Reading has been named as one of the worst places to live in the country following a recent survey.
The Berkshire town has been ranked the 39th worst place to live in England, in a new poll which was conducted by the satirical website 'I Live Here,' after a 'record-breaking' 125,681 people voted.
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The online reviewers have not been kind towards Reading, with one user saying, ‘what was a fairly nice university town is now a hell hole.’
Reading were not the only Berkshire town to be on the list as Slough came in at number 24, whilst Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire was at 18 with Didcot in Oxfordshire being at number 44.
Here are the Top 50 worst places to live in England according to ILiveHere.co.uk:
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1. Peterborough
2. Huddersfield
3. Liverpool
4. Bradford
5. Hull
6. Wakefield
7. Luton
8. Jaywick
9. Torquay
10. Halifax
11. Doncaster
12. Keighley
13. Castleford
14. Barnsley
15. Blackpool
16. Grimsby
17. Oldham
18. Aylesbury
19. Newton Abbot
20. Wigan
21. Swanley
22. Andover
23. Rochdale
24. Slough
25. Ipswich
26. Sunderland
27. Nottingham
28. Blackburn
29. Bolton
30. Aldershot
31. Middlesbrough
32. Croydon
33. Boscombe
34. Rotherham
35. Accrington
36. Stoke-on-Trent
37. Leicester
38. Burnley
39. Reading
40. Southampton
41. York
42. Brandon
43. Barking & Dagenham
44. Didcot
45. Northampton
46. Walsall
47. Chichester
48. Wolverhampton
49. Boston
50. Sheffield
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For more information, visit the www.ilivehere.co.uk website.
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