SIX disgusting towns in DORSET you need to avoid! 

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How I wish I could return to the Dorset I knew in the 60s. So sad to see the decline of what was once one of the best counties in Britain.

As a teen growing up in Boscombe in the 70's it was a clean, happy, thriving area full of good guest houses and small hotels, good schools and housing, parks, walks, etc.. And then along came the mid-80s and it's changed almost overnight. Along with Bournemouth the decline continues.

I think these videos highlight problems that are nationwide: high streets are struggling everywhere, and councils have no money to spend on the various local problems.

I grew up in Redditch, Bournemouth is like paradise in comparison. When I moved to Bournemouth I asked a lad I was working with which pubs I should avoid, he thought I was asking for a rating he just didn't get the concept of there being pubs you do not walk into if they don't know you.

30 years ago I lived near Weymouth. It was a lovely place to visit. In 2018 I spent some time there and was so shocked at what a shithole its become. Homeless and druggies everywhere. In the late 90s i lived near Boscombe which was a bit shit then, now its bloody awful. So sad to see how these places have, as with a lot of places in the UK have, been turned into utter shitholes.

The reason Bournemouth wanted Boscombe was that at the time in the Victorian era it was where the rich lived. There were a few manor houses and many old Victorian houses where the servants lived in the basements. The reason that it is in the state it is now is for decades the council has used it as a dumping ground allowing free reign to landlords to create HMO's and it even has drug rehab units there.

I took my mum for what turned out to be her last holiday in 2017 and we went to all those places. She hardly recognised anything. Bournmouth was horrendous, parking charges were ridiculous and like you say, the roads especially near the centre, make you wish you'd stayed at home.

I visited Weymouth a few years ago and didn't think it was too bad. But, this was the seafront area and not the town itself. It's shame what's happened to our countries seaside towns.

This has got to be one of my favorite channels,its spot on!.have travelled alot over uk over the years,I am just shocked how these towns have gone downhill and rundown.

I went to uni in Bournemouth around 2008-2010 and genuinely loved it there, never had any problems and didn't really ever see any trouble. There were drug rehab units in Boscombe that apparently closed down and the patients had nowhere else to go so many of them just became homeless in Bournemouth; we used to bump into a Scottish guy we ended up calling Angus who always used the opening line "ahm glad yeh speak English, no-wan else 'roond here seems teh!" - don't think he ever realised he'd spoken to us more than once in his life before. Turned out he and a load of other homeless people had been on the syreets in their respective home cities and local councils had approached them and asked them where they'd like to go if they had a choice - a few said Bournemouth because of the beaches and seaside resort aspect, and the council gave them one-way rail tickets to go there. I moved out in 2011 as ai finished my course, but went back last year with a mate to see a show at the BIC; I was staggered with how dystopian everything looked, and this was in peak summer. Plus my mate had his fish and chips stolen by some absolute skaghead, utterly off his nut and walked off saying "you want your fish I fucking kill you" - soured the evening somewhat..

I never thought I would say this, but you are absolutely right. I have lived in Dorset for 36 years but fortunately, not in any of the areas you highlighted. I only go to Poole or Bournemouth when I absolutely have to.

As someone who was born in Poole, raised in Bournemouth, and now resides in Weymouth, I feel attacked 😭 so true though, Bournemouth and Weymouth have both become absolutely desolated pits these days, Weymouth is an absolute nightmare these days....

Good work! Always enjoyable and amusing. Having just left Weston super Mare after 3 1/2 years of astonished disappointment Bournemouth looks like Bali in comparison. Take care out there!

I left the UK 20 years ago because I didn't like what was happening, but I can't believe how bad it has got since then. I did some work in Swanage and Corfe Castle in 1982 and did the final part of my PADI scuba diving course at Chesil Beach in 1996. I remember Dorset as a gorgeous county, so very surprised to see it featured in Turd Towns. What has happened to the UK?

I grew up in Dorset, and I agree with everything you said except for Boscombe...I think it's one of the most interesting and vibrant places in Dorset and has some of the best cafés and beaches. Bournemouth however is the worst, I have sadly seen its demise over the last decade and more and we have the charming council to blame for that. Don't bother going there unless you want to feel utterly depressed. Boscombe has a thriving arts community, it has Chaplins bar and Boscanova café which sells the best coffee. Please don't be fooled!!

