Death of the High Street - Boarded Up Closed Shops - Empty Shopping Arcade Evesham
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- Broken Britain - Retail Rot in Evesham, Cotswolds.
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The gradual decline of its town center. In recent years, Evesham has witnessed a troubling trend: the closure of local businesses, boarded-up shops, and the hollowing out of its once bustling high street. This phenomenon is not unique to Evesham; it's a story echoed in towns and cities across the UK, emblematic of the broader challenges facing traditional retail in the digital age.
Out-of-town shopping centers have played a significant role in the demise of Evesham's town center. These sprawling retail complexes, often offering ample parking and a wide array of stores, have drawn shoppers away from the traditional high street. With big-name brands and convenient amenities, it's no wonder consumers are lured to these retail behemoths, leaving the town center struggling to compete.
But perhaps the most significant blow to Evesham's high street has come from the rise of online shopping giants like Amazon and eBay. In an era of unparalleled convenience, consumers can browse, purchase, and receive goods without ever setting foot outside their homes. While this may be a boon for shoppers, it spells disaster for local businesses unable to match the scale and efficiency of online retailers.
The consequences of this shift are evident throughout Evesham. Once vibrant storefronts now stand empty, their windows covered in grime and neglect. Where families once strolled, now there are only echoes of footsteps on deserted pavements. The heart of the town, once a hub of activity and commerce, now beats faintly, if at all.
The death of Evesham's high street is not just a matter of economic decline; it's a symptom of a deeper malaise. It reflects a society in flux, where community bonds are fraying, and individualism reigns supreme. In the rush for progress and efficiency, we have sacrificed something vital - the soul of our towns and cities.
Yet, amidst the desolation, there are glimmers of hope. Community groups and local initiatives are working tirelessly to revitalize Evesham's town center, breathing new life into old spaces and fostering a sense of belonging. From pop-up markets to artisanal boutiques, these efforts serve as a reminder that the spirit of community is not easily extinguished.
As we bear witness to the decline of Evesham's high street, we are compelled to confront difficult questions about the future of our urban landscapes. How do we strike a balance between progress and preservation? Can we reimagine our town centers as vibrant hubs of activity once more? And, perhaps most importantly, what role do we, as consumers and citizens, play in shaping the destiny of our communities?
Join us as we explore the untold story of Evesham, a town grappling with the challenges of modernity and the enduring quest for identity and belonging. Together, let us chart a path forward, one that honors the past while embracing the possibilities of the future. The fate of Evesham hangs in the balance - will we rise to the occasion, or will we allow the death of the high street to be etched in stone?
Evesham, a picturesque market town in Worcestershire, England, boasts a rich history dating back over a thousand years. Its story is intertwined with significant events in English history. Founded as a Saxon settlement, it flourished in the Middle Ages, renowned for its abbey, which was one of the wealthiest in England until its dissolution in 1540 during the Reformation. The abbey's ruins remain a prominent landmark, offering a glimpse into its former grandeur.
Evesham played a pivotal role in the 13th century Battle of Evesham, a decisive conflict in the Second Barons' War. Here, Simon de Montfort, rebel leader against King Henry III, was defeated, solidifying the monarchy's power. This battle shaped the course of English politics and is commemorated annually through the Evesham Battle reenactment.
During the Industrial Revolution, Evesham embraced agricultural and industrial advancements, particularly in market gardening and the cultivation of fruits and vegetables. The town became known for its orchards and asparagus fields, earning it the title "the Vale of Evesham."
In the 20th century, Evesham experienced further development and expansion, becoming a hub for technology and manufacturing. The town's economy diversified, incorporating electronics, automotive, and food processing industries.
Today, Evesham blends its historical charm with modern amenities. Visitors can explore its medieval streets, visit heritage sites like the Almonry Museum, or enjoy the natural beauty of the River Avon. Evesham's vibrant community, cultural events, and scenic surroundings continue to attract residents and tourists alike, preserving its legacy as a quintessential English market town with a rich and varied history.
