Walk around the town for 10mins, visit literally the worst places and then try and summarise? Speak to nobody, slag a building off when it's a night club, walk down backstreets and then go back to your car because its raining and your wearing a sponge for a jacket. You've seen about 2% of the town mate, top effort
You aren't wrong. He has missed out most of the borough. Hasn't gone near where the nice housing is or even over to Walney that has the most beautiful sunsets. From the other side of it you can look straight over the fells. Bit of a hatchet job done here. The front he went to is just the industrial area at the waterfront. What was he expecting to see on an industrial estate.
Yeah he's just looked around literally 2% of the town he wants to see how the poor people live?? Oh yeah mate need a better hobby tbh don't get me wrong I've lived here my whole life it's a shit whole but do something worth it at least 😂😂
Every town has the good and bad. Barrow is a town with great history and has provided so much for the industrial business. Yes it is run down in parts but that can be said for most places. We are fortunate to have all the lake distract etc on our doorstep, not to mention all the surrounding beaches and nature reserves. My town.
I lived in Barrow Back in 2003-2005 I loved the town Really good people; honestly great sense of humour Walney island was fantastic I only left cause me and my partner were having our first child. We both loved Barrow. Dalton has loads of amazing pubs On a nice day Barrow is fantastic. Really beautiful views. We were made so welcome and had a great time. 25 minutes and you are in coniston Brilliant pubs! Dalton in Furness was amazing for good pubs. Cornwallis street had some fun nightlife.
Hi, thank you for visiting our lovely little town. The beautiful building opposite the market hall entrance that you went in is the town hall. Both the market and the forum (the local theatre place) are getting a refurbishment. There are lots of lovely areas to visit, Walney, Roa Island/Piel Island, Roanhead, the dock museum (opposite the main shipyard building), the furness abbey and the main park are definitely worth seeing. The majority of people are friendly. Just like anywhere else, Barrow has its good and not so good places.
You should have visited, Walney Beaches, Piel Island, Furness Abbey, Barrow Park, The Coast Road, all within Barrow. The areas you have visited mate, yes look grim on a cloudy day from the outside, however....Barrow people make Barrow. The communities in the different areas all look after each other mate, it is a safe place to live, but like anywhere else has the odd bad apple! Unlike other areas of the country, we actually talk to each other and watch each others backs. Similar to other towns, what has happened in Barrow as well as COVID and Online retailers, is the outside retail parks have took the business away from the town center, Council have been granted I think 21 million to redevelop the town, a project starting this year. Barrow has many quirky bars..you just need to know where they are haha :-)
Yeh i didn't get any hostile vibes off anyone, people did seem to be chatty with each other. Just a shame it's taken so long for money to be put in. Hope it goes well. The quirky bars are always the hardest to find 🤣
What are the locals like with outsiders? I'm from Yorkshire, got a small old trailer sailer and been looking at the slipway in Barrow, considering a holiday there for a few day sails.
I've lived in Furness for over 20 years and live up the road from Barrow now. Fair enough Barrow isn't that great anymore but you didn't want to look at any of the decent stuff. You spent ages looking down the backstreets of Barrow Island which is made for the shipyard and is only home to some of the workers and their families. You could've gone to Walney with all the walks on the island, gone to Roanhead and Sandscale Haws Nature Reserve and looked at all the wildlife there, gone to the Abbey and had a look around there, gone on the coast road to get an ice-cream from Roy's, everyone's favourite ice-cream man in South Cumbria, you could've even got a boat to Piel Island, got a drink and a meal and met the King!
The town was established because of the shop building (vickers as it was once known) so lot of big buildings. The area you started in Barrow island is pretty run down but strong sense of community it looks lousy but I love it as loads of friendly people all looking out for eachother. The town centre is a right mess when you came out the market you would of seen a lot of shut shops if you had gone straight instead of right thanks to the council
Yeh the people seemed ok and friendly enough, i just can't understand why the streets are so littered when all i hear is people are proud of their town!
What are the locals like with outsiders? I'm from Yorkshire, got a small old trailer sailer and been looking at the slipway in Barrow, considering a holiday there for a few day sails.
It's not as bad as people make out. Night life is pretty good, ulverston 10 mins away is better for a quiet drink. Plenty of money in the town with the wind farms, bae and supporting businesses I'd imagine the average wage is much higher than most places but so is the poverty, its definitely sink or swim town in terms of making a life for yourself. The town has suffered the same fate as most with the online shopping boom and skint council's raising prices. Plenty of nice places to live around barrow too, and as someone commented beaches at walney are pretty good. Historic industrial town, might not be the prettiest but its inhabitants are very proud!!
@@ItsMeObvs ahahaha "i hope you return to the town" are you going to beat me up!? ahahah a grown man, check this guy out youtube. Silly boy....in need of a tissue baby?
I was going to say the exact same thing. These guys know exactly what they are doing when they film like this. They wouldn't dare record a mile or two out of the town centre
Barrow build the countries defence. We have done for over 120 years. Hard working industrial town with a proud past & have pride for the future. When you see or hear of Trident submarines - we are the community who build them & play our part in keeping you safe at night.
As someone who lives just outside of Barrow in Dalton, it’s easy to see why Barrow has one of the highest declining population rates in the UK. I’m only 23, but I recall when the town was much busier, had a lot more shops, pubs etc. It’s practically desolate now and the council doesn’t really seem to care.
if you look deep into the last census results, the younger population of Barrow has actually increased. It's the older population that has decreased. You are right about the council though.
Typical stereotype video of Barrow, focus on the town centre and closed shops (typical one most northern towns) and the industrialised Barrow Island. How's about the lovely Abbey Road, Furness Abbey, Coast Road, Roa Island, Walney Island coastline or Duddon Estuary. Sorry pal you've just focused on the poor areas of the town and not of what's lovely #lovebarrow
But then if i went to those areas saying its really nice here people will be saying "you didn't go to the centre and see areas around there" But yeh i'll do a part 2
The Abbey is a nice walk and there are some nice scenic views over on Walney Island. The town has struggled over the years with the downsizing of the shipyard in the 90s, but its hopefully going to pick up in the future. Would love to have you back and I could show you a few spots.
