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The Anti-Awards

24 rankings. Every one is the true extreme of a real measurement — there is no worst city, only cities magnificently bad at one specific thing.

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The weather6
The Sauna You Can’t LeaveThe Bedroom That Never CoolsThe Umbrella EconomyRain, By The MetreSixteen Thousand DaysThe Year Without a Window
The hours it keeps6
The Cinderella ClauseThe Early Bedtime AwardThe Sunday Ghost TownThe Breakfast DesertThe Great Lunch VanishingThe Part-Time City
Getting out5
The Great Escape IndexHardest City to Leave (In a Hurry)The Domestic BubbleThe Hibernating AirportThe Perth Meridian
The ground and the sky4
The Wobbliest GroundThe Volcano PartyThe Volcano Next DoorThe 3 p.m. Sunset Club
Everything else3
The Monoculture MenuThe Calendar of ExcusesA Gigabyte of Cats
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 135k · 663 venues mapped

Telford

Where Telford places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is shops open on sunday, where it ranks 20 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Shrewsbury 21 km Nearest written profile 🇬🇧 London 📖 205 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
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Best time to visit Jul, Aug — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink663 places mapped
11:00–23:00
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12%
open past midnight
91%
open on Sundays
72h
open per week
5%
take a midday break
16%
open 24/7
Shops & errands207 places mapped
07:00–22:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
98%
open on Sundays
102h
open per week
4%
open 24/7
Services77 places mapped
09:00–18:00
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0%
open past midnight
50%
open on Sundays
52h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
167
umbrella days a year
36.5 m
of rain since 1981
6
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
701.8 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0.4
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
15:57
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.9 h
longest day of the year
6
public holidays, 2024
14,641
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureTelford RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 11.6% 184 of 1,878 🇮🇹 Ascoli Piceno 11.6%🇺🇸 Columbus 11.6%🇺🇸 Harrisonburg 11.6%🇷🇺 Stavropol 11.6%Telford🇺🇸 Washington 11.6%🇨🇦 Airdrie 11.5%🇺🇸 Dale City 11.5%🇺🇸 Fort Wayne 11.5%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 72.5 h 131 of 1,878 🇵🇪 Lima 72.5 h🇨🇭 Lugano 72.5 h🇭🇹 Port-au-Prince 72.5 h🇬🇧 St Albans 72.5 hTelford🇦🇺 Wollongong 72.2 h🇬🇭 Accra 72 h🇵🇹 Albufeira 72 h🇮🇹 Anzio 72 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 2.3% 449 of 1,878 🇨🇱 Valparaíso 2.5%🇧🇪 Verviers 2.4%🇳🇱 Groningen 2.3%🇨🇿 Jihlava 2.3%Telford🇳🇱 Utrecht 2.3%🇺🇿 Yangiyul 2.3%🇪🇸 Fuengirola 2.2%🇬🇧 Lowestoft 2.2%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 4.7% 337 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Swansea 4.8%🇬🇧 Gloucester 4.7%🇨🇾 Larnaca 4.7%🇺🇸 Simi Valley 4.7%Telford🇬🇧 Chester 4.6%🇬🇧 Chester-le-Street 4.6%🇦🇷 Mar del Plata 4.6%🇺🇸 Asheville 4.5%
Never close at all% open 24/7 16.3% 77 of 1,878 🇨🇺 Cienfuegos 16.7%🇹🇳 Sousse 16.7%🇨🇦 Abbotsford 16.4%🇷🇺 Elektrostal 16.3%Telford🇱🇧 Beirut 16.2%🇷🇺 Podolsk 16%🇬🇧 Scunthorpe 16%🇯🇵 Tokushima 16%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 97.9% 20 of 1,704 🇺🇸 Escondido 97.9%🇬🇧 Maidenhead 97.9%🇺🇸 Newport News 97.9%🇯🇵 Numazu 97.9%Telford🇯🇵 Tsuruoka 97.9%🇺🇸 Worcester 97.9%🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi 97.8%🇺🇸 Arlington 97.8%

The same questions are asked of the 126 cities with a written profile, where each one gets its method and its full standings: kitchens open past midnight, hours open per week, open before 8 a.m., vanish at lunch, shops open on sunday.

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