The UK’s Unhealthiest High Streets And Gluten Free Food
In this report on the BBC, they published a list of the healthiest and unhealthiest High Streets. This is the unhealthiest list.
1. Preston
2. Middlesbrough
3. Coventry
4. Blackpool
5. Northampton
6. Wolverhampton
7. Grimsby
8. Huddersfield
9. Stoke-on-Trent
10. Eastbourne
Of these I have only ever been looking for gluten-free food in the first four and Wolverhampton.
In the first four, I drew a blank even in Marks and Spencer on getting anything tasty, except for a gluten-free quiche in Middlesbrough. Although, I did get a gluten-free pizza in Pizza Express in Preston and a Polish gluten-free pastie using a cabbage leaf in Wolverhampton.
What makes things worse in these places, is that none has a Marks and Spencer Simply Food at the station. Preston is so bad at the station, that when I got stuck there once after football in Blackpool, I went home via Piccadilly, so that I could have supper in the Carluccio’s there.
It would be interesting to see how many coeliacs have been diagnosed in these towns.
The Anonymous Widower 
There isn’t much in Stoke on Trent, my friend lives there and sometimes I go down and we go out for lunch. We usually go to Harvester out by Trentham gardens, but last time it was closed for refurb, and some we went into Trentham Gardens – lots of places to eat, but only one with anything GF and that was only a jacket potato!
Comment by nosnikrapzil | March 27, 2015 |
[…] What surprised me was the very big Marks and Spencer, which unlike Preston had plenty of gluten-free food, including sandwiches. The shop was several times better than Preston. I can now understand why Preston was found to be the most unhealthy High Street in the UK. […]
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