@Honest Places yeah, the council has been spending money... but not in the right places. Most of the big retail businesses have gone and its just takeaways and charity shops now. Such a shame. I've been living here nearly 10 years and it's been really sad to see how it's all panned out
B.A.E systems mate The uks sole nuclear submarine builder I'm barrow born and bread Feel free to come back any time and I will happily meet you and show you the good parts of the area
The Barrow maritime museum place is interesting if you want to know about the history of ship building that went on in the past worth a look if you are ever there.
The market are slowly moving market traders out. So the improvement work can be started on it funded by levelling up. The old Thornton's cafe is going to be a sit in Gregg's. BAE have bought the old Debenhams and a few other shops. Come back in a few years when the work is complete you will see the difference. There' used to be a newsagents by that bench. Elderly people would sit there to read their newspaper.
@@honestplaces good man .. i no longer live there i live in ireland for the last 20 years but i go back to visit 6 times a year to see the fam and i miss the place like crazy unfortunately i have my own wife and kids now so stuck here..
Very good review of where you visited there are many different areas like everywhere else I lived in Hindpool and loved it as a kid I now live on walney and can see The isle of man ,Haverigg and all up the lake district felss from my spare room window If you are here again I will drive you round and show you every aspect the good and the bad
i shouldn’t find it this funny but the streets you first adventure on is where my grandma lives and it gave me a good chuckle hearing you call them rundown but it’s very true😂
@@honestplacesthem huge factories are the places that make your countries nuclear deterrence. Not the best video when you've only shown the industrial side of Barrow 🙄
amazing video im from barrow 1 place you should of went to but didnt in the vid was ST James church it is an amazing place it has 8 bells and im 1 of the ringers there 9:12 was the bells of barrow town halls clock tower unfortunately the clock is out of action at the moment
I lived in Barrow over 20 years and now Dalton , Barrow has gone down hill over the years and the town is sad to see but the retail parks haven’t helped but Show me a town that doesn’t have its run down areas , Barrow has some lovely areas with beautiful houses but we can’t all be well off , some people disrespect this town and vandalise it for fun which I do not get ? Like the rubbish people leave everywhere, why do certain people want to live in a dump when others want to be proud of where they live
Yeh true. Every town does have it's run down areas. It's people like you say who just leave rubbish or fly tip that you can never manage. Dunno why people do stuff like that. How is Dalton?
@@honestplaces Dalton is a lot better than Barrow although in some areas teenagers have started to graffiti walls peoples houses and throw litter everywhere and smash glass bottles on pavements ,we also have some useless dog owners who Do not pick up after their dogs but generally it’s a nice place to live and people are friendly
@@jenH779 My worst thing on the world is litter, it is the most shocking thing to just throw rubbish, not pick up dog poo.....you can do amazing things with a town but if you have people littering all the time it just brings the appeal down.
Perhaps revisit the area and take a walk along the Coast Road, a visit to the temple at Conishead, a trip over south Walney to the nature reserve and see the birds and seals, to Furness Abbey, to Piel Castle, do a bit of research regarding the shipbuilding industry that delivered numerous luxury liners. Oh and such sport stars as Emlyn Hughes, Gary Stevens, Georgia Stanway as well as the accessibility to the fabulous Lake District (or does that not suit your agenda?)
Thanks for showing the few streets in Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria (not Lancashire) that are not very nice. They build nuclear submarines so they aren't going to put them in the beautiful areas where the houses are near Furness Abbey. We have the Doc Museum which would help you more understand the big history of Barrow. It started in Iron or then ship building then submarines. The Church is a listed Town Hall. The markets and immediate area are due to all be updated. Shops are bad now in the 70' and 80's it was a bustling town. The people are known for being friendly. It's such a shame what has happened lots of listed buildings abandoned. Walney Island part of Barrow has some lovely beaches.
It'll always be Lancashire to me. Barrow is as far away from Carlisle as it is from Wigan! Also Cumbria is no longer going to exist from 1st April in 2023.
Barrow I use to live there on egerton court near the submarine yard it's a ok place but yep it's defo going down hill walney island got gorgeous views tho xx
Blackpool is regarded as the most deprived town in the UK.Well barrow won’t be far behind.The town is rife with alcoholism with no jobs and it’s pretty much a ghost town now. Back in’88 teachers said there was no future for the town and the best thing would be to leave for a better life. Glad we did that.I enjoy these videos because I remember the life I had and what I have now.
Jeeez. Even back then people saying you need to get put while you're young. Crazy. Yeh Blackpool is a 1 day thing a year. Even in that one day you get to the point of "when are we going home" People stay there for a week sometimes! How many 2p's have they got!?
@@honestplaces lmfao!!! That is an accurate description of Blackpool.I turned 50 last year and I’ve since heard that many of the ones I knew have passed away in barrow and even some of their children have.I doubt the barrow I know will even exist 100 years from now.
@@tlnkj1910 I forgot to mention,if you turn up in barrow with another accent,they look at you like you’re from another planet and all you’ll get in return is a grunt😆
Barrows a tough town but spend a bit of time there and find the proper spots to go to for a pint and it’s not bad, it’s not for everyone but I have always had a decent time when I’m over for work. Always find an open mic, decent scran, and good people. Takes more than a 15 min walk about to call a place
Lad from Barrow here, town is run down especially the town centre many shops have closed especially in Portland walk due to vandalism. The reason the "arcade" and the market look run down and empty is because they are currently undergoing huge renovations, a project that is costing a few million to upgrade the town centre so many stores have exited and more will until it's complete. The large building is BAE they build nuclear submarines for the Royal Navy and is a Ministry of Defence site, filing around there can actually be a bit iffy as armed police and even the military have been called on occasion. Almost the entire town is a no fly zone due to this and the airport on Walney. It's definitely seen it's better days but since COVID it's gotten a lot worse, back in 2018 most of the shops were full and there was very little vandalism to the buildings.
