Well, may I ask what you were expecting to see in Torquay? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeasts swinging majestically?

I remember a news report about a japanese couple who landed at Heathrow decades ago and asked an airport employee how to get to Torquay?...........long story short: they ended up on a plane to Turkey!

Truly enjoying your UK tour. Love the humour, food looks okay, great spirits in people!

I've been all over the UK coast, including Torquay, and there are far worse places than there. Grimsby, Dover, Great Yarmouth instantly spring to mind 😅

where next in the UK shall I film? This was a last minute trip so I couldn't really research where to go. I will do another trip in December or January and go to many places around the UK. In the meantime I am returning to a country next week where I thought I would NEVER return to, stay tuned to see!

As a Torquay lad born and bred it's hard to see the town fall so far from grace , I remember the decline really began during the mid to late 90s . From the town to the football club the rot runs deep , left to live elsewhere over a decade ago .

Did you know that Fawlty Towers, a comedy from the 1970's staring John Cleese and Connie Booth, was set in Torquay?

Loved these UK videos Ben, good to hear from loads of local legends like Davidoff, Wendell and Turkey Man.

Another great video, Ben. I really enjoy seeing the sights. Keep on truckin' Richard in Reno

It's Torquay Ben, what you were expecting to see? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically... 😉

That Rapping bartender is awesome! I have a friend who lives in Paignton, and he loves Torquay. For years it was called the British Riviera, but outside of the posh looking waterfront with the yachts, it just looks like every other seaside towns. Not as cold down there as it is in the Northeast.

I live in Torquay, grew up here and it’s a beautiful place let down by the Council and the Government with a lack of funding. There’s incredibly rich Houses around Ilsham and much poorer around Hele. Covid hit the High Street hard as we heavily rely on Tourism unfortunately and add in the mix of 13+ Year olds being neglected, Anti-Social behaviour around the Town gets worse and worse.

Great stuff about turkey man! 👍👍 Torquay looked still more occupied than the centre of Bridgend. Oh and when you mentioned Brixham, I heard „,Brixton“- now that would have been a rough area- although not a _seaside_ town.

Very cool Ben! Thanks for sharing

One of my earliest memories, from decades ago, is from Torquay. I was on holiday there and from photos I was 3 at most 4. The memory is of a friendly homeless 'bag lady' that used to be sitting in a doorway near to where my family were staying. All I remember is she had a metal shopping trolley with all her possessions in it, red lipstick and I think some type of rug or blanket for a skirt. The memory is just her smiling and waving, as I think I used to wave to her when I walked past her. I remember NOTHING else about the week or 2 weeks I was there. Not the beach, the rides I went on, the amusements etc etc, just the bag lady. It just shows what kids notice and makes an impact on them. As for those phones being from the 70s haha no, probably 90s -1980s and earlier there was no push button dial phones, they were all dial ups, where you had to put your finger into each number hole on a plastic disc of the phone number and move it clockwise to the end, then release, then do the next number until you had finished the full tel number. That was the same with public pay phones as well.

Been waiting on some UK travel vids for a while! Cheers for the recent uploads 🙏

You shouold turn this into a "Pints at the worst bars in England" tour

Thanks for this video Ben. Brings back memories when my parents took my brother and I to Pontins in Torquay in the early 1960’s, we also took a trip to Brixham and Paignton..

Great series made loved it! Been to mid england many times but never to far south, next time i go over i'm definately gonna visit Cornwall! Good luck on your next trip👍

Hasn't been the same since Basil left and the GlenEagles closed down.

