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Best high street in the UK is...... 16:50 - Jan 23 with 6940 viewsProfessor

Treorchy. The town I grew up in. Well deserved and bucking a trend of South Wales decay.
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Best high street in the UK is...... on 17:11 - Jan 23 with 3886 viewsLohengrin

A winner by virtue of what, Prof? The amount and variety of independent traders?

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Best high street in the UK is...... on 17:24 - Jan 23 with 3878 viewsProfessor

I guess so. A combination of a judging panel and a public vote I believe. Swansea and Narberth were other contenders. Certainly the strength Treorchy has, is a large number of independents. Never had chains like Woolworths that nearby tonypandy and Porth had and of course lost. Does not have a large supermarket (Lidl, Iceland and co-op). Far enough from cities an out-of-towns to allow independents to thrive I think.
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Best high street in the UK is...... on 17:35 - Jan 23 with 3858 viewsLohengrin

Well done Treorchy.

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Best high street in the UK is...... on 17:47 - Jan 23 with 3842 viewsSPboy

Well done Treorchy, though if it was in competition with Swansea then we should say no more.

I cycled through Treorchy last summer, bit of a time warp really. Couple of good old fashioned coffee stops there though
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Best high street in the UK is...... on 18:09 - Jan 23 with 3820 viewstaffpunk

Fantastic news, but I think it shows how poor the other finalists were, rather than the actual quality of Treorchy's high street. I know several Shop owners in the town that are on the brink of closure, hopefully this award will encourage more people to go there.

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Best high street in the UK is...... on 18:18 - Jan 23 with 3800 viewsmonmouth

Monmouth is decent and well populated as it is right on the river and has Waitrose and some decent pubs.. Chepstow is struggling with lots of closures.

Can't really see how many high streets can avoid becoming simply residential, given out of town, internet, and banks and po's 'rationalising' branches.

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Best high street in the UK is...... on 18:35 - Jan 23 with 3785 viewslonglostjack

The traffic spoils Monmouth. Not sure how they can fix it. Misbah good though and a very decent Weatherspoons.

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Best high street in the UK is...... on 19:02 - Jan 23 with 3763 viewscmajack

Yes, well done treorchy.
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Best high street in the UK is...... on 21:07 - Jan 23 with 3707 viewsmonmouth

Park round the back (towards rockfield) and walk over the pedestrian bridge, or by the rowing club and walk across Chippy fields. But yeah, lots of pinch points if you’re driving into the town, and it makes the pavements a bit of bumper cars sometimes.

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Best high street in the UK is...... on 21:22 - Jan 23 with 3690 viewsexiledclaseboy

“The town in which I grew up”.

Professor indeed.

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Best high street in the UK is...... on 21:28 - Jan 23 with 3672 viewsmonmouth

Isn't a professor in those parts someone who wears glasses?

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Best high street in the UK is...... on 23:56 - Jan 23 with 3619 viewsLeonWasGod

I ike Monmouth. I'm a big fan of the smaller market towns - Camarthen, Monmouth, Hay (ok wrong country but it's close), Llangollen, Denbeigh, Ruthin, Mold at a push, Aber, Betws. We've got some lovely little towns, and anywhere I can get into and out of again in under an hour is good by me.
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Best high street in the UK is...... on 07:36 - Jan 24 with 3540 viewstaffpunk

'Hay-wrong country'. It's in Wales isn't it?

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Best high street in the UK is...... on 08:15 - Jan 24 with 3527 viewsnantywatcher

Add Bala to that list.
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Best high street in the UK is...... on 09:51 - Jan 24 with 3499 viewsTreorchyjack

Professor, I thought you were from Cwmparc? ;-)
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Best high street in the UK is...... on 09:53 - Jan 24 with 3495 viewsdickythorpe

If I took a spin to Treorchy, where can I park for free and where can I get a good breakfast and coffee?
Plus what pub is pleasant to have an undisturbed pint whilst I read paper?
Many thanks
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Best high street in the UK is...... on 10:10 - Jan 24 with 3485 viewsProfessor

I am-but Treorchy is the postal town. And I went to Treorchy Comp- although it was still URCS when I started in 1979. I was born in Neath and lived in Cimla until I was 8.
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Best high street in the UK is...... on 10:22 - Jan 24 with 3481 viewsLohengrin

Most of it is but it straddles the border, Taff. As you head through the centre and down past the Three Tuns on Newport Street England begins just before the NFU offices.

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Best high street in the UK is...... on 10:25 - Jan 24 with 3477 viewslifelong

My father was born in Hay, on the correct side of the line.
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Best high street in the UK is...... on 10:37 - Jan 24 with 3471 viewsLohengrin

Have you still got family there?

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Best high street in the UK is...... on 10:46 - Jan 24 with 3463 viewslifelong

Yes, my father was the youngest of 7 boys, he was born in 1907 moved to the Swansea area when he was 16. Huge football family, 2 of his brothers played for the army. 4 of them served in the army, 2 in India and the other 2 out in France and Belgium during the First World War.
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Best high street in the UK is...... on 10:59 - Jan 24 with 3448 viewsLohengrin

Great stuff. Sport is a huge thing in the forces, if you excel you get out of all sorts of shitty duties.

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Best high street in the UK is...... on 11:49 - Jan 24 with 3429 viewslonglostjack

Nice run from Skirrid Inn to Hay over the top. Llantony Show in first week of August is a must.

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Best high street in the UK is...... on 12:57 - Jan 24 with 3413 viewsLeonWasGod

Lol, I'm such a muppet .

Of course it is. Well, most of it is. All a bit funny round that way with the interbreeding across the border and the like.
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Best high street in the UK is...... on 13:18 - Jan 24 with 3394 viewsLohengrin

From the Skirrid at Llanfihangel Crucorney to Llanthony then on through to Capel-Y-Ffin, head up and over the Gospel Pass before dropping down to Hay. On a bright, clear day it’s a stunning drive.

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