What they’ve done to our wonderful country is criminal. Crimes against humanity. They should all be in prison.

What the hell has happend to our country it has become a cesspit

If you drive literally 5 minutes out of Hanley you see two huge retail parks , one mile apart . They have all the usual big names , cinemas , marina , restaurants , hotel , industrial units , water park , free parking and even a dry ski slope . They are packed with people . The areas where they are built are where the old steel works , a deep mine and other old industries used to be . They were transformed over 30 years into the retail parks . Along with the loss of the main industries pottery and mining , plus internet shopping and atrocious council decisions by all parties over decades ... Gives a better overall picture of what is happening to the old towns . The community feel , independent shops , pubs , nightclubs and buzz of the traditional town centre has been replaced with huge corporate retail parks . Very convenient , easy parking but souless with none of the personal community feel of the old towns . The problem they cannot or will not address is what to do with the old town centres. Yes there have been promises of redevelopment but the last big scheme ... the developer went bust after everything had been demolished leaving a waste land . I could go on and on about councils decisions and developers but I'd be here for days . Positive note ... the people are proud and amongst the friendliest . They have been let down badly by all political parties .

Whether ,Labour or Tory, both your policies have achieved this. Really well done.👏😒☹️👏 shameful , disgraceful.

This is what happens when Britain doesn't produce anything.

That levelling up went well didn’t it??

Neither Conservatives or Labour are bothered outside London. One huge majority wasted by the Tories, Labour will do the same, Mark my words in five years time. Sorry Stoke I feel for you, the Politicians don't care though.

The entire House of Parliament should be made to visit Stoke!

It amazes me that people don’t protest about corruption in the UK. How many billions of pounds have been given to Ukraine to ‘save democracy’?

They want businesses in towns closed so they can develop shops in 15 minute cities

Coming to a town near you!😢 All by design!

Even the pigeons fly upside down, because there’s nothing worth shitting on.

The British love their out of town retail parks with all that lovely free car parking. Shame they've killed traditional town centres...

Just like the majority of small English towns just left to wither away

This is shocking 😮😢

It’s been like this for many years. This is what happens when councils want to pay millions for a car park.. in a completely run down city centre. Makes perfect sense for the brown envelope brigade. Also millions on one way systems. It’s a very murky place in the day and at night. Just to think hanley was a vibrant party town about 15/20yrs ago. Lack of funding for these places down to governments building their posh train tracks at extortionate prices. Unwanted carparks and just generally abusing public funds for their own back handers.

GHOST CITIES

Our former 1st World country. Game over.

The old English blood would not have let this happen ☝

Wow this is so sad i used to live and work in Stoke on trent this looks like a dead place now this is shocking

I was born and raised in Stoke and now live in Newcastle under Lyme…the decline of these areas over the last 20 years or so is staggering. I rarely go into Hanley or Newcastle any more to shop as there are so few shops to shop in. When me and my wife retire in a few years we are moving out of the area to somewhere with a little bit of soul and good vibe. It’s a real shame as the majority of Potteries people are very hard working and extremely friendly.

Oh my god. THIS (Hanley) 0:46 is the town where I used love to go shopping every Saturday. It was thriving, busy and clean with ZERO boarded up shops. THIS is the town where everyone around used to go out on a weekend to the many clubs, bars and discos. I knew it would start going downhill when the really good big shops started to close. BHS closed down and not many years after M&S and the giant Debenhams. I stopped going to Hanley about 5 years ago because EVERY TIME I came home feeling utterly sad and depressed. Now, it's even worse - much worse.

Then we wonder why people are glued to screens and virtual reality.

01:15 You know the situation is pretty fucked up when even the charity shops are boarded up.

I was born in Soke-on-Trent in 1937 and lived , worked there until I was 29. It was a great, thriving place then. What a disaster now.

Towns in third world countries are better than this.Its an effing disgrace its been allowed to happen along with other towns and cities in the UK that resemble this.

Stoke-on-Trent Council paid over 3 million in farewell payments to retiring staff.

I went to Stoke afew weeks back for a rave at Keele University and apart from the small bit of the town centre in Newcastle Under Lyme everywhere was either boarded up and closed or massively run down -this is happening in every small town by design with no regeneration and as some people have mentioned it definitely has to do with these 15 minute towns/cities! Last time before this I went stoke about 20 years ago it seemed a decent place to walk around and spend time in but it's upsetting to see our places going to pot like this.....

4 reasons for this decline, all over the country... ...Primark Huge supermarkets Online shopping Out of town retail parks

it would not be so depressing if it was not all done on purpose wait till the new flats and homes are build not for the homeless people and young adults

I am from Australia and work as a contractor for retail and things are slowing down its going on every we're in the world. Keep safe keep positive Greg

Awfully sad. I grew up not so far from Hanley, used to go there all the time for shopping or socialising, it was a lively and bustling place in the 90's. Went back there for a gig at The Sugarmill earlier this year, first visit in a very long time, I couldn't believe how derelict and broken down the whole town was. ☹

all towns of stoke on trent are ghost towns

The overheads ate too expensive and customers are rare!!!

