Britain's "unhealthiest High Streets" ranked 1. Preston 2. Middlesbrough 3. Coventry 4. Blackpool 5. Northampton 6. Wolverhampton 7. Grimsby 8. Huddersfield 9. Stoke-on-Trent 10. Eastbourne
What does it mean by 'unhealthiest'? Fast food outlets? Above average chances of developing scurvy? Anyway, Eastbourne is a delightful town with a superb selection of eateries, boutiques and craft shops.
The Royal Society for Public Health assessed 70 areas in the UK according to the types of businesses found there. Bookmakers, loan shops, tanning salons and fast-food outlets were viewed as having a "negative impact" on public health, while leisure centres and health services were deemed positive. Shrewsbury, in Shropshire, was named as having the "healthiest" High Street. The society has called for a limit of 5% of each "unhealthy" type of business on a High Street to avoid saturation.
Britain's "healthiest High Streets" ranked 1. Shrewsbury 2. Ayr 3. Salisbury 4. Perth 5. Hereford 6. Carlisle 7. Cambridge 8. Cheltenham 9. York 10. Bristol
But Peter Craske from the Association of British Bookmakers said betting shops had long been adding value to High Streets. "We've been trading on the High Street for fifty years, and we employ 40,000 people and serve over eight million customers," he said. "The majority of our shops have been in the same location for over 20 years and as with any other retailer we open because there are customers for our products." "Fortunately due to KingShergar being banned from all of our shops, we have seen a rise in profits"
Personally, I eat healthy food cos I like the taste. I don't eat fast food cos it tastes like ****. I also feel that my healthy eating neatly counterbalances my tobacco and alcohol abuse. So, there.
