Slough, a town in Berkshire, has been crowned the country's ugliest several times over the years - but locals think the bad ...

Slough is no stranger to criticism. A famous poem was written about how bad it is, it provided the backdrop for Ricky Gervais ...

Arriving on Slough High Street on a grey weekday morning, I have barely had time to take out my notebook when I am accosted ...

Segro Slough Trading Estate has grown to a 353-acre site since it was established in 1920 The year before, it was judged the UK's ugliest town by The Telegraph, receiving a score of just two ...

Approved: Slough council has agreed to a five-storey building offering 22 flats at the former Dulux Decorating Centre in ...

Sir John Betjeman wrote a poem calling for bombs to fall on it, in 2001 David Brent poked fun at it in The Office and in 2024 ...

Image source, Samina Hussain Image caption, Samina Hussain says Slough's portrayal in The Office has not helped With the largest trading estate in single ownership in Europe and an Elizabeth line ...

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It already had a bad reputation, thanks largely to John John Betjeman’s savage 1937 lines ‘Come, friendly bombs, and fall on Slough! It isn’t fit for humans now’. But Ricky Gervais has been accused of ...