I'll add this here too as I forgot to mention it but the "arcade* and the buildings next to B&M are closed due to the renovations as they are being demolished which is why there is sales on. Manhattan is actually a very large night club and open late same with the theatre bar they might seem closed but they are still in use. Night life is ok but nowadays it's full of drunk chavs The police are always out in full within that street and I can guarantee every night a fight breaks out and someone is arrested.
Lived in barrow 40 years and its gone downhill like but you must have wasted a good 2 hours starting off going over the docks, literally nothing there and never has been. Im just glad you didnt turn left out of the marker and go down portland walk and see every shop boarded up you would have thrown up haha. if you carried on down dalton road to the bottom there is a Wetherspoons, the only place to day drink in barrow that have people in. Barrow is good for the beaches on walney and thats about it!
Nooooo! I love seeing shops shut. Shame i missed that! Yeh i got lost at the docks and started to get annoyed, so much so i had to cheer myself up with a pint in that wetherspoons!🤣 was called something train related i think!
@@AromaFizzJackOMelts Yeh i know some of the outskirts are ace, just focused on the immediate centre. I go biking around there but never been to the centre so thought i would check it out
@@AromaFizzJackOMelts Yeh Bradford surrounding areas are not great compared to Barrow, also guessing people are more welcoming in Barrow also. It's just odd to walk around the centre of Barrow.
what was the point of clip?All I saw was you running around the industrial part of town.What about walney and out towards Dalton and the rest of Furness?
Every town has spots you can pick out to give it a bad impression - the north is full of back streets. He walks around a tiny part of the town and jumps to a conclusion - no Furness Abbey, no Biggar Bank and Walney, no park shots which was a stones throw from the station - seemed to come with an agenda - he'll make a good journo!
Journo's always hide the good stuff. Nah in all honesty i am back to do the other side of the industrial area and high street. Get to some surrounding areas too!
I remember this visit (due to work) only seen the vid now, some of the comments off the locals are shocking, old barrow might not be the prettiest but all the residents are sound, not snobby like the ormsgill *sorry* "lower hawcoat" lot 👍 Try n come back when its not chucking it down 👍
what most visiters see like most other small towns.but you didn't bother doing much research.If you took the road across to the nature reserves and beaches on walney.or furness Abbey, Dock museum.Visit piel island with it castle ruins and welcoming pub by ferry or a guided walk over the sands with john Murphy.Barrow isn't just its town centre its the people and the hidden gems you have to research, something you over looked to do.have another Visit but stay away from the town centre next time.
I was looking at Barrow videos and all of them were ghe outskirts so i thought i would do a direct center and factory side one. I do know there are nice areas in the immediate outskirts though
I lived there for a bit, was the most depressing place I've ever seen. There's no jobs at all, terrible alcolism and suicides every week. Couldn't wait to get out!
@@honestplaces hi yeah, wouldn't surprise me! Me and my ex moved up there because his brother said the house prices were so cheap and I was more or less cajoled into moving up there. We soon saw why the houses were so cheap though-no work for miles. I got 6 months secretarial work in BA Systems, which I felt incredibly lucky about, but my ex couldn't get anything at all! After a year of this we finally had to sell up and get the hell out!
Maybe you should do a part 2 after doing some research instead of making assumptions about the town. Also take a trip into town later at night, theatre bar and Hollywood which you said have looked shut for years are actually bouncing of a weekend.
@@alexanderspear9464 I’m from barrow😂 yes the town centre is a shithole but there is good and bad like I said in my other comment. Ulverston has its places too….
If that Hollywood place is actually open, then why does it look like that!? Not doubting it's probs a sick night out but alteast make the outside look half decent abit
@@honestplaces I am from a nice place down the road, Ulverston, although I live overseas now. Barrow is full of Irish descendants, it's rough, they think they're hard. They used to think their town, Barrow, was the Mecca of the North, and always had this aggressive posture, like the smaller towns 'just didn't get it' The fact is, the place is always grey, always depressing. When I visited last year, it was the capital of people on sickness benefits drinking in the morning. And numerous mobility scooters whizzing around. I just thought: A mini nuclear bomb 💣 would be perfect for here.
I never thought id see more drug issues than my home town of brighton and hove, and its known the country over for its high death rate. But that was until i visited this place.
I lived in barrow for a long time and only last week,I was speaking with someone who used to live there too.he told me that numerous people had died and sadly,2 had lost a child due to the drug/drink scene.I remember a young mother who would have a child in one arm and using the other to smoke a crack pipe.he told me that she’s dead now.There’s issues wherever we go but It’s no surprise that barrow is like it is coz there’s nothing else to do
@@kenjohnson1041 Jesus that is well bad. Weird how there is such nice places near by! But yeh the immediate centre and housing is awful and depressing. Feels like there is no hope if you have no way out!
It just the shop situation that is bad. I do online shopping myself to be fair but just greggs and vape shops aren't exactly making people go back to the high street
Maybe be a bit respectful to those that live in these houses, it might not be much but it means everything to them and they are a strong community that look out for each other, if you want fancy go down Abbey road or go to Roose you'll soon be jealous
Hilarious that "fancy" in Barrow is just a normal house in much of the rest of the UK. Just goes to show how singularly miserable these houses are with their measly four windows, each the size of an open broadsheet newspaper. And Barrow is like 90% that house, for miles and miles. Treeless, colourless, grimness
Come back in 5 years and you will see changes for the better most of Britain is run down but Barrow has the best chance of changing as you will find out.
No surprise don't just down grade Barrow, all England is the same , it's heartbreaking 💔 what this country has become ,and l think this is just the Tip of the iceberg so so sad
Believe it or not almost full employment in this town. We have been building Britain’s nuclear deterrent for 60 years! Good money being earned Bowaters paper mill factor, Sellafield...... wether it’s the council, the people? Nothing seems to change!
@@honestplaces yes there are some nicer places, Walney, Roa island etc, but town is in a time warp. Some of councillors been there years, keep getting voted in so the town is stagnating, no forward thinking, they are going to spend millions on the Barrow Market area? Why? Doesn’t the word market mean second rate? On our summer holidays we see seaside towns using their positions to their advantage, for instance we have 55 miles of coastline, not a beach hut in sight! Why?
