Where’s the one place you never want to visit again?

grannypiper

Egham

I'd forgotten Egham. Got terrible vibes before we even got off the train. We both felt really uncomfortable and couldn't wait to leave. I have no idea what it was as I couldn't even see the place when I started to feel so uncomortable.

The British Virgin Islands. My daughter lived and worked there for a while, so she wasn't a tourist, is of mixed Jamaican/British heritage and was bringing employment and money into the local economy. She had to give "gifts" (bribes to you and me) to local officials to just do their jobs in a timely manner so she could get her work permit, business permit, local driving license etc. I went to see her one summer for several weeks and never again. It was very expensive with little to do. Practically all the locals I encountered were rude and unhelpful. The only polite and welcoming people were ex-pats from practically every other island in the Caribbean, the US and Europe.

I love ballachulish!

We stay at the Travelinn in Egham when we visit our son. It has the holy grail of Waitrose underneath! It’s over 100 miles to a Waitrose from where we live so I enjoy a few days of have one close by. There isn’t much else to be said for Egham, though.

Faversham boring? It’s got so much history! Shakespeare, brewing, boatyards, gunpowder and a cafe (with toilets) to die for! ?

There isn’t much else to be said for Egham, though.
If you want history then Runnymede is just near Egham, where the Magna Carta was sealed in 1215, the John F Kennedy memorial and, if you have any connections to the RAF the Commonwealth Air Forces Memorial site.

Haha ?I hadn’t noticed the B connection of places I wouldn't go back to, and it’s entirely possible the Scottish place began with a B too! Spooky or what?
However, on reflection I shall add Worksop to the list and also
Delabole ( once lived there.)

Lemongrove ??

lemongrove

Haha ?I hadn’t noticed the B connection of places I wouldn't go back to, and it’s entirely possible the Scottish place began with a B too! Spooky or what?
However, on reflection I shall add Worksop to the list and also
Delabole ( once lived there.)

That made me think of some alliterations!

As King George V said (supposedly) "Bugger Bognor"

My father was very dismissive of Bangor. He said it was the last place on earth that God created and he'd forgotten to finish it.
Bangor of course is another B place...

The border crossing between Northern Iraq and Turkey at a dump called Zakho in Kurdistan. About 10 years ago I decided to make my way to Damascus overland from Mosul instead of flying. Absolutely appalled at the way the Turkish immigration treated the Kurds traveling into Turkey. I was in a Kurdish registered vehicle so had to wait for 6 hours in a long queue in the sweltering heat. It wasn't until the family in front reached the immigration post that I realised that every Kurdish car was being completely gutted - upholstery ripped open, doors taken apart, every piece of baggage opened and strewn across the floor. They even stamped on the toys belonging to the wee kids in the car in front of us. My driver told me that this happened to all Kurds who wouldn't pay a bribe at the border. They wanted $150 not to strip-search me (2 male officers) and a further $50 for a visa which I already had (cost $20). I didn't pay but we still had to wait another 3 hours before they let us go.
I also never want to be in IKEA in Dubai on a public holiday!

Chapeau that is horrible.
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Jaxie

Salford Keys. Miserable, grey, freezing cold.

Yes, Jaxie, I have to agree with that. Very strange place if you ask me.

NotSpaghetti

My father was very dismissive of Bangor. He said it was the last place on earth that God created and he'd forgotten to finish it.
Bangor of course is another B place...

which one ?

Westfield shopping centre, near white city.
don't like large shops anyway, and lots of them together is worse.

The North Wales one welbeck

Holiday camps of the Pontins, Butlins, Haven ilk. When our children were young we gave in to our daughter's request that we have a holiday at one. So we went to a holiday centre in Camber Sands. Just appalling, never again! Hundreds of our fellow holiday makers seemed to be having a whale of a time however so it was probably us ?.
I would add that the beach at Camber Sands is lovely and we enjoyed the nearby town of Rye. It is just holiday camps that I dislike.

Yes Juno Rye is lovely - I hope to go there again sometime.
(Maybe a new thread "Places I want to go to again")

Bangor, North Wales is on the stunning Menai Straits with magnificent Snowdonia as its backdrop. It has a wonderful pier and some pretty parks albeit small. A university offering ocean sciences among many other interesting degree courses on offer. One very long High Street suffering from the affects of out of town shopping but hanging on.
The worst thing about Bangor is the incessant cold wind which howls through the high street, but if you’re wrapped up warmly it’s not a bad place.
The hospital also has its problems. Under Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board it’s rarely out of special measures but hopefully if you’re just visiting that won’t concern you.

Just come back from few days from Suffolk coast , been there few times,
Aldenburgh Thorpeness great just how I remembered laid back lovely walking along the coast , high street in Aldenburgh great although lots of expensive shops
But Southwold the jewel in the crown was just meh! Pier look tired and so did High street

Aldeburgh not Aldenburgh predictive text ☹️

Diddly Squat Farm Shop Chipping Norton

DanniRae

Yes Juno Rye is lovely - I hope to go there again sometime.
(Maybe a new thread "Places I want to go to again")

We drove round and round Rye and couldn't find anywhere to park so we left and have never been back.

We’ve just had four days in Weston, loved it, but didn’t stay in the centre just out, didn’t go shopping or into the municipal pool! Liked south Uphill and the golf club, walked the prom and stayed in a lovely hotel. Next trip Hastings.
But in accord with the OP, any dentists.

melp1

Diddly Squat Farm Shop Chipping Norton

You can’t leave it like that melp!
What was it like / what happened?
Did you meet Clarkson?
A friend from uni was a Saturday girl at a green grocers in Doncaster .
Jeremy often went shopping for Ma C in there, and he was very rude to her - a shop girl in her teens. Not nice

JaxJacky I’m so glad to hear that you enjoyed Weston. It will always have a big place in my heart.

SueDomin I can't believe Waitrose would stoop so low as to have a store in Egham. worriedwell it does have a awful bad vibe.