Mansfield town centre Nottinghamshire tour rundown worst of both worlds.

Rather than improve the town centre, decent paving and shop fronts, they have developed the surrounds and destroyed the town centre. It could be so much better. I will go back to Nottingham but not Mansfield.

[retrorambles]

Call me a grump but I really hate the noise of the buskers

[susanschroeder]

Those old buildings have massive style. I don't know a thing about heritage listing up there, but that's what's needed to protect the old structures. They carry the hopes and dreams of their builders.

[baronsnake]

On the whole i didn't think Mansfield looked too bad. Certainly easy to make improvements.

Didnt see any homeless, beggars or spice heads and looked quite clean. Good choice of shops, nice buildings and plenty of pubs.

I think last time I went there was two wetherspoons next door to each other.

[michaelwood]

I was born in Mansfield and it was once a thriving market town, I moved away many years ago. Unfortunately out of town shopping centres and the internet have killed places like this, it will never come back.

[samandjennysambrook]

Ayup Tim, great vlog mate, I think our generation will become the last to know about vibrant market towns as they used to be!! It seems that all the good stuff comes to an abrupt end while all the crap goes on forever... Mansfield has certainly taken a dive like all the other surrounding towns...no progress, just decline... Such a shame Tim... Thanks for the tour mate...👍

[aaronjames]

It feels weird watching a video of a tour of the place you have walked through most of your life. Also do Woodhouse next

[magictorch]

Thank you for the tour. I have fond memories growing up in Mansfield and especially the Town Mill on Sunday/Wednesday rock nights ! Its a shame to see it in this state now - The water wheel as I remember was inside the pub next to a spiral staircase between the floors.

[garyeaton]

My old home town it used to be beautiful many years ago. Once Woolworths closed the town deteriorated.

[danielleatherland]

Mansfield used to be heaving on a fri and sat town had lots of shoppers any day of the market, i moved away 19 yrs ago and its so depressing when i go home

[garyeaton]

At 2:49 the flats in the center is the location of my old School Rosemary

[themacgregorshow]

Hiya
What day of the week was this filmed please?
Potentially moving to Mansfield so sussing the area out via your take on it.

[opagodaswirling]

Very interesting video . My one and only visit to Mansfield was about forty years ago -- so it is not surprising that I don't recognize a thing . How does it compare with Lincoln, Chesterfield and other places of similar size in the area ? I am doing videos of various districts around Hong Kong ( together with a few other places around the world ) and can't help feeling England has lost some vibrancy. Good health and many thanks .

[adecirkett]

My Grandmother and Father were from Mansfield, went there as a child and once briefly for a few hours about 10 years ago. Would like to visit for longer one day.

[benjaminemberson]

Sad seeing my home town look this way. The old co op building is massive, rememebr the cafe at the top....cheers for the video mate.

[Nat]

I lived in Mansfield on & off for 4 years, people slag it off but I loved it there..

[tonyrobinson]

My first job at 15 was in the co op then at 18 went to work on my childhood dream trains at Shirebrook West, Still live in Mansfield 69 yrs later thanks for showing. Ps the council are moving into the art deco co op building.

[alanwilkinson]

The council have a grant to redevelop parts of Mansfield including what you call the art deco building, . Back in the day it was the co. op...

[KarenG.-qswc]

I'm surprised that Marks and Spencers can survive in such an impoverished town. Their prices are far too high for most people.

[chrisnettleship]

Brilliant video again Tim.
Mansfield had no passenger train service 1965-95. That line was just used by coal trains servicing the various pits.
The Rosemary Centre was once Cashers Textiles, my mother worked there as a weaver in the 1960s. In the 1980s it was developed into a shopping complex, Argos and several other big name stores were based there. It's been derelict for 10 years and rumours of a Lidl opening there are rife.
The Taco Bells site was where the old bus station once was. The decorative metal clad multistorey is a car park, Tesco used to be located there underneath where B&M Bargains are now. The derelict building opposite was once a pub called Stockwells, a very lively venue up until the 2000s.
Four Seasons opened in 1977, many Victorian buildings were demolished to develop it.
Saint Peters Church actually had the graves excavated in 1960s when the ring road was built and went straight through the churchyard.
There were far more shops, market stalls, pubs and clubs up until the 2000s. The population of Mansfield now stands at 108, 000, it was only 80, 000 in the 2000s. Most of this via immigration. Apparently the local MP has secured 72 million pounds investment over 7 years.

[vsionary]

Mansfield and Worksop truly some of the worst and most depressing places in the UK and i've seen a lot of towns over the years