Great video! We were watching your last Cornwall video and my girlfriend and I said it would be funny to message you to visit Torquay….. and here we are, I was born and bred in Torquay, comical and funny to watch from a true local

You missed 90% of Torquay!! And the best parts. You didn't go Meadfoot.. Babacombe downs or St marychurch not a true capture. Torquay is the best seaside town it's got the best people low crime. It's not boring has a good mix of every kind of person.. why would you live in a place where all the people are dull & boring.. Some great characters in Torquay.. I know I've been a Taxi driver in the bay for 18 years.. not 1 problem. Great place.. ❤

You do realise you’ve named the Brixham chapter ‘Brixton’ 😂 also you didn’t mention the fact that the pier and funfair wasn’t in Torquay but was actually in Paignton. It’s a real shame to see how much Torquay has gone downhill (which it has thanks to a horrifically corrupt council and zero investment). The town centre is crumbling but there are some real gems around the theatre and harbour area. Investment is needed and the council need to sort their shit out to get businesses back into the town centre. So many empty shops now sadly. I used to love living in Torquay but would never move back to that side of Torbay.

Thanks Ben great show really appreciate you doing the home country up right

I know this is meant to be a humorous take on things and a good example of self depreciating U.K humour. However, I worked for abroad for 15 years and travelled for 20 and have come back to South Devon and is still one of the loveliest places. The sea front in Torquay with the harbour and the general setting were gorgeous in the sunshine when I visited last week. There are sub-tropical plants and nice restaurants abound. Beaches packed and many people in the water at 18c. A bit of a gloomy summer this year but still 3 or 4 beach days a week and had great weather in May and June, last year 3 months of dry sunny and very warm weather. I did however notice the higher end of high street is in fact looking worse for wear and where I used to go to college in Torre is resembling a bit of a mini Detroit. However, generally lovely area with much going for it. Just wanted to say.

I really like the concept of visiting the rough side of towns. Please do this with other European Countries!

Hats off Ben, great series m8

Loving the content!

Nice mate! Love this tour

Those fish n chips are spot on! Here in my town in the States we had a proper British fish n chips joint called The Chippy. Unfortunately they recently shut down. They were excellent but I imagine the cost of running a business and being profitable right now is extremely difficult. Hope they come back.

Loved That Fish And Chips, Thanks For The Tour Ben!

4:47 the crouching gopnics of torquay :))))))

Top series. Looking forward to the next one.

Your a great guy Ben. I never miss a one. I especially like you and Bald together, as it’s a great balance.❤😊

Your clip brings back fond memories of the several biz trips I have done to Torbay. I used to work for a company that has an office on the outskirts of Paignton, and have stayed in Torquay and enjoyed her pubs (Hole in the Wall being my favorite) and restaurants (Ephesus and Number 7 in particular). I’ve also been to Brixham and enjoyed her great seafood. I can see that this area has seen more prosperous times, but I found it to be a decent place with friendly people. I still remember the marvelous Anna at the Imperial Hotel who retrieved the toothbrush charger I left there and shipped it all the way to Malaysia (where I was living at the time)…and greeted us with a radiant smile when we returned a year later!

@BackpackerBen Awesome - I've been eagerly awaiting the next installment! Cheers from Australia mate! :)

The Turkey Man returns!!! Glad to hear his nephew is doing well

Great collaboration guy's. I had a friend who's father was a top man in wessex water back in the day and lived in an amazing house somewhere behind the harbour on a high costal road. Fish and chips in Brixham is the best I've ever had in the uk.👍 also remember getting so drunk in one of those pubs and almost got press ganged onto one of those fishing boats, lucky escape for all concerned I think.

I been in Torquay in the middle seventies,I remember we took a tour by boat to a small island, and it used to be a lot of tourists,especially from Europe

Check out the lakes district in Cumbria. It’s beautiful there. Enjoying the UK series Ben. Cheers to the Turkey man.

Ben, great stuff. Just discovered your channel today. Jaywick near Clacton might be worth some content. Subbed. Thanks.

sign of the times, all our holidays when i was a kid were Torquay, Paignton & Brixham cos they were classed as the English Riviera & they were quite classy.. I've good memories of the place.

I live not far away and our nights out were in Torquay in the 90s, it was a good night out. I've been twice recently and had a walk around the town centre and it's not that bad at all really

Good video😄😄 . Fawlty Towers took place in Torquay , did you see the actual hotel there?

