Americans visit 'UK's worst town' and are stunned by three things

Blackpool has been named the 'UK's worst town' successful a survey (Image: Getty)

A travel-obsessed American mates decided to sojourn the “worst” ranked seaside municipality successful Britain – and were near stunned by what they found.

Blackpool was named the worst seaside municipality successful the UK in a canvass past twelvemonth and arsenic specified Jeremy and Cara – who tally The Magic Geekdom Youtube transmission – decided to effort it retired for themselves. But they weren't expecting what they found, highlighting 3 peculiar things that amazed them.

Beach

Approximately 17 cardinal tourists sojourn Blackpool annually and erstwhile the prima is out, the formation is 1 of the apical attractions.

And for Cara, this was a peculiar highlight. She said: “The archetypal clip that we came to the UK we had a batch of radical archer america ‘oh you request to find a sandy formation a batch are pebbles’ and that was a word I wasn’t truly acquainted with due to the fact that I’ve lone been to possibly 1 pebble formation successful my life.

The Famous Blackpool Tower and The Golden Mile Illuminations astatine nighttime (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

“You find a bully sandy beach, that’s a truly bully prime to person successful an English shore, you know? And truthful the that information this 1 is truthful pristine and beautiful, similar what a beauteous sandy beach. Why does Blackpool get the hatred that it does? I deliberation it is benignant of amusive here.”

Although the Americans did not sojourn successful summer, Jeremy added that the upwind was not arsenic bleak arsenic helium had been warned about. He said: “The upwind present is really not bad. It is not raining which is simply a plus. It is not ace acold but determination is simply a batch of wind.”

Illuminations

The archetypal nighttime of their stay, Jeremy and Cara decided to cheque retired the town’s celebrated illuminations show that spans 4 months of the year. This unsocial is reported to pull six cardinal visitors.

And showing her appreciation, Cara said: “You cognize what’s amazing, I conjecture Blackpool illuminations really goes for thing similar astir six miles that you tin locomotion the promenade and spot each these lights. There’s implicit a cardinal lights present and it has been moving since I deliberation 1879. How tin you hatred connected thing that’s steeped successful that overmuch history?”

The Yorkshire Fisheries food and spot store successful Blackpool wherever the Americans had meal (Image: -)

Food

Keen to effort retired immoderate section food and chips, the YouTubers decided to spell to The Yorkshire Fisheries. They said Instagram followers had urged them to sojourn and they chose to dine successful to debar warring the seagulls away.

Cara and haddock, chips and, atrocious southerners, gravy. Jeremy meantime had the aforesaid repast but went for a broadside of curry sauce.

Commenting connected the British grub, Cara said: “That is truthful good. The haddock is truthful flakey and tender and the batter connected it is truthful crispy and crunchy - this is 1 of the champion food and chips I deliberation we've had, astatine slightest the fish, the food is amazing.”

Conclusions

Last twelvemonth Express.co.uk readers picked the Lancashire municipality arsenic being their slightest favourite vacation spot. Some called it “depressing” starring to VisitBlackpool defending the area, wherever they highlighted a regeneration task worthy £1billion.

The Ferris Wheel connected the Central Pier made successful 1868 by John Isaac Mawson connected Blackpool Beach (Image: Getty Images)

Cara, who besides visited the celebrated piers and the arcades, surely did not find it “depressing”. She explained: “I truly similar it here. It is simply a precise antithetic ambiance than anyplace other we person been to successful England.”

Asking her hubby if the country was harshly judged, helium said: “I deliberation it is simply a mixed bag. There are a batch of truly chill things present that bash springiness america puerility memories that I deliberation a batch of the radical present do. There are immoderate bittersweet things that are tally down but determination is simply a batch of scaffolding and things that look similar they are trying to amended the country too.”

Cara responded: “I agree, determination are immoderate gorgeous, magnificent, opulent buildings here. And you tin archer a batch of them person been truly good preserved oregon restored, but past determination are besides ones that you could conscionable archer would beryllium truthful astonishing if they could reconstruct them.

“And truthful it gives maine anticipation for the aboriginal of Blackpool. I deliberation it is simply a truly amusive and antithetic acquisition from thing we person ever done earlier – I would decidedly emotion to travel back.”

To ticker their sojourn to Blackpool, sojourn the couple's YouTube channel here.