Hemel Hempstead tops list of ugliest places to live It's the accolade no one wants to be associated with. Sorry, residents of Hemel Hempstead, your town has been named the ugliest in the UK. The Hertfordshire town beat Luton into second place and Slough into third to top a poll which also ranked Bracknell and Birmingham highly - or lowly, rather. Camberley in Surrey came sixth followed by Coventry in the West Midlands and Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire, which was created in the 1950s to accommodate Glasgow's surplus population. Hatfield, another Hertfordshire eyesore, ranked ninth and Gateshead in Tyne and Wear came in at number ten. Author Sam Jordison, who organised the survey, said: "I know exactly why Hemel did so well in the poll. Hemel Hempstead Luton Slough Bracknell Birmingham Camberley Coventry Cumbernauld Hatfield Gateshead Although I am surprised that Coventry didn't do better, or worse, following the number of people writing in to say it looked better just after it was bombed than it does now. The 100 winners of the survey by website C*** Towns will now be whittled down to 50 for a book entitled C*** Town Returns. Its predecessor, published in 2003, sold more than 100,000 copies and provoked outrage, including from former Conservative leader Michael Howard, whose constituency of Hythe in Kent was included at number four. The full 2003 list also controversially included Chipping Norton, the rural Oxfordshire town associated with members of "the Chipping Norton Set" such as David Cameron, Jeremy Clarkson and Rebekah Brooks. The cricket club and ground by Station Road in Hemel Hempstead. Despite this bit of greenery the area was voted ugliest in the UK No character: Marlowes Shopping Centre in High Street, Hemel Hempstead, which has been voted ugliest place to live Bog standard: Kodak House, in Hemel Hempstead, which beat Luton and Slough to win the accolade Built-up: Marlowes and Riverside shopping precinct in Hemel Hempstead Run down: Junction of Hillfield Road and the Marlowes Shopping Centre, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire The second book is "back by unpopular demand," according to the publishers, and is scheduled for release in October. Not satisfied with declaring which is the ugliest town, the website now has a poll of the dullest towns in the UK. Chipping Norton is listed, alongside Boston in Lincolnshire, Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk and Maidenhead in Berkshire. And the towns that just missed out on the prestigious accolade... It isn't just Hemel Hempstead which has been deemed an ugly place to live. Here are some photos to remind you of why some towns made it onto the list. Cars make their way in to a multi-storey car park in Luton which was voted second most ugly town Grotty: Slough Library in the town centre which came third in the list for ugliest towns Boring: The 3M office building in Bracknell which was voted fourth in the list of crap towns The roof of the Repertory Theatre in Birmingham, number five on the list of ugly towns Scenic: Camberley Town Centre has seen better days than in this photo. The town polled sixth most ugly town in the UK Grim: Walsgrave Hospital in Coventry which was voted seventh ugliest town in the UK Bleak: Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire was created in 1956 as a population overspill for Glasgow City. Despite being relatively new, it came eighth in the list for ugly towns Home sweet home: Hatfield in Hertfordshire came ninth in the UK's 'crap towns'