10 Poorest Places in The UK

What are the poorest places in the UK? The last thing that’ll come to mind when the UK is mentioned is poverty. It’s not among the countries you’ll associate poverty with. This should be clearly noted as we begin. Yet, not every part of Great Britain has the affluence of London, Edinburgh, or Glasgow. Some places in the UK are poor. We’re here to show you the 10 poorest places in the UK.
These places are the same neighborhood with the biggest shortages of basic social infrastructure and facilities such as playgrounds, parks, pubs, shops, and sports centers. You’ll find some of them among the areas left behind in England, Wales, and Scotland. Authorities have to do something about these 10 poorest places in the UK.
10. Newport, Wales
We’re starting in Wales. One of the poorest places in the UK is a city and county borough in Gwent in Wales. We are referring to Newport which is situated on the River Usk close to the river’s confluence with the Severn Estuary. It is 19 kilometers northeast of Cardiff. Newport’s population of 145,700 at the 2011 census notwithstanding, all is not going on fine with the city. It can’t get past its nagging poverty.
Imagine this: of Newport’s 95 neighborhoods in Newport, 23 currently rank among the most deprived in Wales. Do the math, and you will find out that this is about 24 percent of the authority. That’s the biggest percentage of deprivation in the country.
9. Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland
Wales doesn’t have a monopoly on poor places. Scotland has, at least, one of the 10 poorest places in the UK. You’ll find the ninth on our list in Inverclyde. This is Greenock, a town and administrative center in the Inverclyde council area. The town with a population of 44,248 is located in the west-central Lowlands of Scotland.
As proof of how gripping the poverty state of this town is, its population reduced by almost 3,000 within 10 years. In a report that shows how poor some parts of the nations are, Greenock tops the list. In the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation for 2020, Greenock has the highest number of deprived areas in Scotland.
8. Halton, England
England too has some of the poorest places in the UK and the first of these on this list is the eighth poorest place in the UK, Halton. The district and unitary authority that registers its name on this list has a borough status in Cheshire.
When you consider its ranking as one of the worst areas in England and Wales by a global children's charity that also ranks Halton as one of the worst areas in England and Wales to be a girl, you will understand why Halton slipped into the rank of the 20 most deprived areas in England. Other indices like life expectancy, children poverty which is 25 percent, health inequality, and unemployment rates are not in a positive light for this district.
7. Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
We’re back in Wales to find Merthyr Tydfil, the main town in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, as the seventh of the 10 poorest places in the UK. The town administered by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is about 37 kilometers north of Cardiff. Often called Merthyr, the town believed to be named after Tydfil, daughter of King Brychan of Brycheiniog, has a population of 43,820.
This town seems to be hitting above its weight as the go-to place for those looking for gloomy job news. As of March 2018, the unemployment rate was 5.7 percent. Even though it's an iron producer, poor transportation service is the bane of this town that makes it so poor.
6. South Elmsall, England
South Elmsall is a small town and a civil parish lying to the east of Hemsworth with a population of 6,519. When it comes to safety, this town is among the most dangerous of small towns, villages, and cities in West Yorkshire. It’s faring badly in income deprivation, employment deprivation, education, skills and training deprivation, health deprivation, and disability. The 2021 overall crime rate in South Elmsall was 111 crimes per 1,000 people Living in this small town, you will be on a downward spiral of ill health and at the risk of premature death or the impairment of quality of life caused by poor physical or mental health.

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[veronicaelsegood]

Poverty isn't about facilities. Poverty is going to bed on an empty belly not being able to keep warm or keep the roof over your head.
All too common now in UK.

[annakisfaludinebaan]

I read the many comments! I'm Hungarian. Since I was a high school student (I majored in English and Russian, at that time Russian was a compulsory language, but it was okay because it was easy and I graduated from it), but I have been angloman throughout my life. I never wanted to see Paris, I wanted England! Then I saw it, drove in and loved it! Rural England is still dear to my heart. All my life (because of science) I wrote and worked in English and I can't even read Russian, although I have no problem with the Russian language, I just can't practice it. Take care of your beautiful England and your beautiful cities! God bless you!

[gunston]

I’m an Italian living in Hartlepool..and I love this town..facilities are second to none..Shopping, Restaurants, Marina, History..everything that you could possibly want..and to top it all the people are amazingly friendly..