Towns an absolute shithole, surrounding areas are lovely though. Growing up in the area I can hand on heart say its never been this bad. So glad I dont live there anymore.
You’ve clearly done no research, just got off a train at the station, and slag the town off by visiting a small portion of it by foot for ten minute. Awful lazy video with no editing. We have walney beach, Furness Abbey, loads of woods with a view of the Isle of Man. But you’d know that if you did a little research.
@@oddities-whatnot I’m not sure why you keep defending him, where are you from? And has he been to your town for a quick “ten minute tour / slag off fest”?
My dog is lovely, if I take a video of him, I show him in his entirety, if I just filmed his arsehole he would seem terrible. Pretty much the same as filming barrow .
Only heard of this town due to the Ellie William's trial.
Just read about that now! Shocking!
@@honestplaces Shocking? Poppi Worthington shocking.
Yu me go for a drink
@@honestplaces do video of Liverpool and leeds
I worked in Leeds united kingdom 1992
Walk around the town for 10mins, visit literally the worst places and then try and summarise? Speak to nobody, slag a building off when it's a night club, walk down backstreets and then go back to your car because its raining and your wearing a sponge for a jacket. You've seen about 2% of the town mate, top effort
Cheers pal 👌
You aren't wrong. He has missed out most of the borough. Hasn't gone near where the nice housing is or even over to Walney that has the most beautiful sunsets. From the other side of it you can look straight over the fells. Bit of a hatchet job done here. The front he went to is just the industrial area at the waterfront. What was he expecting to see on an industrial estate.
Yeah he's just looked around literally 2% of the town he wants to see how the poor people live?? Oh yeah mate need a better hobby tbh don't get me wrong I've lived here my whole life it's a shit whole but do something worth it at least 😂😂
The moment he walks down your front street and slags off the cheap housing estates top job pal
U went to the drug and alcohol centrals and said it was shit stfu mate
Every town has the good and bad. Barrow is a town with great history and has provided so much for the industrial business. Yes it is run down in parts but that can be said for most places. We are fortunate to have all the lake distract etc on our doorstep, not to mention all the surrounding beaches and nature reserves. My town.
Barrow is the perfect place, if you are planning a suicide.
@@alexanderspear9464 why don’t you pop down then mate seen as you’re so full of joy
But it's not on YOUR doorstep. It's on mine, Ulverston, The gateway to the Lakes. Not Barrow. The anus at the end of the A590.
@@okmate3541 I live in Bali. As tempting as it is no thanks. A few times last year was enough.
Are you sure the tropical climate sun, and fresh air of Bali isn't getting boring!? 🤣
I lived in Barrow
Back in 2003-2005
I loved the town
Really good people; honestly great sense of humour
Walney island was fantastic
I only left cause me and my partner were having our first child.
We both loved Barrow.
Dalton has loads of amazing pubs
On a nice day Barrow is fantastic. Really beautiful views.
We were made so welcome and had a great time.
25 minutes and you are in coniston
Brilliant pubs!
Dalton in Furness was amazing for good pubs. Cornwallis street had some fun nightlife.
Hi, thank you for visiting our lovely little town. The beautiful building opposite the market hall entrance that you went in is the town hall. Both the market and the forum (the local theatre place) are getting a refurbishment. There are lots of lovely areas to visit, Walney, Roa Island/Piel Island, Roanhead, the dock museum (opposite the main shipyard building), the furness abbey and the main park are definitely worth seeing. The majority of people are friendly. Just like anywhere else, Barrow has its good and not so good places.
Yeh i will be back for a part 2 for those areas!
@@honestplaces Yeah and actually go to the places worth looking at.
The guys a Moron Kate, im Barrow Born and bread, it doesn't need this muppet pulling it apart.
From here. You know, go back 20years and it was a buzzing little town.
You should have visited, Walney Beaches, Piel Island, Furness Abbey, Barrow Park, The Coast Road, all within Barrow. The areas you have visited mate, yes look grim on a cloudy day from the outside, however....Barrow people make Barrow. The communities in the different areas all look after each other mate, it is a safe place to live, but like anywhere else has the odd bad apple! Unlike other areas of the country, we actually talk to each other and watch each others backs. Similar to other towns, what has happened in Barrow as well as COVID and Online retailers, is the outside retail parks have took the business away from the town center, Council have been granted I think 21 million to redevelop the town, a project starting this year. Barrow has many quirky bars..you just need to know where they are haha :-)
Yeh i didn't get any hostile vibes off anyone, people did seem to be chatty with each other. Just a shame it's taken so long for money to be put in. Hope it goes well.
The quirky bars are always the hardest to find 🤣
What are the locals like with outsiders?
I'm from Yorkshire, got a small old trailer sailer and been looking at the slipway in Barrow, considering a holiday there for a few day sails.
I've lived in Furness for over 20 years and live up the road from Barrow now. Fair enough Barrow isn't that great anymore but you didn't want to look at any of the decent stuff. You spent ages looking down the backstreets of Barrow Island which is made for the shipyard and is only home to some of the workers and their families. You could've gone to Walney with all the walks on the island, gone to Roanhead and Sandscale Haws Nature Reserve and looked at all the wildlife there, gone to the Abbey and had a look around there, gone on the coast road to get an ice-cream from Roy's, everyone's favourite ice-cream man in South Cumbria, you could've even got a boat to Piel Island, got a drink and a meal and met the King!
The town was established because of the shop building (vickers as it was once known) so lot of big buildings. The area you started in Barrow island is pretty run down but strong sense of community it looks lousy but I love it as loads of friendly people all looking out for eachother. The town centre is a right mess when you came out the market you would of seen a lot of shut shops if you had gone straight instead of right thanks to the council
Yeh the people seemed ok and friendly enough, i just can't understand why the streets are so littered when all i hear is people are proud of their town!
What are the locals like with outsiders?
I'm from Yorkshire, got a small old trailer sailer and been looking at the slipway in Barrow, considering a holiday there for a few day sails.
I grew up here, all the rundown back street ur talking about is where I have all the best memories of my childhood.