EDIT: Evesham is in Worcestshire - not Gloucestershire, where I live. I didn't realise the obvious schoolboy error until a few days in to being uploaded. Apologies to any locals who may have spat their dinner out in disgust! 🤣 Thanks to @Dinger154 for the gentle nudge.
i used to go to st peters church
i also never liked worcester
I used to live in Evesham between 2013-2019. As Eastern European imigrant, who came in for a better life I gotta say it was a nice place to be at first. There were decent charity shops, pubs. Walking around the town on a day off was a fantastic experience. I used to spend few hours a week wondering around. At the end of my residence there it felt like the town is dying. No older people to be seen around. Job market was dead. People around working mainly low skilled jobs, mainly food warehouses and factories around. UK as a whole is in some sort of economy crysis while brits still think they live in a empire.
There is hint of nostalgia seeing the town again.
Live long Evesham
and they call it 'progress'
You lot are the ones who fucked it up mate not being funny
@user-tl1hg9gp4i how do you work that out? To me there is nothing worse than a boorish, drunken Brit stumbling out of a city centre pub on a Friday night with their mates, swearing and vomiting. Ask the residents of Spain ... they've had enough of it! Time we did something to stop bad public behaviour here. Reintroduce corporal punishment!
@@BenjaminHironsHow come? Every penny I made was spent in the UK. I got educated at uni I paid for, plus I never worked minimal wage job.
I lived in Evesham from 1997 to 2005, and this is a very fair reflection of the town centre. Wychavon DC are the main culprits - they approved four out of town shopping centres, kept the car parking charges in place and have done nothing to revitalise the town centre over the last 20 years whilst shops have moved to the retail parks. The "plan" that the moron from Wychavon DC mentions has not been funded and is purely an aspirational goal... I personally feel the local authority have washed their hands of Evesham and are concentrating on the nicer towns they control (Pershore and Droitwich Spa). Thanks for the video, depressing as it is!
It is a shame, the retail parks and everyone shopping in the bigger nearby towns...
Wychavon DC could not plan a piss up in a brewery! The planning dept is widely regarded as being $ympathetic to offer$! But thankfully we have TALK about the infrastructure to match all the new houses. We will never get the fields and orchards back. But more importantly there are plenty of new house to pay council tax! Of which 19% (national average) will be spent on council employees pensions.
@@thomjarman Yes and all of those new retirement homes for the wealthy who want to live by a river!
@@thomjarman all started by Maggie, sold the council houses saying "all people should own their own houses" the money from those sales should of gone into a rebuild but alas went into council pensions which alot of our council tax also does, as for the Which hunt Avon council, they could not sort a bowling ball in a bag of ping pong
Business rates, parking charges, shopping online. A perfect storm.
You got that right!
It’s the death of the high street and Britain in general
Looking that way
So sad; visited Evesham with my sons the other week as we lived there when they were kids for nearly 10 years. We were shocked to see the decline & the empty shopping centre, leaking, drab & deserted. I never understood why the council allowed such a beautiful riverside town to slide like this. I come from Henley on Thames & lived in Marlow - both lovely riverside towns but they’re thriving. Evesham has or could have all that Marlow offers. Just feel that Evesham is a huge missed opportunity; next to the wealthy, touristy Cotswolds - it can’t just be about money/funding?! It’s almost as if when the council or town planners turned down the likes of Debenhams & M&S many years ago (though there was an M&S Food briefly) they wanted to keep the town ‘down’. Now it’s almost too far gone. Strange attitudes & strategy. I heard the owners of the shopping centre were far too out of touch & greedy with the rents going back years. And that it mattered not to them if shops were empty or not. And now they are all empty. It’s a tragic waste of a historic & potentially pretty riverside town in a great area.
Great thoughts. I think the problem may be nearby towns like Stratford and Cheltenham just saw the problems coming earlier and addressed them in time. Stratford is probably a bad example as they are always tourist rich because of the Shakespeare connection.
It is just like most towns and cities in the UK. Getting taken over by none Brits.
