I appreciate it!
Tartaria and the mud floods, Tartaria Technologies, Tartaria n Empire, the Rest of mankind, ❤