To he fair those backstreets as a kid would of been sick! Everyone out just messin about
It's not as bad as people make out. Night life is pretty good, ulverston 10 mins away is better for a quiet drink. Plenty of money in the town with the wind farms, bae and supporting businesses I'd imagine the average wage is much higher than most places but so is the poverty, its definitely sink or swim town in terms of making a life for yourself. The town has suffered the same fate as most with the online shopping boom and skint council's raising prices. Plenty of nice places to live around barrow too, and as someone commented beaches at walney are pretty good. Historic industrial town, might not be the prettiest but its inhabitants are very proud!!
Exactly Moyes! We can slag it off but no one else can. It's our town and we know it isn't the best but it's ours and it has some amazing aspects too 👌
Ulverston is the best. Barrow is the pits.
Good read that. Very honest post 👌
If you had gone to Walney instead of Barrow Island docks you would have seen some lovely beaches!
Will have to do a Part 2!
@@honestplacesdon’t come back you dumb fuck. We don’t care for you opinions 😂
@@ItsMeObvs Are you ok babe!? You need a hug?
@@honestplaces what a freak you really are, I’m praying you return to the town
@@ItsMeObvs ahahaha "i hope you return to the town" are you going to beat me up!? ahahah a grown man, check this guy out youtube. Silly boy....in need of a tissue baby?
It always amazed me how much of a dump it looked in that incredible countryside
I know yeh! Strange
Some of those old industrial buildings are beautiful...
Cool vlog of Barrow-in-Furness keep up the good work
You literary walked around the worst places in barrow and tried to summarise that's what I call top tier effort
My legs started to hurt
I was going to say the exact same thing. These guys know exactly what they are doing when they film like this. They wouldn't dare record a mile or two out of the town centre
Barrow build the countries defence.
We have done for over 120 years.
Hard working industrial town with a proud past & have pride for the future.
When you see or hear of Trident submarines - we are the community who build them & play our part in keeping you safe at night.
That big building is the ship yard, they build submarines there
Yeh there is some intense building of Submarines going on over there, town is just one big industrial estate/dock!
BAE!!!!!!
Top of Rakesmoore Lane by the golf course is one of the best views in Barrow, especially when you have a decent sunset.
Mate i love golf. A better day and i would of been all over that. Bet it's ace in the summer!
Why not do your research into the history and modern day reality of a place before visiting it?
Too much effort
Yes it is nice to see the streets that most do not film👍
More inteeesting than "best places to live" youtube videos 🤣
As someone who lives just outside of Barrow in Dalton, it’s easy to see why Barrow has one of the highest declining population rates in the UK. I’m only 23, but I recall when the town was much busier, had a lot more shops, pubs etc. It’s practically desolate now and the council doesn’t really seem to care.
Jeeez. Being that young and remembering it was good means it has gone downhill quickly. What a shame!
if you look deep into the last census results, the younger population of Barrow has actually increased. It's the older population that has decreased. You are right about the council though.
Dalton is much better isn't it? Shut up you clown!
Typical stereotype video of Barrow, focus on the town centre and closed shops (typical one most northern towns) and the industrialised Barrow Island. How's about the lovely Abbey Road, Furness Abbey, Coast Road, Roa Island, Walney Island coastline or Duddon Estuary. Sorry pal you've just focused on the poor areas of the town and not of what's lovely #lovebarrow
Agreed .... pointless, clueless, try doing some research
Agreed
Love the rain gear your wearing :)
Goes to the worst possible part whilst completely disregarding walney island and around the Furness abbey area and beyond 🤦♀️
But then if i went to those areas saying its really nice here people will be saying "you didn't go to the centre and see areas around there" But yeh i'll do a part 2
Roan head, walney and coast road beaches too!
I'm from Ulverston. Don't pretend. Barrow is a hole.
@@alexanderspear9464 oh ulverston ain’t you posh..😂 🤦♀️
@@citrus6379 Only compared to Barra
The Abbey is a nice walk and there are some nice scenic views over on Walney Island. The town has struggled over the years with the downsizing of the shipyard in the 90s, but its hopefully going to pick up in the future. Would love to have you back and I could show you a few spots.
I am coming back. The outskirts are nice so i'll get to those areas. Shame about the center though.
@Honest Places yeah, the council has been spending money... but not in the right places. Most of the big retail businesses have gone and its just takeaways and charity shops now. Such a shame. I've been living here nearly 10 years and it's been really sad to see how it's all panned out
I liked Barrow when worked there.
I stayed on Barrow island.
Taxis will not even take you over the bridge.
B.A.E systems mate
The uks sole nuclear submarine builder
I'm barrow born and bread
Feel free to come back any time and I will happily meet you and show you the good parts of the area
The people are friendly in Barrow even if it looks rough.
The Barrow maritime museum place is interesting if you want to know about the history of ship building that went on in the past worth a look if you are ever there.
My dad had them glasses in 1990
Must have been drowing in bitches then
The market are slowly moving market traders out. So the improvement work can be started on it funded by levelling up. The old Thornton's cafe is going to be a sit in Gregg's. BAE have bought the old Debenhams and a few other shops. Come back in a few years when the work is complete you will see the difference. There' used to be a newsagents by that bench. Elderly people would sit there to read their newspaper.
Good read that. Will deffo go back and go abit futher out too 👍
We used to have Cornwallis st which was full of nightclubs (garza strip as it was known) due to the amount of fights etc
Sounds ace 🤣
Gaza ffs
The big buildings you were on about is bae they build subs and stuff and the big building in town is our town hall
Yeh i figured out they were sub buildings after. Town hall is a decent building!
Ulverston and Dalton in Furness are just down the the road and both are really nice.
Been Ulverston, that is nice. Never been Dalton though.
@@honestplaces why didnt you go over to walney, 3 mins away from where your video started , you did a disservice on this one PAL
@@paulbartlett3199 I'm coming back....too much back lash!!
@@honestplaces good man .. i no longer live there i live in ireland for the last 20 years but i go back to visit 6 times a year to see the fam and i miss the place like crazy unfortunately i have my own wife and kids now so stuck here..