Brilliant film. I grew up in Poole and the whole are has become more and more rundown. We were all scared of the kids from Turlin Moor. My Dad’s firm designed the Poole Shopping Centre in the late 60’s and he said it needed knocking down by the 80’s… long past it’s sell by date… about 40 years.😂

Having been born and brought up in Dorset in a small village, I saw many changes over the years to the larger towns, city dwellers arriving in their bought holiday cottages thinking they knew how to 'change' the rural countryside for the better. Portland used to be a very close knit community, despite prisons, everyone looked after each other. The Navel base was fabulous and when the seas cut off portland the navy were there to protect the islanders. Its not a case of nostalgia its country life with the influx of know it all high-flying townies who think they know better. Nothing ever stays the same but those born in Dorset especially those 'out of the way' places never like to leave. Bournemouth, Poole, Boscombe, weymouth have all changed with the influx of disrespect, even Lulworth cove in those summery days. Like all places throughout Britain, its attitudes of individuals that change these places out of recognition and sadly it will only get worse before it gets better. Your take is quite amusing for a Dorset bred like me but hopefully it will go some way to slow down the influx of 'non desirable so, thanks

Having been born in Weymouth ( the world's first bathing resort) I was quite shocked with your description. However I have come to the conclusion that this decline is in fact widespread and terminal.

Don’t forget, Dorset is not just coastal. Take the effort to travel inland, and you’ll discover some wonderfully shit towns too.

Bournemouth's shops have definitely been dying, but it is MILES above Poole in my opinion. There is a cool free art gallery in the Bobby's building, there are often interesting markets popping up and there's a good amount of decent places to go for a night out. There are REASONS to go to Bournemouth, whereas Poole I only use to get an awkward bus to Blandford. The roads are for sure shit though.

The truth sometimes hurts, but reading the comments, like me I agree it seems most towns now are going downhill. It can only get worse in some places. Great channel and binge-watching content mate. Keep up the good work, you have so many more places to cover.

Oh yes as a Bournemouth resident I was waiting for Dorset to come up. I think you got it spot on. Bournemouth used to be much nicer and traffic is a nightmare. The beach is never as packed as they make it look on the news as it's miles long and there is always space unless the airshow is on. Ha, poor old Boscombe has its issues but the bit that is nearer to the sea is alright. I used to live in Boscombe but I'd always say Southbourne as it's much more upmarket. Good fun video thanks 😁👍

The way I roared "HEY, FUCK OFF" when you mentioned Portland... I mean, you ARE right, but I just adore that funny little turd

I went to Bournemouth Uni from 2016-2020. The first two years there were amazing. Knew the best spots on the beach away from the tourists in the summer, lovely walks everyday. With the right friends, I wouldn't swap the town for any other. But, after a year of placement and coming back in - seeing so many shops shutter and the homeless population grow (alongside the crime rate) showed how quickly an area like this can fall from grace.

I live in Weymouth, the NZ version. Similar story, used to be a really nice coastal village until council housing started creeping in, and scumbags started ruining it. Glad I left when I could. Great channel.

As someone who has lived in Dorset, Bradford and the Rhondda Valleys, I find it ludicrous that you can rate those towns in Dorset so badly. The truest examples of depression, despair and general hopelessness are to be found in places such as Bradford and RCT. People who think that Dorset is on a similar par with such places are either; blind to reality, lazy in opinion forming or genuinely unable to differentiate between rough around the edges and completely f*cked up

Old Christchurch road in Bournemouth, I walked up after finishing work and you'd play dodge the piles of vomit. Everywhere you go up the road ,you'd guarantee there be massive piles of brought up takeaways.

I moved to Weymouth just in time for the lockdown and live one block from the aforementioned B&Bs full of homeless. I never had any beefs with them but they did liven up the place. Which isn't a bad thing because if it's raining, there is f all to do here but wonder where you went wrong in life to wind up here. The two weeks of summer barely make up for it. And of course I'm unemployed because I'm too old to serve coffee, wipe OAP bottoms, or clean hotel rooms and therefore unemployable.

Nicely written and researched - very entertaining - thank you 👍

Just found your channel and subscribed. I love your videos!

