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Scottish location among top 10 WORST large cities to visit in the UK

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A SCOTTISH location has been named among the top 10 worst cities to visit in the UK.

Consumer champion Which? surveyed nearly 4,000 people about their experiences of visiting UK cities in the last two years.

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Edinburgh was ranked as Scotland’s top destination for a city breakCredit: Alamy
Aberdeen was  the only Scottish location in the top ten for worst cities in UK to visit

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Aberdeen was the only Scottish location in the top ten for worst cities in UK to visitCredit: Alamy
People ranked it poorly on a variety of options including food and drink and ease of getting around

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People ranked it poorly on a variety of options including food and drink and ease of getting aroundCredit: Alamy
Glasgow came in second in Scotland for the best location's for a city break

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Glasgow came in second in Scotland for the best location’s for a city breakCredit: Alamy

Each city was scored out of five stars on a variety of criteria, from food and drink, cultural sights, tourist attractions and accommodation.

It also included lack of crowds, value for money and ease of getting around in the criteria.

The score was then calculated based on visitors’ overall satisfaction and likeliness to recommend.

As a result, Aberdeen ranked as number five in the list of the ten cities.

Derby, Leicester and Swansea were ranked in the bottom three of the list.

Aberdeen scored a customer score of 60% with people ranking its food and drink scene, parking ease of getting around, and shopping two out of five.

Accommodation, cultural sights and value for money were given three out of five.

However, it did receive four of of five stars for lack of crowds.

It comes after, Which? surveyed 3,967 people about their experiences of UK cities and towns they had visited for leisure purposes and stayed in for at least one night in the last two years last month.

A total of 7,187 experiences were reported in total.

It followed a similar list and categories to the worst cities but found this was for the UK’s best cities.

Edinburgh was ranked in second behind Liverpool with Glasgow coming in fifth in the top ten.

In the small and medium sized categories, Bournemouth, Torquay and Fort William in Scotland also fared poorly with joint scores of 58%.

Which? praised the “stunning” Scottish capital as being “bursting with cultural activities”.

Visitors scored it a full five stars for cultural sights and tourist attractions.

Edinburgh earned four stars for food and drink, shopping, ease of getting around, and overall value for money.

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Edinburgh was found to be the top city in Scotland for city breaks followed by Glasgow, St Andrews and Stirling.

Rory Boland, Editor of Which? Travel, said: “Whether you’re after vibrant nightlife, world class museums or a first-rate dining experience, our survey shows that the UK has a wealth of fantastic cities just waiting to be explored.”

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