@@paulbartlett3199 Where abouts in Ireland is it?....any good?
Bro good video, greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷
Much better place to view these depressing places from! Jealous+
Very good review of where you visited there are many different areas like everywhere else I lived in Hindpool and loved it as a kid I now live on walney and can see The isle of man ,Haverigg and all up the lake district felss from my spare room window If you are here again I will drive you round and show you every aspect the good and the bad
I will be making a part 2 as people have been crying that i only filmed where i was, which is all i could do at the time 🤣
i shouldn’t find it this funny but the streets you first adventure on is where my grandma lives and it gave me a good chuckle hearing you call them rundown but it’s very true😂
The ones that pretty much back onto the huge factories?
@@honestplaces yes that exact street, i’ve seen it on facebook be voted one of the roughest estate in the high peak bless her😹
@@niamh8204 You best keep regular visits to keep her morale up! 🤣
@@honestplacesthem huge factories are the places that make your countries nuclear deterrence. Not the best video when you've only shown the industrial side of Barrow 🙄
@@triablo6883 I went to the housing streets, centre and also the pub areas aswell. I did state that the surrounding area is nice. Which is true
amazing video im from barrow 1 place you should of went to but didnt in the vid was ST James church it is an amazing place it has 8 bells and im 1 of the ringers there 9:12 was the bells of barrow town halls clock tower unfortunately the clock is out of action at the moment
Will be back to check out other areas. Will add that onto a stop off. Love a good old building!
As an ex Barrovian this made me laugh. It’s so true.
I lived in Barrow over 20 years and now Dalton , Barrow has gone down hill over the years and the town is sad to see but the retail parks haven’t helped but Show me a town that doesn’t have its run down areas , Barrow has some lovely areas with beautiful houses but we can’t all be well off , some people disrespect this town and vandalise it for fun which I do not get ? Like the rubbish people leave everywhere, why do certain people want to live in a dump when others want to be proud of where they live
Yeh true. Every town does have it's run down areas. It's people like you say who just leave rubbish or fly tip that you can never manage. Dunno why people do stuff like that. How is Dalton?
@@honestplaces Dalton is a lot better than Barrow although in some areas teenagers have started to graffiti walls peoples houses and throw litter everywhere and smash glass bottles on pavements ,we also have some useless dog owners who
Do not pick up after their dogs but generally it’s a nice place to live and people are friendly
@@jenH779 My worst thing on the world is litter, it is the most shocking thing to just throw rubbish, not pick up dog poo.....you can do amazing things with a town but if you have people littering all the time it just brings the appeal down.
Perhaps revisit the area and take a walk along the Coast Road, a visit to the temple at Conishead, a trip over south Walney to the nature reserve and see the birds and seals, to Furness Abbey, to Piel Castle, do a bit of research regarding the shipbuilding industry that delivered numerous luxury liners. Oh and such sport stars as Emlyn Hughes, Gary Stevens, Georgia Stanway as well as the accessibility to the fabulous Lake District (or does that not suit your agenda?)
This was just a center review. So i will do an outskirt/surrounding area review init. Seems alot better
Thanks for showing the few streets in Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria (not Lancashire) that are not very nice. They build nuclear submarines so they aren't going to put them in the beautiful areas where the houses are near Furness Abbey. We have the Doc Museum which would help you more understand the big history of Barrow. It started in Iron or then ship building then submarines. The Church is a listed Town Hall. The markets and immediate area are due to all be updated. Shops are bad now in the 70' and 80's it was a bustling town. The people are known for being friendly. It's such a shame what has happened lots of listed buildings abandoned. Walney Island part of Barrow has some lovely beaches.
It'll always be Lancashire to me. Barrow is as far away from Carlisle as it is from Wigan! Also Cumbria is no longer going to exist from 1st April in 2023.
Totally agree it will always be Lancashire and we still have the Lancashire postal code
Could you do Birkenhead on the Wirral next? Or even Ellesmere Port is an interesting town to visit lots of industry and Cheshire Oaks is there! 😊
I have been intrested to check out Ellesmere port. Seems a good trip out
BAE SYSTEMS IS THE COMPANY WHO OWN THOSE FACTORIES
Barrow I use to live there on egerton court near the submarine yard it's a ok place but yep it's defo going down hill walney island got gorgeous views tho xx
Nice Video..
Cheers pal
Blackpool is regarded as the most deprived town in the UK.Well barrow won’t be far behind.The town is rife with alcoholism with no jobs and it’s pretty much a ghost town now.
Back in’88 teachers said there was no future for the town and the best thing would be to leave for a better life.
Glad we did that.I enjoy these videos because I remember the life I had and what I have now.
Jeeez. Even back then people saying you need to get put while you're young. Crazy. Yeh Blackpool is a 1 day thing a year. Even in that one day you get to the point of "when are we going home"
People stay there for a week sometimes! How many 2p's have they got!?
@@honestplaces lmfao!!!
That is an accurate description of Blackpool.I turned 50 last year and I’ve since heard that many of the ones I knew have passed away in barrow and even some of their children have.I doubt the barrow I know will even exist 100 years from now.
Pretty sure Scunthorpe comes before barrow and Blackpool and Grimsby come to Lincolnshire you will see how deprived Scunthorpe really is
@@tlnkj1910 I forgot to mention,if you turn up in barrow with another accent,they look at you like you’re from another planet and all you’ll get in return is a grunt😆
That is the best way to welcome someone into your town!
Barrows a tough town but spend a bit of time there and find the proper spots to go to for a pint and it’s not bad, it’s not for everyone but I have always had a decent time when I’m over for work. Always find an open mic, decent scran, and good people. Takes more than a 15 min walk about to call a place
I dont think they used masonry paint on that Hollywood building!
Inn't milk brilliant!! 🤣
The market is just like the one in Keighley West Yorkshire half empty stalls it’s so sad the on line shopping is killing towns and cities
Shipleymarket too.
How can you not believe ??? You are there aren't YOU 😅😅😅
I was never there
Poor Barrow, so very sad.
Did you go on a Sunday?