Imagine how depressed you’d be if you see your own house in the thumbnail of turdtowns

My sister moved to Bournmouth/boscombe end. it was a shithole, 5 year old kids breaking into the neighbours cars to nick the tax disc and stereos at 1am at night. drunk dropout parents fighting on the street at all hours. only nuking it could improve it, cos a pandemic didn't dent it.

These videos are top quality. Keep it up!!

Great! Going to Poole this year for our holidays! Thought I would look for some videos to watch! Erm…thanks! And I will add that we stayed walk-in distance to Weymouth a few years ago, it was lovely. Gorgeous beach , lovely prom , lovely to walk along the front and some lovely cafes also . Being harsh there!

Congratulations, this is excellent. It was suggested by the RU-vid algorithm, so I thought it was going to be some crap clickbait written by AI and narrated by a robot with a fake English accent. But you certainly seem like the real deal. This is the quality of Crap Towns (that’s a compliment btw). Keeping up the great British tradition of poking fond fun at our dismal hellholes LOL. In which I include places like Oxford, they don’t have to be poverty stricken. And the comments are entertaining too. Subscribed!

Lived in Weymouth for 20 years and left. Sky-high house prices, low paid seasonal jobs. Homeless on seafront, gangs of teens at night. Boy racers. Second home owners. Retired OAP's. Worst of all the unfriendly and clique way of Weymouth people, so rude. In the time I lived there barely anyone could even say hello when walking your dog. Incompetent council. Sky high parking charges. Filthy public toilets. Innumerable charity shops. Awful schools.Terrible college. Understaffed and badly run hospital. Aggressive and arrogant police force. Wannabe firefighters. Pretend surfers. Basically, anything you like be it swimming, surfing, football, drama etc is budget, basic and really cringe bad. The architecture was well known for its Georgian sea frontage and regency style. So the council stuck upside down plastic looking boat/kiosks and lasers, taking away beautiful old lamps. The Olympics was a joke. The council did a smash and grab as they received money and spent it on a useless road system that the locals hate. The Olympics event was the most boring of all, sailing and you couldn't see a thing from the shore. It was just an excuse for the already well off weekend sailors to build a new sailing club that 99% of the populace cannot use. Local councillors are usually from nepotistic means and own acres of land far larger than a lot of the estates. Yet they will vote for green areas to be built upon with apartments under the clever guise of 'affordable housing' as long as they make 5 out of every 5000 slightly cheaper, and of course they don't get back handers from developers for doing this 😂

You need to do one in Hampshire, you’d be surprised the amount of dumps around here! Portsmouth, Southampton, New Milton to name a few!

Post Covid - in some cases years before - most high streets in the country are knackered. Even out of town shopping centres are on their knees.

Another brilliant episode of Turdtowns 😂 amazingly well researched and the hilarious honesty is spot on!

I went to Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design in the 1980s. It didn't have its own student accommodation back then, so we were housed in B&Bs in Boscombe. At the first sniff of summer trade, our B&B owner asked us to arrange alternative accommodation. I quit college and got a job instead.

Can't believe there's a Conservative club in kinson bournemouth. Surprisingly it's windows are still intact. And it hasn't been burnt to the ground.

Bournemouth used to thrive but a strange desire to pedestrianise and make parking annoying stopped many locals using the town centre, we use castle point which is easier, while the university also changed the dynamic from a form of wealthy people living comfortable lives using the town centre to a town centre dominated by a young culture. Technically that is supposed to be ‘good’- but they just don’t spend the money. Now it has a centre that on none summer days seems filled with drunks and lousy shops - a very long way from its genteel background.

It shows how things change, for the worse. Went on summer holidays etc many times to Bournemouth/Boscombe/Southbourne, and only have great memories of the place. Tucktonia, Queens Park golf course, the beautiful beach and wooded walks. The Crust restaurant, The Chandelles etc etc. Not to mention the big toy shop at the top of Sea Road. The good old days right enough

Boscombe truly deserves its accolade of shitholiness. They've been trying to regenerate it for years, but it remains quite the most utterly depressing shopping centre on earth, deserving only of a bomb to raze it to the ground. As some of the comments suggest, hop along to pleasant Southbourne, and you enter a completely different world.

Vape shops, coffee shops, and charity shops,like all small towns in uk. Thanks tony blair.

Just found your channel ,,, well funny along with being informative ,,,, have subscribed

I love how well researched these videos are. Especially going there in person

Loving these videos, I'm learning so much. Keep it up!

