Top 20 most depressing towns in Britain 2024

1. Falmouth, Cornwall

Falmouth, Cornwall: The most depressing towns in Britain 2024

The power of social media and word of mouth is what propelled Falmouth to No.1 Falmouth was a reader entry and rapidly started to challenge the mighty Peterborough, beating the Cambridgeshire synonym for depression by just 27 votes in the last 12hrs of voting.

We have to admit, we know absolutely nothing about Falmouth. We googled it, it looks picturesque but we’re sure it’s a facade it trades on, and who are we to question the wisdom of the crowd? Hell we might even take a trip to this Cornish port and stay in an AirBnB that is now owned by a London landlord that a local family once lived in, to take in what we imagine is a sterile socially cleansed fishing theme park for DFLs.

READ: FALMOUTH, THE WORST PLACES HAVE TO BE OLD HILL AND ACACIA

Thanks to all of our readers who took the time to vote. If you town didn’t make it, you better get in early this November.


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