Thursday!
@@honestplaces Just seemed very quiet. I was told to look at places during their busiest, like Saturday morning to really get a feeling of the area.
Lad from Barrow here, town is run down especially the town centre many shops have closed especially in Portland walk due to vandalism. The reason the "arcade" and the market look run down and empty is because they are currently undergoing huge renovations, a project that is costing a few million to upgrade the town centre so many stores have exited and more will until it's complete. The large building is BAE they build nuclear submarines for the Royal Navy and is a Ministry of Defence site, filing around there can actually be a bit iffy as armed police and even the military have been called on occasion. Almost the entire town is a no fly zone due to this and the airport on Walney. It's definitely seen it's better days but since COVID it's gotten a lot worse, back in 2018 most of the shops were full and there was very little vandalism to the buildings.
I'll add this here too as I forgot to mention it but the "arcade* and the buildings next to B&M are closed due to the renovations as they are being demolished which is why there is sales on. Manhattan is actually a very large night club and open late same with the theatre bar they might seem closed but they are still in use. Night life is ok but nowadays it's full of drunk chavs The police are always out in full within that street and I can guarantee every night a fight breaks out and someone is arrested.
Interesting read nice one. Lets hope the renovations go well. Lucky with my camera around there then!
Guessing it's the same people always scrapping outside aswell 🤣
Lived in barrow 40 years and its gone downhill like but you must have wasted a good 2 hours starting off going over the docks, literally nothing there and never has been. Im just glad you didnt turn left out of the marker and go down portland walk and see every shop boarded up you would have thrown up haha. if you carried on down dalton road to the bottom there is a Wetherspoons, the only place to day drink in barrow that have people in. Barrow is good for the beaches on walney and thats about it!
Nooooo! I love seeing shops shut. Shame i missed that! Yeh i got lost at the docks and started to get annoyed, so much so i had to cheer myself up with a pint in that wetherspoons!🤣 was called something train related i think!
Should have gone over Walney Beach, loads of beautiful spots in Barrow-in-Furness mate
@@AromaFizzJackOMelts Yeh i know some of the outskirts are ace, just focused on the immediate centre.
I go biking around there but never been to the centre so thought i would check it out
Lovely friendly people in Barrow-in-Furness, still loads more to do in barrow compared to many other inland shit holes like Bradford and Keighley 👍
@@AromaFizzJackOMelts Yeh Bradford surrounding areas are not great compared to Barrow, also guessing people are more welcoming in Barrow also. It's just odd to walk around the centre of Barrow.
How many of those Ladies Glasses frames do you have? You sport many different colors.
Cornwallis Street Great Night Lifel
Barrow is almost in the Lake District, never became a seaside town like Blackpool.
Hattans pops off on a Saturday, then can go across the street for CHICKEN WING, or skin and chive Peetha, either or
Love places that pop off. Might skip the chicken wing though
what was the point of clip?All I saw was you running around the industrial part of town.What about walney and out towards Dalton and the rest of Furness?
I wasn't running....but there is a part 2 coming 🤣
You just went to the bad parts of barrow as per usual nice one though 😂😂😂😂😂
I am going back, the complaints have been staggering 🤣
Every town has spots you can pick out to give it a bad impression - the north is full of back streets. He walks around a tiny part of the town and jumps to a conclusion - no Furness Abbey, no Biggar Bank and Walney, no park shots which was a stones throw from the station - seemed to come with an agenda - he'll make a good journo!
Journo's always hide the good stuff. Nah in all honesty i am back to do the other side of the industrial area and high street. Get to some surrounding areas too!
What did you come as mate ?.
A moaner
Should have visited walney Island. That's where the beaches are
Planning too!
Hollywood and manhattans is a good night out
It actually does looks like a top night out.
I remember this visit (due to work) only seen the vid now, some of the comments off the locals are shocking, old barrow might not be the prettiest but all the residents are sound, not snobby like the ormsgill *sorry* "lower hawcoat" lot 👍
Try n come back when its not chucking it down 👍
what most visiters see like most other small towns.but you didn't bother doing much research.If you took the road across to the nature reserves and beaches on walney.or furness Abbey, Dock museum.Visit piel island with it castle ruins and welcoming pub by ferry or a guided walk over the sands with john Murphy.Barrow isn't just its town centre its the people and the hidden gems you have to research, something you over looked to do.have another Visit but stay away from the town centre next time.
I was looking at Barrow videos and all of them were ghe outskirts so i thought i would do a direct center and factory side one. I do know there are nice areas in the immediate outskirts though
Best enjoyed without audio.
Best enjoyed just watching something else!
Never seen this on A Place In The Sun..........
I think i have seen some worse places on a place in the sun....some of the places they wanna buy a £25,000 grand flat are angin 🤣
@@honestplaces I'd buy a delapidated finca in Spain any day over a terraced house in the UK in any of these places 😂
@@kat7777 Yeh....same. Atleast it will be warm and can have beers in the sun init!
All the locals trying to defend this place in the comments is hilarious, proper depressing hole! Sorry but just being honest…..grim!
How many many times a day are you told your a knob.
My dad is from Barrow. He moved to NZ in the late 70's. He said it was pretty depressing back then as well
What an absolute dump
I lived there for a bit, was the most depressing place I've ever seen. There's no jobs at all, terrible alcolism and suicides every week. Couldn't wait to get out!
I'm sure i read it was suicide capital of the uk?
@@honestplaces hi yeah, wouldn't surprise me! Me and my ex moved up there because his brother said the house prices were so cheap and I was more or less cajoled into moving up there. We soon saw why the houses were so cheap though-no work for miles. I got 6 months secretarial work in BA Systems, which I felt incredibly lucky about, but my ex couldn't get anything at all! After a year of this we finally had to sell up and get the hell out!
@@bluecat798 Jeeez. So there are people wanting jobs but just no job prospects at all! Crazy
Maybe you should do a part 2 after doing some research instead of making assumptions about the town. Also take a trip into town later at night, theatre bar and Hollywood which you said have looked shut for years are actually bouncing of a weekend.
