Why Derry really is the UK's ugliest city

Derry has recently been rated the ugliest place to live in UK in a new study.

The research, by Atlas Ceramics, has analysed the number of boutique hotels, listed buildings and monuments, interior designers and architects in each UK destination to reveal where each location ranked on the beauty scale.

Explaining why Derry ranked as the ugliest city, the research said: "This Northern Irish city lands itself with the unfortunate title of the least aesthetic city. It takes last place in our index with a score of 1.79/10 thanks to it having the lowest proportion of interior designers on the list, who play an important role in creating and curating a city’s aesthetic. It’s also in the bottom three for its proportion of both architects, listed buildings and monuments."

So, with all of this in mind, we've had a look and found 17 reasons why you should take the study's advice and stay well away from Derry...

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1. It's hideous to look at

Derry has been named the UK's ugliest city, according to one study (Getty)

2. ...So ugly

Fireworks during Derry Maritime Festival in July (Patryk Sadowski)

3. Especially when the weather is nice

Brooke Park (Declan Dillon)

4. It's even worse at night

Derry's Foyle Bridge at night (Chris Gallagher)

5. And don't even talk about the low-key Halloween celebrations...

(Discover NI)

6. The city centre is an eyesore

Derry city centre (Justin Kernoghan/Belfast Live)

7. And there's absolutely zero craic about this place

Crowds at the Maritime Festival in Derry (Handout)

8. There are no decent shopping places

Foyleside Shopping Centre, Derry. Pic by Justin Kernoghan / BelfastLive (Justin Kernoghan)

9. And there's nothing interesting to visit

Derry Girls writer Lisa McGee pictured at the Derry Girls mural in Derry for the official launch of the 3rd and final series of the hit C4 programme. (Lorcan Doherty / PressEye)

10. Can't even get a decent pint anywhere

11. Barely any history to it

Austins Derry (Derry of the Past Facebook Page)

13. They don't even have a decent sports team

Derry’s Will Patching celebrates after scoring a goal (INPHO/Lorcan Doherty)

14. All of them are terrible

Derry’s Ethan Doherty in action during last month's quarter-final victory over Clare in Croke Park. (©INPHO/Evan Treacy)

15. In fact, tourists would be hard pressed to find anything to do

Guildhall Square (Justin Kernoghan/Belfast Live)

16. Seriously, there's nothing interesting about the place

Flags at half-mast at Free Derry Corner in the Bogside area of Londonderry today in wake of the death of Martin McGuinness (Photopress Belfast)

17. Just do yourself a favour and don't come to Derry... ever.

Sunset over Derry city centre (Declan Dillon)

What do you think? Is Derry ugly? Does it deserve to be on the list? Let us know in the comments below and help defend our great city's name.

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