A lot of our industry is now owned by overseas companies so I don't think we can blame legal immigrants. More likely successive Goverments for allowing our nation's assets to drip away.
Thatcher sold off British Steel, British Telecom, British Rail, North Sea Gas, Royal Mail, etc. Blame that witch, not migrants. She single-handedly brought Britain to its knees. Successive governments have continued the slow murder.
We need to change the laws . Three generation rule.
@@steve-xx6or Why? It's the incomers who open small businesses and make money and pay taxes and buy expensive cars (spend their money in GB) and send their children to university while white English sit around moaning! I worked in Cornwall and the farmers there complained that the locals were damned lazy and unreliable, and the Eastern Europeans worked far harder and faster! Blaming foreigners who are entrepreneurial, thrifty and hardworking simply doesn't cut it anymore.
i thought only the chinese are strugglings? The great Britain and The Great USA are always wealthy?
The peoples jobs were exported to the far east. I worked in Birmingham in the 70s and 80s in engineering. I visited Birmingham recently and was shocked to see the decline of the city. Industry was shut down.
Yep, sad state of affairs.
I worked in engineering in the 60s 70s and 80s…by the 90s i was in service industries on crap wages..thanks for that Margaret..
@@griswald7156 Milk snatcher
@@scumdeluxe livelihood snatcher..
I quite like Evesham. I used to live in Coventry and passed through it regularly. It was nice to stop off for a break and walk around. It's history was mainly agricultural with a lot of fruit, veg and flower farming around. Like all towns, changes in the publics behaviour, both shopping and leisure, has negatively effected town centre shopping. I'm afraid the writing is on the wall for retail.
Insightful, street-level look at a town that's become like so many all over the UK right now
Many thanks!
Great video thanks for posting. As a Manc I would assume somewhere like this would be dripping in money. Sadly not.
Like a lot of places, one hald of the town is nice - the other side crap
What is disgusting.. blame the greedy councils across the UK for painting double yellow lines everywhere in or near shops or shopping centres pay and display car parks are the reason.. No wonder people are shopping online .. 🤔
It's CON cils.
Exactly! It’s not worth going into towns
Have you been to Chatham high street for that looks like something out of a dystopian film!
My Aunt and Uncle had a farm very close to Evesham and we spent a lot of time up there in the sixties and I have some great memories of those times.
Such a shame to see its decline.
My hometown, I last lived there in 2005 and I'm sure it was still a viable place back then. Interestingly the place I now live is similarly in decline (though was never graced with out of towns). What a shame to see Abbey Gates basically derelict.
The Home Bargains in there was an M&S Simply Food back then! Now that's a sign of the times.
Shocking, really 😢
I think they'd close the arcade for good if Home Bargains ever left - which they probably will if a unit in one of the out of town centres becomes available.
You have presented a collection of interviews and not once explained the cuts to every council in the country of over 50% in real terms under Tory governance for the last 14 years. You have also failed to explain that the Tories equally cap council tax rises to under 5 percent. It has everything to do with direct government policy. A typical example; Nottingham’s Government Revenue Support Grant in 2013 was £127 million. For 2024, it is £31 million. This is repeated throughout the country. It’s good to present the actual factual context rather than just people giving an ‘opinion’ about what they think has occurred.
The state of Britain belongs to every single Tory voter of the last 30 years. More recently 131 billion was spent by Tories through COVID, the largest spend in Europe by some considerable measure, whilst delivering one of its worst outcomes. The transfer of that colossal amount of public money into private hands is now being felt in its aftermath, alongside the decades of enormous real term council cuts. The Tories are now naturally looking to the working class to repay their COVID feasting with the lowest fall in real wage growth and living standards in our lifetimes. Add to this their suicidal Brexit designed to send Britain headfirst in the race to the bottom and you have the disaster that Britain now is.
The councillor had the chance to offer that view and did not.
Even retail parks now have HUGE charity shops eg: Darlington & Catterick. How long will NEXT last sitting next to a charity shop? Very depressing.