I wonder what becomes of these seaside towns in winter time and how they survive with less tourists paying into the community, could be worth a winter review of your local spots in the near future. Great video sir, all the best

Love the content Ben. I keep hoping to see bald in one of these new videos! I hope he's doing well!

Fish always tastes better in coastal towns. It's the combination of the freshness of the fish, the smell of the sea air, and nostalgia.

I was born in the early 60s. Torquay was a lovely seaside village with nice beaches back then. Sand gets moved over time...

great stuff!

That phone box…from the 70s!?! Showing your age there, mate 🤣 That’s a 90s phone box. You have no concept of pushing your 2p in when the pips went. I really don’t think Torquay was as bad as you were trying to make it out to be. I’ve lived in seaside towns. There’s no money there and they’re not brilliant but not that bad at all.

What is the future of the UK? Will it bounce back from this seemingly low point? I certainly hope so.

Omg, I wanted to visit here someday, but now I don't. Thanks for the video.

Just found your channel Ben! I'm from Dorset and usually wind up in Dawlish...my sons mate lives in Plymouth so we are back n forth.

i've been all over the british coastline and it never occurred to me that torquay could be considered bad. seems really nice to me, and a great place to retire. near to dartmoor, far from london's filth and crime. seems idyllic. there are far worse seaside towns like dover, folkstone, hastings, bognor regis, blackpool and skegness

It would be nice to see a list of attractive English seaside resorts. Living out of the country I've lost track of how all the resorts are faring. So far the whole scenario seems rather grim for anyone wanting to have a seaside holiday on the English coast. 😪

Just come back from camping in Scotland and experienced the same volatile weather as you mate! 😁🤣

I was down there in March. Such a shame how these beach towns have become. Time for a refurb!

Cool videos thanks bro

I think pretty much all the seaside towns in the UK have been in decline since the start of package holidays to places where sunshine is guaranteed. I can think of many worse seaside towns than Torquay. Places such as Great Yarmouth or Skegness for instance have arguably gone into a worse decline than any of the Torbay towns. Closer to your area, Minehead, Burnham on Sea and Weston super Mare aren't anything to write home about either.

my girl is turkish and we met out there but she told me she spent a few months in torquay as a teenager and it was the prettiest, friendliest place she has ever been. I'm still not convinced Torquay is nicer than Izmir...

Live in scotland but when i was younger i used to go to torquay every year to Beverly park, it was a great holiday and also had family down there. So many good memories, like elsewhere its went downhill, even like my own hometown i live by the seaside and it too os a shadow of what it used to be

Now I know why Torquay rings a bell to me. Fawlty Towers played there.

Not bad considered what ya had to work with.... thanks for taking us =)

Turkey man ❤🙌🏽 such a kind man! Be funny if you did a whole tour with him

Loving the UK series Ben.. Keep it up buddy.. Aaahaa

new subscriber here from Kenya Africa 😊... watched your with Khaby. Harry's friend in Nepal and followed you here

Morecambe Tourist Board should use footage of Torquay "At least you're not there"

Enjoyable video, as always! Missing Kat, though 😅

My family live in Brixham - Its across the bay (Torbay) They avoid Torquay best they can, like most other locals. There is a large homelessness problem, drugs are pretty common, along with consumption of cheap alcohol. Paignton is an okay, more typical UK seaside (I see you went there where the fair and pier was, but called it Torquay) and Brixham is a pretty but not much to do fishing town, but the main star areas in my opinion are nearby near Greenway, places such as Galmpton Creek. Beautiful countryside and quiet seafronts. No arcades or anything really, but so pretty.

That rough pub's got four stars on TripAdvisor, you sure you're not going soft on us Ben? 🤣 Nah I get it, sounds like the staff have really turned it around and good on them for it. Not been to Torquay since the 90s and it looks better than expected! Awesome news about Noah, go on Turkey Man!