I briefly lived on the Isle of Portland in the late 1990s. I shared a house with a manic journalist who drank like a fish and drove everywhere at breakneck speed. About the only exciting thing to happen during my stay was when a WW2 1000lb bomb was discovered under a football field in Easton - about 200 yds from where we lived. Unfortunately we were all evacuated to one of the crappy holiday camps for a few days, but there was this old man who stubbornly refused to leave Portland. In 80 years he had never left the island! Talk about insular. Yep, the locals don't like them there bunnies. Wabbits!

Thank you for this helpful video. I was planning a holiday in Dorset and Turdtowns provided insightful and informative details of where to avoid. Unfortunately I had to spend some time in Bournemouth and I agree that driving into and around Bournemouth is life-shortening - and that's just being in the car and before checkin' out the druggies and the wannabe gangsta's. I did see signs for Hamworthy, and was tempted to explore, but didn't as I didn't want to end up on the wrong side of the tracks. A valuable public service provided by Turdtowns - keep up the good work.

Damn, I used to go to Bournemouth on family holidays in the late 90’s/early 00’s, shame to see it’s so bad now. I remember that highstreet at 07:52 being newer and more prestige, what a state.

Please do Hampshire. I used to live in Southampton and now live in Poole and this list had me cracking up, brilliant content

as an expat living in Australia, I am so saddened by this and other of your videos. The death of the high street seems a major concern, and government inaction in supporting local government. I remember holidaying in many of the towns mentioned in my youth, it makes me sad to see desolation

This made me laugh 😂 You have a way of making things look worse than they seem. I enjoyed it 😂 regardless!

What your videos do highlight is the general desperate state of many town centres.

Mate, was born and lived in this area for the last 66 years and i couldn't agree more. You did, however, leave out the West Howe estate (i was born there in 1957) which was so bad that in the 1980s, the local authorities changed the names of many of the roads due to their association with crime. Now i live in Ferndown 😊😂

With the likes of Slough, Reading, Thatcham, Maidenhead & Bracknell. Berkshire has to be investigated!

Mate, I have been leaving in Bournemouth for long 10 years, and everything that you said in this video is correct. Something needs to be done. But you are right. Congratulations for your report, video and speaking. Well done.

I went to an nhs appointment in Boscombe recently. As I got off the bus and walked through the highstreet druggies and weirdos stood around looking left to right in a shifty mannor. They all looked at me as if they were sizing me up trying to work out what kind of viictim I might be lol. Lots of boarded up shops and charity shops. Half the shops in the shopping center were closed. The big problem is that all the small hotels and B&Bs have been turned into studio flats and cheap room lets to cater for all of the junkies and ex cons that have moved to the area. For some reason the council over the years has given permission for dozens upon dozens of half way houses for ex prisoners and dozens of half way houses for drug addicts and alcoholics. Boscombe used to be full of beautiful big houses for rich people but theyve all been sold and chopped up! So sad how the council continues to give planning permision for blocks of flats, studio flats and cheap room lets. the council have destroyed boscombe and made into a dumping ground for broken people.

Most people are aware of the less salubrious towns in the UK generally, but marking them out county by county is really informative & useful for people who are maybe relocating for work or choosing somewhere to retire. Dorset is one of the most expensive counties, you wouldnt want to make a mistake. I had no idea about Boscombe for example. These places don't hit the national news. Great work, keep it up. The people who criticise you for focussing on the negative, just don't get it. 😊

Bournemouth and Boscombe are historically in Hampshire; it was once known as the queen of Hampshire's resorts. Politicians moved it to Dorset in 1974, only because Dorset County Council was in serious financial trouble, whilst the County Borough of Bournemouth had a financial surplus. County Gates is the proper county boundary.

Hamworthy is the home of the SBS. All those low-flying Helicopters aren't all Police.

Poole Town has required "modernisation" for some time now! But by way of a contrast both Poole Park and the Lighthouse Art's Centre are attractive features!!

I like looking at your series, thanks. You seem to be the only one who goes all around Britain looking at smaller towns. I look at the town and the people with the sound muted. With its high tourism, Camden, where I'm from, is often described as a hip, multiculti heaven, so I have learnt to ignore the hype.

