Nobody appears to have mentioned Withernsea
Festering ulcerous sore of a seaside town on the east coast about 18 miles east from Hull by road (and preferably 18,000 miles by choice).

It has been in decline since the Beeching Report closed the railway line sometime in the early 60s. Being on the coast means that the vast majority of the business is geared towards tourists. So commerce is a bit non-existant out of season. Limited trade, not much money in town to be spent on things.

There are some amusement arcades with sun-bleached hoardings with letters missing and peeling paint.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 18:15, 2 replies)

Grew up there
I love the fact they've built a scale model of the pier towers (a castle-like structure on the promenade) directly in front of the real thing. Genius. It was a brilliant place to be a kid in the seventies and eighties though.
(Haywood Manley, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 21:11, closed)

I remember talking to a local historian about Withernsea...
...she was telling me how, before a US ship was based there in WW2, everyone was inbred. Then there was a generation of particularly bright kids born at the end of the war. Now she fears the inbreeding is starting again.

Grim.
(Land of Green Ginger It's dreamy weather, Fri 30 Oct 2009, 9:39, closed)