The councils are only too quick to give the planning on these huge out of town shopping complexes - which drag people out of town centres with their free parking and disgusting Costa coffee drive-ins. Different story if you want to put an extension on your house - should you be lucky enough to own one!
Same here in Spain, everything looks depressing.
Seems to be a spreading problem for sure
Yikes. I'm visiting in the Spring and this is good to know from the US.
Have a great time. Thanks for watching
Friends of mine use to stay in Evesham for Cheltenham week, they said how lovely it was!
It gets insanely busy everywhere on race week
As we all now know this is the ‘new’ post covidian UK. I live in Hampshire and all the surrounding towns that once made for a nice day out are done. Chichester, Fareham, Petersfield etc are closed boarded up shops and cafes, taken over with a few charity shops and low grade secondhand tech stores, streets full of litter and drunks and druggies. The sense of malice is palpable. Congratulations WEF, bring on the new republic of North Korea.
Absolutely, it seems the rot cannot be stopped.
habits have changed and the UK is too stuck in its ways to change. Not everything is WEF's fault
Yes, it's the same unfortunate story everywhere.
Have all gone through these out of town shopping centres they are booming they’ve all got free parking catering outlets on the big stores.
We’ll have to see if they’re there next to go with people having no money spend!
Hard to see a way back isn't it...
Put those out of town shopping centres in the town centre along with the required car parking & you’d have 3hour traffic jams! It’s a catch 22!!
Eventually some Chinese , Arabic millionaire will buy all these shopping areas. Sometimes privatising areas with ideas from overseas investors is the answer. The mentality of British people in charge of councils that's what the problem is.
Many industries, Markets in the UK function badly when you just put a British person in charge then many British go and protest saying foreigners take all the jobs. Nowadays when you just put British people in charge of councils and businesses you just get poor services. It is a real fact !
The rent of these places have come down because landlords are not making money. The solution is millionaires from of overseas to buy all these places then employ people from the UK. That's how rich football clubs in the UK operate. They rely on overseas management that's why things work well in football !
Thanks for watching! 😁
There is one retail park by the train station and another two up the bypass that’s where the shops are, I expect the rates are cheaper there, a lot of this in places like Evesham and Tewkesbury is down to the council charging stupid money on rates etc which drives the shops out of the towns and then they have the cheek to say we don’t understand why!!!
Exactly that!
Now in a self fulfilling cycle, largely due to the demographics of people who live there and are moving there and the people who are leaving. retail is over the sooner people and towns understand this the better. it went through a 40 year bonanza funded on cheap money and people having access to credit. that gold rush is over. councils bet everything on black and built shopping malls and turned their town centres into retail parks. It’s finished. The intellectual heavyweights who run our local councils also built out of town shopping centres not realising what impact this would have. every town in the land was competing against one another, thinking that the retail boom would never end. You need to grasp the nettle and get rid of zone two retail and only have retail in the very centre in a small zone one. And levelling up money or grants should be used to relocate profitable retail businesses to the town centre to release zone two buildings back to residential. A change in the law to help such businesses break from leases and bursaries for the deserted landlords as an incentive for them to re-purpose the abandoned retail units in zones two and three.. Councils need to stop charging eye watering business rates. They are part of the problem. Towns need to be about enterprise once more not just bloody retail?! theatres, restaurants, bars, solicitors, accountants light manufacturing, veterinary, surgeons, doctors cottage, hospitals, administrative centres, civic services, etc all the things that got crammed out of town centres by bloody retail. There are generations of people who have grown up now thinking that a town centre is about retail and nothing more. And councils need to wake up and impose some planning and proactively remind us of what they’re here for. The state of some shop signage is a disgrace all of which does not help. if you want a nice town, you have to get involved and stop crap signage being splattered everywhere which drags the entire tone of an entire town down. You need to MANAGE things?!
Amen to that!
