[Closed] Bracknell!!!

You should have seen it before they knocked down the town centre and rebuilt it. The Old Manor was OK for a quick couple of pints at lunchtime courtesy of the Dell shuttle bus.

Er ok. Cool story? Probably a nicer place than any northern shithole thought.

Oh I don’t know. Northern shitholes have a certain character that comes with the added frisson of excitement of wondering whether you’ll make it out alive.

Basingrad, Swinders and Sluff should be your next ports of call for SE shiteholes. Then you'll realise Bracknell isn't so bad 🙂

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You have obviously never been to Coral Reef.

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<div>Although I can’t talk, I live in Whitley.</div>

I used to live in Basingstoke, opposite the Smiths factory- South Ham. Personally,  I preferred it to Bracknell especially after they rebuilt the pub after it got burnt out,

It has Swinley, so not that bad.

You should've made a day of it and checked out Aldershot and Farnborough too.

I work in Stains, which you would think would be a similar hole based on Ali G. But actually it's really quite posh and full of £750,000+ houses, the show was ironic.

But yea, Bracknell. At least people from Slough can claim they're from Windsor.

the show was ironic.

Obvs you’ve never been on the late train with the West Staines Massive. Innit.

Bracknell actually has some half decent villages around it, but yeah the town centre is a shit hole. When I were a lad it used to be a treat to go bowling  in the out of town shopping centre. I assume it’s burned down by now 😜

Having had the misfortune to work in a few of the aforementioned towns, I always wondered how anyone could actually work out where they were.

They’re all just so... beige.

they all just look exactly the same. Beige shitholes

Rob Hilton to the phone please - Rob Hilton:  Portsmouth on line 3

Basingrad, Swinders and Sluff should be your next ports of call for SE shiteholes. Then you’ll realise Bracknell isn’t so bad

I can't speak for Slough but those other places have great riding in their own ways. Definitely been in far worse places on that front, and I quite look forward to being sent there to work as I am occasionally.

 the West Staines Massive.

I didn't say anything to defend Egham and Hythe.

I used to work for a company based in Bracknell, so had to go there quite often, I wouldn't want to live there, but it was OK to visit once a month or so.

The last time I went was a few years ago when I had to back to my old employers site for a training course, the town centre redevelopment was still underway, not been back there since.

Honda moved it's UK HQ from Slough to Bracknell?

Never managed to get to Swinley whilst I was there, but one day hopefully!

Been to Swinley loads when in Bracknell and environs (Yorkshire lad) so it ain't all bad.

There's loads of posh places and cash within a five mile radius.

There's also a mental hospital, a brilliant kebab van and this architectural masterpiece

Broadmoor - I played a league match there once against the staff and then the siren went off...

That architectural white elephant is rumoured to operate a knocking shop from within.

Is that a plus or minus??

Anecdotally a colleague bought (I hope, but probably rented) a flat there near some sort of factory/unit and periodically the test siren went off whilst he was working from home. Eventually he complained to the factory/unit owner about the disruption but the geezer explained it was the siren test for Broadmoor mental hospital. Dozy git colleague never even knew it was on his doorstep and presumed like many people it was out in the wilds of Devon or Cornwall.

Try Andover. That is a pile on the anus of the world.