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England’s 30 poorest towns and cities revealed

The most deprived areas around the country
Barnsley high street, south Yorkshire
Peterborough cathedral
Sunderland Wearmouth Bridge
Hartlepool docks
Rotherham high street, south Yorkshire
Panoramic view across Wolverhampton
Bolton has a historic town centre
Aerial view of Leeds city centre
Kingston-upon-Hull
Boarded-up homes in Stoke-on-Trent
Halifax aerial view
Burnley was a former mill town
View of Blackpool beach towards the tower
Manchester has a modern city centre with pockets of poverty
South Shields position of the coast secured its place in the fishing industry
Grimsby's port today
Dream statue artwork in Sutton, St Helens
Blackburn's historic town centre
View of Dudley town centre from the castle
Bradford's historic city square
Aerial view of Rochdale town, Greater Manchester
Birkenhead dockyard
Salford Quays is now a media hub
Middlesbrough's iconic transport bridge over the Tees
Nottingham city centre
Birmingham and its telecoms tower
A market at Walsall
Royal Albert Docks, Liverpool
West Bromwich High Street
Aerial view of Oldham, Great Manchester
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The most deprived areas around the country

There are many reasons why previously prosperous towns and cities in England face serious hardship today. Low incomes, levels of employment, health, education and crime are all factors in how deprivation is measured officially by the Office of National Statistics (ONS). Here we put their most recently available figures from 2016 under the microscope to discover the poorest urban areas across the country.

 

 

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Tom Belger

21 June 2018

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