I think the main reason high streets have died is out of town shopping centres. I'm 75 from Teesside. When I was growing up towns like Middlesbrough, Redcar, Stockton were full of small independent shops but then The Metro Center at Gateshead opened and later Teesside Park, quickly things changed. In Redcar there was an electrical store called Birkbeck's, founded in the year I was born. Out of town shopping took over and it closed in 2008. You can't blame people for preferring the large out of town chain shops. If you want a new washer they may have 100 to chose from where Birkbeck's had say 10. My cousin and her husband owned a fruit and veg shop in the village of Wheathampstead employing 3 people. The week the out of town Tescos opened their takings dropped by more than 50%. They had to sack the staff and run it on their own but had to close the following year.
It's a common problem you hear of everywhere. Witney, not far from me has never allowed the out of town centres and still has a thriving town centre.
When did Evesham move to Gloucestershire ? Must have been a pretty big job to move a whole town.
Schoolboy error well spotted! - Must try harder. You get 187 internet points for being the first to point that out - spend them wisely! Was a week before I realise that balls up and was too late to correct 😆
It’s heartbreaking that Arcade so Empty no one about and the high street.
I no most people bye on line has not helped it not only that it’s too with
HIGH BUSINESS RATES
COST OF LIVING
PANDEMIC HAD A BIG INPACT
The squeeze is getting too tight for us mere mortals
2:03 It's closed for refurbishment. Del's got his younger brother Rodney and his Grandad doing it up in knocked off British Rail paint!
🤣
Lovely Jubbly.
All by design
C40 cities on the way
WEF moving fast now
Buckle up!
Ohh my god, the times i went down that pedestrian area on a trolley drunk😅😅
🤣🤣🤣
Evesham has been destroyed by local Politicians opening out of Town shopping centres
Othern than the local MP - I doubt they even know where it is!
Lovely place , used to live there. Most people shop online.
Sadly
Sadly an interesting video. I have just subscribed.
Thanks Viv. It is sad indeed.
So many towns like this throughout England,shops closed etc looking shabby and uncared for..so sad
So sad indeed.
The retail park just out off the town killed that high street
Yeah - both of them!
Evesham was just building itself up with M&S in that shopping arcade, then the 2000s recession hit. M&S moved out. Sadly there was not the focus on the town centre, which in other places like Pershore enabled them to weather the storm. Evesham centre went into decline and the out of town shops, plus Evesham Country Park (The Valley) took customers to their doors. It's a great pity as the town has such a beautiful riverside walk, gardens, play areas which are not fully marketed to draw in. Years ago I did a FB post how sad the town was, and filth and litter. I was like the new messiah - "How can you help us?". When you have that huge shopping arcade insured against empty units, there's no incentive to get people in. Now it looks like it's falling apart. A long time ago the rumour was to rebuild to care home. What the actual centre needs, Like many other towns, is permissions for shop conversions back to homes, to bring life, restaurants, and required facilities back into the centre of town.
You've shown the worst of the town. There are so many positives however. But that doesn't undermine what is required to bring the town back from the ashes
It really is sad to see it's decline. 'The Valley' is a soulless place.
alongside all the problems you've brilliantly highlighted is the traffic problem. its often heavily congested as evident in some of your footage. this is another thing that puts people off coming to evesham.
You sure have to be careful crossing the road!
The lady with glasses in the bookshop looked at you like you were asking her for million dollars😅😅
I stopped high street shopping cos of parking. Ticket men run around high streets like lions ambush cows or bulls. Cunning people.
Makes sense when you can park for free at the out of town centres
My son is disabled and lives in the center of town, he now has to pay to get his shopping because nothing in town
So sorry to hear that.
Retail parks and AMAZON… I’m from Stratford and the town centre caters for tourists rather than residents and most residents would agree…
100% agree... it's the same all over this area
In a lot of the towns and villages in Sussex no one is going out even weekends
So expensive to eat out or go to the pub these days.
