'They keep spending money on it and it keeps ending up rubbish', sums up one voter. 'An example of cheap and thoughtless pedestrianisation taking the heart out of a whole town' says another. The main argument is that rather than undertake traffic calming measures Mole Valley Council simply shut the main arterial road in this market town, meaning people drive to the nearest out of town shopping centre forcing numerous business and the once thriving Thorndike Theatre to shut down. 'The High Street is now a desolate wasteland hardly helped by badly designed interventions like the latest dodgy water feature' says one local. 'Depressing, unloved and a haven for bored youth who further degrade the quality of the local environment' says another.

WORST STREETS IN THE UK:
1. Streatham High Road, Streatham
2. Cornmarket Street, Oxford
3. Drakes Circus, Plymouth
4. Maid Marion Way, Nottingham
5. Leatherhead High Street, Surrey

BEST STREETS IN THE UK:
1. Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne
2. High Pavement, Nottingham
3. Buchanan Street, Glasgow
4. New Street, Birmingham
5. Water Street / Castle Street, Liverpool