The strange thing is that the properties shown here are probably built to a higher standard than many new properties built today for extravagant prices.

Bournemouth has declined badly in the last forty years .

Well done, another well made episode! I was just thinking, with the state of the UK these days, compared to say the 1980s, you have incredible scope to make these videos! I was born in the 1950s, and sadly have seen so many changes... keep up the good work!

You didn't mention Poole bus station. Full of illiterate smokers. Teenagers having fights. And the occasional stabbing. I get buses from stops nearby when I need to. Poole high st does one saving grace. The comic shop. Which is right down the far end. It's brilliant.

A old Dorset saying.. If the town of Poole were a fish pool, And the men of Poole were fish. There’d be a Pool for the Devil And fish for his dish…

Birmingham. You could do a whole series. My childhood home has it's local gang called the Frankley murderers. Pop down and have a wander round, you will defo have some content!!!!

Boscombe went downhill due to international travel in the 70s. All the small hotels were sold off because there was no market for the small British traditional seaside holiday. These guest houses were all turned in houses of multiple occupation in the 80s . Cheap housing for the poor and vulnerable, and the rest followed…..

My parents lived in Boscombe for forty years and I have some of the happiest memories there. This narrative gives it a gloomy tone yet he forgot to mention some of the lovely parks there, as well as the football grounds and the cliff tops which have a large view of the sea from Poole to the Isle of Wight and yes some shops have closed down but the shopping centre isn’t as bad as he said. It does have a reputation since the 80s when a notorious landlord advertised many living on the dole in Liverpool to come and rent his properties by the sea. Nothing against people from Liverpool but I remember some of the ones who came down and yes they were a right dodgy lot!

Used to camp in Dorset some 40 years ago. I loved going to Weymouth then - my favourite Dorset seaside town. I went back in 2017 and was horrified. I had to go back to my campsite and have a shower. Weymouth is now a shithole. How is this kind of thing happening to so many towns?

Blimey!! Last time I was in Bournemouth/Boscombe (Early 2000's), it was a case of 'Dodge the Needles' on Boscombe Beach!! Dorset's own Druggie Central!

I'm new to this channel and am loving it. I do have to say as a Swindonian though the people who called for Wiltshire on here really need to travel about more. There's miles worse places in the UK :)

Wonderful. I know it is part of Poole, but you really must visit Canford Heath. Amazing place, incredible amenities, likelihood of mugging at "Tower Park" must be next to nothing.

I have a scar on one of my wrists, acquired courtesy of a skinhead with a sharpened metal comb, on a visit to 1970's Boscombe. Friends of mine now live in one of the (relatively) posher bits of the suburb but even so, the public loos have blue lighting so that druggies can't see their veins when they're trying to shoot up. Plus ca change, plus c'est la merde chose..... As a resident of Hampshire, I'd recommend a visit, even Winchester has its seamier areas, try a trip to Stanmore and/or Winnall if you end up (and I do mean end up) there.

Your videos really highlight how ugly England has become in its attempt to house masses of people over the decades followed by gradual decline of these nasty sprawling areas. Quite depressing seeing those shabby high streets compared to how they were when I grew up in the 80s.

Thanks for that, was born in Bmuff 70+ years ago, left (escaped) in 1980 to take up residence in the Antipodes. That was quite sobering and more than disappointing to see that it now really is just another one of the many British Turdtowns.

I live in Dorset. Bournemouth and surrounding areas are awful . You can see why Hampshire offloaded it.

Just goes to highlight the next to nothing investment in the infrastructure of some of these places we have in the UK. Decades of poor government...

My parents live in Weymouth, to be honest it hasn't really deteriated any more than any other seaside towns in the UK, probably less than most. The tourism has helped it stay pretty smart and reasonably well kept. There are a few parts which would benefit from tidying up, but overall it's not that bad. The town centre shopping is keeping reasonably good for a town that size and the Rodwell trail is fantastic, if you cycle - which links up to to other cycling routes nearby. Bournemouth too- complaining about the traffic. It's a busy city centre. You can see a SUV parked on the zig-zags on a crossing on the film, that should not be there. If you're unhappy about the traffic in a City - don't drive into it. Bournemouth has a couple major dual carriageways going through it, they can't put any more roads.

Go full colonel Kurtz and visit Hampshire….. the horror….. the horror.