@@scumdeluxe I refuse to pay for overpriced pub beer I just drink at home now and I'm refusing to pay my extortionate energy bills I am paying just slightly more than I was a couple of years ago but not what they want me to pay especially when they are boasting about record profits THEY DON'T FOOL ME all this cost of living crisis is to subsidise paying for the illegal immigrants ? The money has to come from somewhere FROM US 🤬
Chad Douglas was never there😢😢
Sorry, not sure who that is. Respectfully.
retail has been dead since Amazon started getting popular except for independents who obviously need cheaper rents than the greedy councils want. As for pubs, habits have changed. Problem is we have not seen any replacements yet
And they say there is a housing shortage
Affordable for first time buyers - certainly
I had a few beers in the talbot
Too many pubs closing
Top man
I tell what's going on the council what the shops to close with high rent..and then build houses..that's what i think..
Very popular opinion
Looks a very quaint market town. I would never have heard of it were it not for Evesham Micros.
Good old Evesham Micros!
Very sad 😔
It is isn't it? Thanks for watching!
Evesham although paradise to some of the brummies that move there has always been the asshole of the cotswolds. Its has a lovely river and beautiful countryside but full of minimum wage employment food production centres on outskirts. The town centre is now predominantly east European people on low wages who drink at home in groups opposed to visiting pubs . Still there are a hell of a lot worse places .
Like Chipping Norton... where I'm are going next!
@@scumdeluxe that's where the serious cash is.
I visited Evesham in 2019 and didn't get a good vibe about the place. Speaking more broadly I believe that what we are witnessing across the UK (as reported by channels such as TurdTowns and Wandering Turnip) is a controlled demolition of towns and cities in readiness for a sinister reset.
These times they are a changing for sure!
@@scumdeluxe yep.
You are wrong it's not old lidl was old Aldi 😅
Two sides of the same coin! - Thanks for watching!
Ancient old tower is symbolic of high street decay ? However the town centre does look.dire. Why blame the Council when the govt have imposed 14 years of austerity . The councils are skint . The average voter has no idea about what's going on .
Valid thoughts
But the CON cils are skint because they know how to SQUANDER taxpayers hard earned money. Yesterday I saw a video on TH-cam called rotten politics and leeds CON cil WASTED £500k on a art piece. It was Toss,all it was,were wooden planks lined up in the ground.Both the CORRUPT PLOT TICIANS and local CON cils are fault for everything.
Gosh that bloke with the fairy 🧚♂️ wash powder looked identical to the bloke doing the video...😂.. & he needs to be careful - all the washing powder could bind up his pipes if not enough hot water used....try liquid washing powder 😂
Other than the beer gut - I don't see the similarity 🤣
" we have a beautiful river " That should fix it. A man of vision funded by your council rates.
The riverside area is full of families picnicking in the summer - with food and drink from the out of town shopping centres. The ice cream stand does OK though!
Who will profit by the redevelopment of that town centre shopping centre? I bet some greedy bastard will be raking it in. Meanwhile the guy from the council just talk out of his behind, gaslighting the public.
He certainly had a script prepared
Parking is expensive. No free parking.
Yep, free at the out of town centres
Lets cut the rates paid said no elected officials.
100%
All started to go wrong when they revamped the high street.They made an awful job of it the town totally lost its identity. They should have left well alone.Its all about the money not about the town.
If it aint broke don't try to fix it
People are shopping online. And everyone is on their holidays.
Things change. Embrace it. Nobody shops at these places anymore 😂
Oh God the poor Church
the church is fine ,it sends love got married there
Evesham should be an easy take when we invade Earth.
Ha ha
Talking about Brexit which Is the cause of all tour problems,seems forbinden
rot started in 90s
@@valuetraveler2026 Nobody raised an eyebrow when the likes of Pound Land & Primark hit the streets - they were all to busy loading up with cheap tat to notice the one or two local businesses that shut as a direct result.
But that stone rolling down the hill, has gathered way too much moss, and our High Streets are now wastelands, literally.
@@museonfilm8919 anyone could see Amazon would take over the entire normie retail space
Screwfix took over our old Lidl…
Hope yet!
The world of technology
A.I. Overlords on the march!