[danielnewton]

Also, Jaywick is not a town. It’s an old caravan park that people simply refused to leave.

[stephendowns]

If your going to state that Newport in the county of Gwent is on of the poorest places in the UK why are you showing photos of Newport in the county of Pembrokeshire. If you cant get the start of your video right then that cast doubt on the rest of the video

[christopherdean]

I live in Wales, after holidaying here for many years, and I have been through Newport many times, and spent some time there for various reasons. I never imagined it to be any poorer than any other place. Was it a vibrant, lively, cosmopolitan hub? In all honesty, no, but I have been in far worse places in my time.

[roberthorton]

Yes Jay wick is very run down when I went there I could see there was a problem with poverty.Ashame really cos a walk along the beach path at night was lovely.

[ceebee]

I chose to holiday in Great Yarmouth a couple of years ago after not visiting for twenty years. It had lost a bit of sparkle. There seemed to be cover shops open meaning that the shops had lemonade at the front but something dodgy going on in the back. We made new plans to travel elsewhere after a day.

[demonhalo]

I am from number 10, Newport S Wales. Born at the Royal Gwent Hospital on February 28th 1987 and the place I spent my childhood, and it has gotten worse over the last two decades. The council attempted to revamp the John Frost Square some years back but shop and business exodus has continued on the high street with no let up. Shop dereliction and run down streets with crumbling Edwardian town houses goes on. I am surprised Port Talbot S Wales is not on your list, it's only purpose is the local steelworks and should be way up the list, Bridgend and Neath are good candidates too. Most of South Wales other than Cardiff is Deprived in some form, but I was born here and deprived and poor or not it is still home for me.

[JahKnoxTV]

The music in the background is disturbing. I could not watch the video, sorry.

[nigelsheppard]

Iron hasn't been produced in Merthyr for over 40 years. Other than the town (which produced Iron) there's a number of ex-Coal Mining villages which includes Aberfan where in 1966 there was a devastating accident which killed 116 children and 28 adults.

[judithbg]

Oh god there is the Yates’s Wine Lodge in Hartlepool - I remember my mates downing a glass of sweet Cyprus wine plus beer chaser in Yates to get hammered ASAP

[Oogabooga]

Uk has a gdp of more than 3 trillion they mostly just spend it on London, Manchester and Birmingham they should spend some more money on some poor cities

[PedroConejo]

Some of your photos of Newport, Gwent are of Newport, Pembs, which is a jolly pleasant place. I was looking at the boat club and thinking, that's the Parrog, surely, so t'is. Hugh Harries is going to want to have a word with you.

[kiano]

Thank you for the information about UK
Hope to see more of it in you tube.

[ceallly]

Though I know many people in the UK have a hard time economically. Compare this video with similar American videos, where there are abandoned buildings and gang warfare. There seems to be a big difference between American poverty and UK poverty.

[gingercat]

Well thats really cheered us all up hasn't it ... some of this looks an old video "Woolworths / Peacocks" store signs.
I remember the documentary about "Jaywick" a few years back ... yes it was run down and lacked a lot of infrastructure ... the people who lived there were struggling in life to say the least ... but they had a sense of community and helped each other out ... I remember one lady who cooked for lots of people to keep them fed ... you would not find that in many places.

[allisonjones]

Add Southampton. Once a city you could be proud to call your home (myself included). Steeped in history, with a thriving cruise industry boosting the local economy (although you wouldn't know it if you walked up the high street). It has descended into a shadow of its former self. Beset with chronic begging and rough sleeper issues, A serious drug problem which is openly apparent - but that seems to be the blight of many places across the UK. What has happened to this once great country.

[alanm]

I lived in Jaywick in the mid 60s and it was a great place to live. All those small roads with the prefabricated houses were always spotless and it wasn't unusual to walk down the roads and see people painting the outsides of their home or the fences. I remember too, the gardens always looked pretty. The people who lived I. Them would offer us cold drinks on hot days. We lived in Golf Green Road very close to sea front and my brother and I would walk up to the amusement arcades and help out on the bingo. The whole place, during summer, was packed, alive and very vibrant and, as a young lad, was an exciting place to live. Sadly we only stayed a couple of years before we moved. I was very surprised to look on Google earth at the sad state it is today.

[johnwheat]

It's not just this selection, the whole of the UK is in terminal decline.