Hey Canadians,good video Ben.😊

Around 1980 I popped into a branch of a well know (English) travel agent to ask if they had any brochures for the Torbay area. In fact I'd alreay been there but just needed info on cheap hotels. The assistant said "Oh yes!" and she then went into a long sales pitch about them being the biggest travel agents and so on. Then she said "What county is Torbay in?" I tried to explain, saying Torquay, Paignton, Brixham but she still didn't have a clue!

not gonna lie, seeing you walkin down factory row (the super dodgy side street just up from the Castle) genuinely had me worried lmao i lived in TQ for 25 years and movin away was the best decision of my life, TQ's a dead end in basically every respect

I live in the US, Florida to be more precise but the UK is facinating to me. Thanks for showing around

i was their when you posted this 😂 best time of my life

I'm glad you made it out of Torquay alive. I was born there but live in Newton Abbot thankfully. Torquay town centre has really declined to the point where you feel unsafe. At least the regeneration of the sea front looks great. Paignton and Brixham town centres are also dire. If you want the complete opposite go to Dartmouth and Salcombe.

Turkey Man is a top lad! Great to hear the news about Noah being cancer-free.

The home of Fawlty Towers can be nothing but a gem sir!

Great videos but you should try the Isle Of Wight

We have a ' Great Lake ' here . We put a sewage plant on the shore . Bloody Cleveland ! Lad , that was a Hell's Angel's Club house . Good thing you did'nt bother them

great job talking to camera ben. good videos

70’s? You had dial phones, wait for the pips, push the coins into a slot and hurt the tips of your fingers. It was 2p for a short call also.

Big up to the Turkey Man...and Ben, no trip to Wales?

We nearly moved to Torquay, after a pleasant weekend there about 10 years ago, but glad we didn't.

I took my American wife 2 years ago to Torquay, she was shocked at the homeless outside the bus station right on the quay. She couldn’t believe it. We live in birmingham so homelessness as been a problem forever !! But you just don’t expect it down in Devon. Personally I love torquay. But the hills are the worst 😂

I’ve been to skid row in L.A ……this place looks fabulous 😊

You found Jim moon 🌓 Lol 😂 rider on the storm ⛈ amazing 😉

Always enjoys your ...ventures.

Ben, have you checked put Jaywick yet?

10:28 is that Here comes the sun playing in BG😂

You do have some of the best beaches in Devon, with East Portlemouth, Bantham Sands, Blackpool Sands..... The Victorian seafront of Torquay would have looked very nice back in the day. Now its Kiss me quick and worn out and tired, sadly.

Haven't been there for close to 20years but loved visiting there as a kid.

haha Brixham. I used to gig in a pub there - last time I was there they said trade had been a bit quiet since the murder! :D

Suggestion, can you visit the football grounds of the places you visit? Being a ex pro player here in the states I love the old school grounds of the clubs that have history of the past. The grounds have so many stories to tell I’m sure. Just a suggestion for you if it’s possible to add in . Thanks for the traveler videos love it .

I don't know about rap music but Davidoff sounded authentic. Good luck to him. Parking fee is exorbitant. Who makes the judgement of where the worst place is? Paddle boarding in Cornwall is great fun but crowded roads are tough to deal with. I am so glad that Turkey man had good news. Enjoy your trip Ben.

i actually love Torquay as i lived near there. It's paradise compared to High Wycombe where i am now

I was born in TQ, grew up and joined the army in 97. I saw real step changes in the decline every time I went back on leave. The 90s were the last vestiges of the good TQ. The nightlife was legendary, with vibrant pubs and clubs and the town centre wasn't mostly boarded up, with industry abandoning the sinking ship. But this isn't unique to TQ. The advent of the cheap package holiday, with guaranteed sun was the nail in the coffin for all of the UK Victorian seaside resorts, which were fed by the rail network for those who lived further in land. If the seaside resorts are to survive, they need to reinvent themselves and offer something new. Rest in peace, TQ. Being a child in the 80s and a teenager in the 90s was epic. I hope you rise from the ashes ❤

Funnily enough, the seaside town of Torquay in Australia, is considered to be one of the nicest and most expensive places in the entire country 😂😂

Turkey man is a legend! 😊

From the 70s Ben?? That is a true masterpiece of noughties industrial design mate