Classic! We knew Boscombe would come in at number one! We actually like to visit Weymouth a lot as we live nearby. There's always a few interesting characters about and if you have a lurcher with you, you'll get to meet loads more! Did you get to visit anywhere inland?

It would help if they built more houses / apartments/ maisonetts. With Mortgage / house prices so high, it is inevitably going to retard any kind of growth and development - Excessive housing costs keeps everyone so poor private businesses don't stand a chance. I have a theory that a lot of conservative controlled councils and by virtue Conservative councillors (particularly in the South West) oppose flat / house building in order to maintain the value of their own properties, and in doing so basically strangle their own towns. With an increasingly short supply of land (evidenced by one borough sprawling into another one) Maisonettes would seem to be the way forward.

Lol. I take the bus from Salisbury to Boscoombe, walk the beach to Bournemouth most weeks, love it!

Now I perfectly understand why the Bournemouth-Poole conurbation still hasn't got city status yet despite its sheer size

Poor old Dorset ! Agree Bournmouth , Poole are dire but I do like Weymouth.........Lovely beaches and good pubs!!!! 🤗

Yeah, Portland’s grim and Fortuneswell is a place to go to die. You got the prisons and then there’s the estates filled with ex-cons and ex-screws and the whole island seems to be abandoned quarries and wasteground covered in quarry fill. Rocks and grit and stubborn plants with shallow roots everywhere. It’s a weird county, UK in microcosm - you have the opulence of Sandbanks and some of the big rural houses with guesthouse and swimming pool dotted about belonging to Londoners or bankers, than you have estates that could be from anywhere in the country, with the drugs and low level crime. Lots and lots of people needing foodbanks, from all strata except the happily rich.

I have now lived in Weymouth for 20 years since moving from west London, yes weymouth town is getting worse and run down, and very little for the younger generation to do, BUT! the surrounding areas are stunningly beautiful, and when the weather is good i go for many walks and still discovering new places i didn't even know existed, totally agree with you on Boscombe.

Brilliantly put together and completely true. So important to tell it as it is.

I have noticed that the house prices in all of these towns are £200,000 higher than they are actually worth. Thank goodness I live in Scotland where house prices are a bit more reasonable. On the subject of Scotland, Id love to see a video of some our very own Turd towns. You could perhaps start in Dumfries and work your way up through Newton Stewart, Girvan, Ayr, troon, Irvan, Ardrossan, and Largs .

My God! I lived in Bournemouth throughout the 90's in Winton, Charminster, Pokesdown and Boscombe and I loved it. Looking at Old Christchurch road in this video is depressing. What a shame, really gone to the dogs!

Thank you for visiting, thankfully I live in a suburb called Broadstone and much nicer than the aforementioned 😉

Everything you’ve said is sadly true, I’ve lived in Wimborne my whole life and even this nice little town has been turned into a dump! Things are only going to get worse due to housing estates going up everywhere, congestion on the roads , and the once glorious Canford Estate being sold off, probably to more development! Poole has always been a dump, and Bournemouth is somewhere I NOW wouldn’t go if you paid me! Weymouth used to be my ideal destination as a child but it’s sad to see the state of it now! If you ask me, it’s the failure of government. Including local government agencies that have created the problem… lots of failures in all departments!

I fondly remember hooking up with a girl in Poole town centre one Friday night when we were working down that way. We arranged to meet the next night at her local, which was the Double Six on Turlin Moor. When I drove into the carpark there was a cop car upside down and on fire. 😂 Turned out to be an interesting night.

I’ve been waiting for the Dorset one as a Bournemouth resident. I agree about Bournemouth. The traffic is hellish all year round not just the summer. I hate the town centre. The Asda car park is awful. Absolutely stinks of urine. I’ve seen many people openly using class A drugs and using the car park as a toilet. However, I’m sure this happens everywhere. Hampshire should be your next place to visit. I’m sure Portsmouth and Southampton would feature.

Try Brighton! I used to live there. Under the glitz there is loads of poverty

I grew up in Weymouth, and lived on Portland for a year. Both look beautiful, but there is nothing to do in the winter, and in the summer it's heaving with tourists. The pubs of Weymouth always had fights, and you always saw blood drips and vomit on the way to the taxi ranks, which were in the same street as the fast food late night shops. I miss the sea, but do love living on the south edge of Birmingham.