The Councilman talked a good one. but the results. show a different tale.
100%
Same old thing every where 😢😢😢😢😢
Sadly so
You act like you don't know why. You know exactly why and until you address that major problem, it will only get worse, because everything they touch turns to sh!t
It's a balanced report - the viewer decides
@@scumdeluxe You'll never solve the problem by ignoring it
US is at least importing good immigrants. UK is a joke.
And money laundering Turkish barbers 😡😡😡
I find it fascinating, that they can move into a place, spruce it up and get a so-called business running within a matter of weeks.
They use their own 'workforce' too, so none of it benefits our local tradesmen.
Finally, you never see a customer in those places, always a guy (or lookout?) vaping at the door.
Thanks for watching!
Not very inspiring.
Certainly not!
The high streets are turning into take-aways, vape stores, betting shops & if you’re really unlucky you get a wetherslops.
Yep, pretty much a race to the bottom!
Turkish barbers.. they're not barbers..
@@RickPeake01 Room for everybody with all the empty shops!
@@RickPeake01 “they’re not barbers”. What are they then, if not barbers?
@@Mounhas go in and ask for a teenth!
This is NOT about lack of corporate money. Its about people choosing to shop at retail parks to avoid ASB, druggies and crime that plague our town centres.
...and free parking.
Plus out-of-town shopping centres are usually cheaper than smaller shops. And internet shopping and delivery are cheaper and more convenient still.
@splinterbyrd what happened to shopping for fun in our town centres? Take wolverhampton for example. Queen Street, city centre. Loads of boarded up shops. What do the council do? Commission an artist to paint a picture of a gangster with gold teeth on one of them. 'To make wolverhampton an exciting place to visit.' People with money want to live and shop as far away from criminal activity as they can - not embrace it!
Almost every struggling town in the UK has the same issues with regard to druggies and aggressive begging, so it's no wonder retail parks are THRIVING.
Retail parks are perfect places for families to park (for free) and to circumvent the bad behaviour and anti-Britain vibes, that our towns centres have become.
nah just amazon. I do most of my shop from there.
This is what happens when you all complied for 3 years. You reap what you sow.
Banks closing, aware winning public toilets closed, older people and disabled who can’t drive are screwed
They couldn't afford the parking anyway!
Out of town Malls and the internet killed the High Street experience which is a shame because I loved it as a kid growing up in the 80's.
You have to pay for parking in high streets,everybody now goes to out of town free parking shopping…
there lies the truth!
@@scumdeluxe high street car parks are empty …high street shops are empty…because of money grabbing councils..why dont they realise everybody is keeping away from their scams…in my town in the 60s car parks were provided free and you could park in the high street too …those were the days when high streets boomed..bring back cars and parking into the high streets.get rid of double yellow lines and restricted entries…councils have a fantasy that their vehicle restrictions are successful..high streets are now dead because of their rules….well done.
It's called economy of scale. You can ship goods cheaper with modern technology and modern industrial practices, so the small shops can't compete. The other big problem is the agro involved in either owning and using a car or trying to use public transport. I mean even the stupid 20mph zones contribute towards the sucking of the enjoyment out of travelling. If you don't enjoy something then you will avoid it. This is basic psychology.
Sad times we live in
It’s not all town centres that are struggling. Go to Stratford a few miles up the road and it’s vibrant with shoppers.
Very much caters to the tourists though, without which things may be different.
They're all tourists
@@richmorris2870 Never ending stream!
As a British Expat since 1997 , I had a massive tour of the whole of the UK in 2016 with a view to return. I whittled it down to only 6 places that I could consider living in. But so miserable and on the verge of depression by the time I’d finished the tour. I returned to Asia . I live next to the beach, with a gym , 34c , costs of living 80% that of Oxford, bought a house in cash , free healthcare and dentistry # 1 rated globally. No way would I retire in the UK. A full VIP haircut ( wash, shave, eyebrow trimming, ear cleaning) by a Japanese trained barber £4. Root canal surgery with extraction , £5 . Time to see a USA trained Doctor 1 hour. Referred to specialist at hospital 3 days. Procedure 1 week waiting time. Council tax 0 . Bins collected 4 times per DAY. Crime negligible.