Hi mate wow so many shops closed

everythings online

Looks like gaza

Soon to be a Islamic town coming soon

Shopping on line and retail parks have destroyed the high street 😭

I know why don't we just complain about it on KZfaq then complain again and again and again. Complaining dont do shit you need to grow a backbone people and fight for your country and your freedom

Haunted town! 👻

A good place to film a apocalyptic movie

wtf ghost town

the retail parks are doing alright, i was at Wolstanton up the road from Hanley today and it was rammed, struggled get a parking space, mid week too lol

Bro in stoke we even have security guards working in charity shops like disgrace

Its gone from being the world centre of excellence in pottery design and manafacture to the waste land that exists now. Even up until about 20 years ago it was still fairly vibrant. I wonder what happened?

Our once great city is only going to get worse now the devil is in number 10

The first shopping centre in the Newcastle section of the video was recently vacated for redevelopment. It is opposite to the now demolished old town hall. What looks like a new car park is currently being built on the old Sainsbury's site at that end of the town.

Greed is killing everything

Looks like that place is almost ready to compulsory purchase to turn into another new 15 min smart city !

This video is not Newcastle-under-Lyme it's Hanley Stoke-on-Trent

Its getting like this in bishop Auckland county Durham area

This is my birth place and has been in decline for years,it breaks my heart such a thriving city full of wonderful friendly people I agree totally with the comment here in they should be in prison to allow this happen ,stoke council are the worst just shows how this wonderful place famous for our China industry I see endless comments about it being a sh...... well be kind to the people whom remembered this city and all it was known for. Before you label,look at the people that allowed this😢😢😢😢 I wish I could wave a magic wand,I watched this decline unable to do anything. Although I've worked with a member of the council as where l lived drugs ,dealers were rife. The result was having my car covered in gloss paint,also my neighbours we were also threatened. Please called useless .

This is mainly hanley i worked there it was booming in every sense❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

All of these empty shops have got accommodation above them Stoke-on-Trent could be turned around

Tory heart land.

What would arnold benett make of it all xx

Make the empty place available cheaply to creatives and artist and they will renew your cities for the future, they did it before and can again

What the heck happened to my old hometown? Well, almost I'm from 'upcastle. I moved away 16 years ago, but wow looks like a Zoombie apocalypse.

The only way it would change is if people threw their phones in the bin ,.and thats not going to happen

I penned it a few years back. Its called the Northern Wasteland

Flats flats and online delivery all over 🇬🇧. Not much sense of community

The internet is a part of this decline

Beautiful 😂

Labour dump

Shocking

Anyone remembere the Heavy Steam Machine in Newcastle under Lyme ?

OMG Ghost towns

You need industry to develop wealth. Stokes old industry is all gone, so it needs to get something new or die. The internet has made everything worse too. Brick and mortar shops cant compete with Amazon etc.

My poor city i live in :(😢 it use be so good years ago now its druggies foreigners and take aways

Stoke voted Brexit and then returned Conservative MP's. How dumb.

SOT council have a lot to answer for and should be held publicly to account, any money they get they simply invest in themselves, bunch of criminals

Business 'TO LET' signs? Really? What a joke.

These buildings could be converted back to residential but the councils don't want that The idea of rejuvenation of town centres cost to much to police...

The state of Britain is depressing wtf is happening here. The worst times

I can't believe the site im seeing omg

Imagine if you brought a Hanley native back from 1924 and showed them this. They’d probably think it had been ravaged by war.

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Alot of seaside towns are the same across the country need to pump money into them and create jobs for local people

The only way to regenerate the town centres is to close all the out of town retail parks, ban Amazon and eBay and internet shopping. Ain't gonna happen is it. So our town centres have to be, must be, repurposed. This is not unique to Stoke, it's nationwide.

I’ve never seen a place look that dead - I thought this video was taken during lockdown till I checked the upload date . Where are people hiding in that place ?

Looks like. Blackpool

What I find utterly incredulous is that some people actually voted for them on July 4

My God this is BAD!!

Former shops may be turned into accomodation whether it's affordable for the majority is another thing Hanley is a disgrace years of neglect

I miss stoke on trent

This can dramatically be improved... Have you got a light?

Many suberbs and centres in the U.S. are going the same way capitalism is finite ,greed will destroy it ,thats what its based apon.

Are Business rates too high in inner cities.? Are Businesses getting a better deal outside these areas.?

Labour best deliver what the conservatives couldn't because this shit needs to change

Who’s just been voted in? Before I comment

This is such a shame because stoke and Hanley used to be such a nice place and was the go to place to go to doing some good shopping. Im shocked but although not surprised and i thought Crewe was getting bad.

Hi it shows how the council have got money to waste.

Didn't they vote for nigel 😂😂😂😂😂😂 he in america

These derelict builds can soon be refurbished into asylum seeker accommodation and Mosques....as to the WEF adgenda

Some of those buildings have been like that since the 90s there's more chance of em falling down than anyone developing them unfortunately at this point they should just give these buildings to anyone who has the time the want and cash to do something with them better than leaving them an eyesore.

Islam has done this

Is this a culture thing? We’re lost… As a Residents of Etruria Vale Road…

I'm genuinely horrified 😮

What a Dump. Unfortunately that's repeated all round the country. My town is no better.