No. I'm from Ulverston. Thus video is being kind, it's much worse.
@@alexanderspear9464 I’m from barrow😂 yes the town centre is a shithole but there is good and bad like I said in my other comment. Ulverston has its places too….
If that Hollywood place is actually open, then why does it look like that!? Not doubting it's probs a sick night out but alteast make the outside look half decent abit
@@honestplaces I am from a nice place down the road, Ulverston, although I live overseas now. Barrow is full of Irish descendants, it's rough, they think they're hard. They used to think their town, Barrow, was the Mecca of the North, and always had this aggressive posture, like the smaller towns 'just didn't get it' The fact is, the place is always grey, always depressing. When I visited last year, it was the capital of people on sickness benefits drinking in the morning. And numerous mobility scooters whizzing around. I just thought: A mini nuclear bomb 💣 would be perfect for here.
@@alexanderspear9464 ahaha i laughed at that. where is it you live now then?....maybe P
utin has barrow on his 1st nuke list
10:54 here is where i arrange to meet all my unwitting victims, i mean blind dates......
Treat them to a pint in that pub then move onto the bench to make my move!
@@honestplaces i usually meet them at 7am, so the pubs shut unfortunately.
In the rezzo…
It's bae ship yard building submarines
About 30 comments stating that 🤣 figured it out after the video 🤣
You look like a barrow local 😆
Dunno how to take that 🤣
@@honestplaces you have no pit bull and are not just wearing a white tshirt so you look foreign lol
I never thought id see more drug issues than my home town of brighton and hove, and its known the country over for its high death rate. But that was until i visited this place.
Really! Didn't know Brighton was that bad!
I lived in barrow for a long time and only last week,I was speaking with someone who used to live there too.he told me that numerous people had died and sadly,2 had lost a child due to the drug/drink scene.I remember a young mother who would have a child in one arm and using the other to smoke a crack pipe.he told me that she’s dead now.There’s issues wherever we go but It’s no surprise that barrow is like it is coz there’s nothing else to do
@@kenjohnson1041 Jesus that is well bad. Weird how there is such nice places near by! But yeh the immediate centre and housing is awful and depressing. Feels like there is no hope if you have no way out!
@@honestplaces the only way out is to take the nearest whatever…and leave.
C R O Y D O N Next mate!
Heard it's good for a pint
@@honestplaces yeah was in the day mate.
@@unholyaudiochannel So many people say "back on the day now" just shows how rubbish everything is at the moment! Tragic!
I only say back in the day because I don’t drink anymore. So yeah back when I was it was crazy times for sure.
@@unholyaudiochannel ah right. So it still might be a good vibe! But yeh drinking scene is quite depressing in the UK.
Build nuclear submarines
Yu born in Bradford
Manchester pal
all towns in the uk that have been pedestrianised have gone down hill
It just the shop situation that is bad. I do online shopping myself to be fair but just greggs and vape shops aren't exactly making people go back to the high street
Not true, maybe just up in the post industrial grim north or whatever
Where's spoons
Was at the end of some road. Didn't look great, wouldn't of brought much to the video 🤣
Maybe be a bit respectful to those that live in these houses, it might not be much but it means everything to them and they are a strong community that look out for each other, if you want fancy go down Abbey road or go to Roose you'll soon be jealous
Hilarious that "fancy" in Barrow is just a normal house in much of the rest of the UK. Just goes to show how singularly miserable these houses are with their measly four windows, each the size of an open broadsheet newspaper. And Barrow is like 90% that house, for miles and miles. Treeless, colourless, grimness
Come back in 5 years and you will see changes for the better most of Britain is run down but Barrow has the best chance of changing as you will find out.
I hope so, that's if all the Subs haven't left for Russia by then! 🤣
No surprise don't just down grade Barrow, all England is the same , it's heartbreaking 💔 what this country has become ,and l think this is just the Tip of the iceberg so so sad
Cunkesque
I know what it is they build nuclear submarines the company is b a e systems big defence manufacturer
That's the one!
The economy must be decimated.
Dunno how the factories are getting on, but i couldn't live in a terrace house next to a factory!
Believe it or not almost full employment in this town. We have been building Britain’s nuclear deterrent for 60 years! Good money being
earned Bowaters paper mill factor, Sellafield...... wether it’s the council, the people? Nothing seems to change!
@@brianmcgrevey9832 Yeh it does look like a hard working town. I would have live on the outskirts if i worked there though
@@honestplaces yes there are some nicer places, Walney, Roa island etc, but town is in a time warp. Some of councillors been there years, keep getting voted in so the town is stagnating, no forward thinking, they are going to spend millions on the Barrow Market area? Why? Doesn’t the word market mean second rate? On our summer holidays we see seaside towns using their positions to their advantage, for instance we have 55 miles of coastline, not a beach hut in sight! Why?
@@brianmcgrevey9832 Good points,i'm not to good with all council stuff but yeh the area is amazing and needs to be utilized!
How do you not know what bae is 😂 and literally walked around the shiteholes
Always just look through a lense, need new glasses
Towns an absolute shithole, surrounding areas are lovely though. Growing up in the area I can hand on heart say its never been this bad. So glad I dont live there anymore.
You’ve clearly done no research, just got off a train at the station, and slag the town off by visiting a small portion of it by foot for ten minute. Awful lazy video with no editing. We have walney beach, Furness Abbey, loads of woods with a view of the Isle of Man. But you’d know that if you did a little research.
@@oddities-whatnot that’s my whole point though , it’s not a run down town, if you check the whole area. He just picked a small section.
@@oddities-whatnot I’m not sure why you keep defending him, where are you from? And has he been to your town for a quick “ten minute tour / slag off fest”?
You need to explore more! WALNEY, coast road rampside! The better places!
Will be back!
@@honestplaces good! There are really nice places round here x
My dog is lovely, if I take a video of him, I show him in his entirety, if I just filmed his arsehole he would seem terrible.
Pretty much the same as filming barrow .
I couldn't seem to find the arsehole exit though!
Wish ppl like you comin here slatting our town and dont do ur knowlege of the town
Try researching a place before you visit .