Sounds like a beautiful life man 🙏
Where
Sir, can you please inform me of the Asian nation you reside in? I'm in Australia.
Oh I would love to know where or what country that is too, I honestly don’t want to live in the UK
Where where where where where where where, I wont hold my breath for a answer ....
Informative, and a little sad.❤
Thanks, we tried to cover both sides
Remember Thatcher phase ..
Managed Decline .
see, every English town city for details.
every place ....1, vape shops
2, x60 Turkish barbers.
3, charity shops
4 , kebab, chicken shops.
5 , beer ale shops .
by only mentioning Thatcher who actually reversed this postwar trend you forget B Liar and his cronies
Beauty parlours, nail bars and the lip filler places.
@@valuetraveler2026 bliar was a Tory see his son for details...
£22 million ....that's 22 million pound house . wonder how
Don't forget car washes.
Blame your woke pollies for this degradation.
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Amazon shopping online has done this .... god bless the British high street 🇬🇧🕊🙏🏼
We are all guilty to some extent at least
It's all deliberate, all of it.
Very True.
The councils across the land are licking their lips, really.
Why?
Because all of those uninhabited dwellings on our High Street's can now be given over to be developed for the domestic market, and will pull in billions in extra Council Taxes.
When will people realise, this managed decline is ALL ABOUT (making more) MONEY.
@@museonfilm8919it's not about money, it's about crushing small, independents and forcing us to depend on big corporations for just about everything and our ability to purchase goods and services will be determined by out social credit score. In other words digital slavery.
How and why ?
Layer cake monopoly run by the global elite who operate outside of law or financial jurisdiction!
Until about 150y ago every high street had chandlers' shops. Now they've gone, and it's all down to that pesky "electricity" nonsense
Used to love visiting evesham but not anymore lots of good shops gone dirty place groups of migrants hanging about felt un safe wont be going again shame
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I lived in Worcestershire as a kid and this town was posh. Now much like all nice uk towns they are slums. Cheltenham spa was somewhere I was so shocked having stayed 1 night there. The British empire eh.
Cheltenham is about 16 miles down the road.
You should of put hard questions to the councillor you interviewed. I would of asked, Why they are killing towns with high business rates and expensive parking?
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why is it pershore is a thriving little town full of shops and evesham is a dead loss. (years of miss managment)
That!
You should have look at Kidderminster
I'll put it on the list!
That guy had a serious amount of detergent.
Yeah, and NOBODY was taking it from him!
as someone whom lives close to Evesham I can say without a doubt it's a complete s**thole, I try my absolute best to avoid it because of the anti-social atmosphere and it's depressing state, where I live isn't any better though.
Shame.There was a good record shop in that shopping centre.
Always sad to lose a record store 😪
Everyone shops online ir in malls because of the weather and free parking... town centres need to adapt, make those spaces available to the artists and they will recreate the UK anew
Something has to happen for sure!
@@scumdeluxe i just gave you a 'something' if you want your communities back, ask the artist for help
The key to it is out-of-town big box shopping centres with free parking. Get rid of those, or the parking fees, and the town centre comes back to life. My local town centre has no competition from the out-of-town malls and it's thriving despite parking fees. Evesham sadly is in the shadow of Stratford and Cheltenham which are where the tourists go. It's a pretty town centre by the look of it but nothing much to attract tourists.
Witney, not far from me has never allowed the out of town centres and still has a thriving town centre.
The cost of maintaining a shop is beyond what profit you can make. Also, the supermarkets make food and drink cheaper, while the internet makes shopping more convenient and price friendly.
High rates don't help either
So sad, same up and down our country. I know online shopping is the main reason but this decline has definitely been planned by the powers that be. xx
I totally agree!
You were outside the old aldi
Correct
@@scumdeluxe well you weren't correct calling it the old lidl