After 17 years of celebrating Scotland’s “most dismal towns” the Carbuncle Awards is set to make way for a new set of “positive” accolades. Video, Three elders reveal what it takes to be a leader. A new town and an historic university and golfing centre have been ranked among the top 10 worst … Cumbernauld is the only Scottish town to be labelled “Scotland’s most dismal town” twice. US voters deliver verdict after bitter race, .css-gw44ni-IconContainer{display:inline-block;height:1em;width:1em;vertical-align:-0.125em;margin-right:0.25em;}playWell, that was wild. “If you make it to the main street, Coatbridge’s Quadrant shopping centre looks like it was lifted directly from the set of Camberwick Green. We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism. “But the people who live there are being badly let down by its depressing town centre, which could and should be better. VideoThree elders reveal what it takes to be a leader. Cumbernauld. During the past few weeks of online voting, Cumbernauld residents helped the town move ahead of rivals such as Broughty Ferry, Dunkeld, East Kilbride, Eaglesham Linlithgow, Peebles and Pitlochry. Denny is another town that strikes me as being rubbish (and having a stupid name to boot). Urban Realm didn’t hold back in their criticism of the town. Video, Three elders reveal what it takes to be a leader. 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One of the most discussed Roman finds from Cumbernauld is a sandstone slab depicting Tritonand a naked, kneeling captive. © 2020 Associated Newspapers Limited. Fifty British towns and cities are battening down the hatches this weekend for a hail of fire from disillusioned residents. Another from the original 2003 list, Cumbernauld is - like Milton Keynes - a planned town. Fife town Glenrothes picked up the award in 2009, much to the bemusement to locals. Airdrie picked up the first Plook on the Plinth award in 2000 with 9 out of 10 residents of the North Lanarkshire town interviewed by Urban Realm agreeing that their hometown was worthy of the label of Scotland’s most dismal town. VideoBushfire koalas going back to the wild, Three elders reveal what it takes to be a leader. The Countdown: Lady Gaga, anti-fracking activist? VideoTrump supporter replaces neighbour's stolen Biden sign, In pictures: Day of the Dead in Covid times. In 2003 it was named as … “The sheriff court is clad in honey-coloured panels and block work, materials that would not look out of place cladding a supermarket,” the report said. Ben Ross says: "Scotland's 'ninth most populous locality' is big on recent history: an unlovely new town designed to plug Glasgow's housing crisis in the 1950s. Video, Well, that was wild. The new travel rules during lockdown, Is my staycation illegal? He added: "Basically, economic success plus people power have made it a nice place to live. He said: "The initial complaints against the town concerned the disastrous design of the town centre. Despite initially awarding John O’ Groats the award, Urban Realm U-turned on their decision when residents of Denny pleaded for the ‘Plook on the Plinth’. Scotland’s third largest city became the highest profile winner of the most dismal town award in 2015. 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Urban Realm themselves described Denny as being “lumbered with a giant mouldering Battenberg cake of a town centre”. After losing out to Glenrothes in 2009, East Ayrshire town New Cumnock deservedly won the award in 2013. 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