If you could live anywhere in UK, where would it be?

[BradNaylor]

It's interesting that most suggestions have been for fairly remote rural or coastal locations; I've been to most of them and can't fault any for their beauty.

However, most of us also have to work to earn a living, and opportunities for this in the obvious beauty spots so far mentioned are severely limited. In my line of work (and most peoples) it is an advantage to be near to a centre of population.

So to get the best of both worlds you need to find a lovely rural location within 30 minutes of a city.

I could live in either of these places and still be in my workshop in Stockport within half an hour. That'd do for me!

To be honest, most places in the UK outside the South East have similarly lovely countryside on the doorstep. We're very lucky.

Dan

 

[devonwoody]

We made the decision to move to Devon in 1970, sold a big house and gave up a well paid occupation, never regretted it.

 

[Woodmagnet]

I would go back to live in Pembrokeshire tomorrow
if i could afford to live there, i was there for a few years
and love it. I've also lived in Whitehaven and anywhere
in the Lake District would be my 2nd choice, although
like Andrew i'm only an hour or so away. Lived in
Ayr also and that was great too. :wink:

 

[Lord Nibbo]

Got to agree with you, not a bad part of the world. Been around "your" bay a few times by boat and up around the headland. Next time I'll keep an eye out for your house. Nearly as nice as Ireland........

Ah! I never thought of Ireland, we sailed from Plymouth via Isles of Scilly to Ireland. First port of call Castletownend then east around Old Head of Kinsale to stay a couple of nights in Kinsale, lovely area, lovely food, Lovely Guinness the best I've ever drunk :lol:

 

[CNC Paul]

Now that it has been mentioned.

This is where I live when I am not in the UK.

Waterville on the Ring of Kerry

Paul

 

[Losos]

Traffic is getting slightly worse as the years go on, but no where near as bad as Englandshire, part of the problem is very few dual carriageways, and plenty of single track roads (thats SINGLE TRACK...WITH PASSING PLACES).Not alot of choice with shopping, only a couple of decent hardware outlets and if you want normal shopping its Inverness (population about 60k) or Edinburgh anywhere from 270 miles to 160miles EACH WAY !!

That sounds very much like the part of Eastern Europe where we are now :lol: (Andycktm it's Czechland)

At least you can order stuff on line and have it delivered at a reasonable cost, or even free if you order a certain value. Where I am now I can order on line too but most firms just chuck it over to DHL or similar and the delivery costs more than the goods ordered

I only work one or two days a week over the net so I can choose anywhere with a BB connection in UK.

Roy "Live the dream, I do" :lol: As it happens I was looking at some nice places around Cardigan only a few days ago :!:

Lord Nibbo - off to have a look around Polperro and Looe now,

 

[Digit]

Well if you are coming this way again Losos we'd be delighted to entertain you.
Sounds like us DW, we left a massive 5 bedroom ex coaching Inn and a well paid job to live here. Was it worth it? Abso-bloody-lutely!
There is work here Kevin, but you have to accept that it will not be as well paid as London or the midlands.

Roy.

 

[Lord Nibbo]

Lord Nibbo - off to have a look around Polperro and Looe now,

Hey! What? Do you mean your in Cornwall or just looking on the net?

 

[Digit]

Reading these posts shows that quite a few of us have settled happily into their present locations, but still I watch some of the TV property programmes and I have been watching Kirstie and Phil, (Location Location) and I'm left wondering what the suicide rate is amongst estate agents!

Roy.

 

[TrimTheKing]

So to get the best of both worlds you need to find a lovely rural location within 30 minutes of a city.
Dan

I agree with this, and have managed to find it myself.

I am here which is Grappenhall in Cheshire. I live in a barn in the middle of 200 acres of elevated farm land with great views over rolling fields, across Warrington and Manchester over to the Penines but am still only 10 mins from the centre of Warrington and 25 mins from centre of Manchester. Only 10 mins drive from Manchester airport but not on flight path so it's quiet as anything.

Our best friends are less than a mile away, my family close enough to come over inside 30 mins, but not close enough to just pop in

I love it

Cheers

Mark

 

[Lester Burnham]

Born and bred Londoner. Swapped a terraced house in Fulham for a dilapidated Farm in Northumberland. Never even had a shed before- or a good nights sleep thanks to Heathrow. Now got a stone barn for my workshop and breathtaking views. Geordies are the Southerners favourite Northerners as well. I love it !

 

[Woodmagnet]

Born and bred Londoner. Swapped a terraced house in Fulham for a dilapidated Farm in Northumberland. Never even had a shed before- or a good nights sleep thanks to Heathrow. Now got a stone barn for my workshop and breathtaking views. Geordies are the Southerners favourite Northerners as well. I love it !

Now that's where Southerners alway's get mixed up Lester.
It's Mackems that you all really like, you just get us mixed
up with the Geordies. :lol: :lol: :lol:
p.s. Welcome to the forum and Ooop North.

 

[BradNaylor]

I am here which is Grappenhall in Cheshire.

Our best friends are less than a mile away, my family close enough to come over inside 30 mins, but not close enough to just pop in

I love it

Cheers

Mark

I had a look at your link and it looks lovely, Mark!

:lol: :lol: :lol:


Seriously though, its a very nice part of he world. I sailed through on the Bridgewater canal a couple of weeks ago.

I've got a couple of jobs coming up in Grappenhall and Stockton Heath next year. Might just pop in!

:wink:

Cheers
Dan

 

[devonwoody]

Thanks Mark, I have been looking for a nice canal picture to paint this cold weather. And you have chosen a good locality as well.

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1059679

 

[Blister]

I live in Dagenham The Sh-t hole of Essex

Why they don't change the name to Nigeria I don't know

The appealing things about my location are

1 umm
2 arr
3 well

come to think of it there are NO appealing things about it

High crime levels
Filthy streets
Cant park outside your own house
!/2 a tone of junk mail every day ( how much food can you eat ?)
75% of the " Locals "are foreign :?
Every time a person walks past my front window they are Foreign !!!
If I an in a shop standing in a queue and the person in front is white ( quite rare ) when they speak it turns out they are polish or Latvian or some other nationality

Makes me feel like a foreigner in my own country :?

As soon as I can escape from here the better I will like it , but again I still need a job , and finding a job in a coastal / rural location in my profession will be a task

O to open the curtains and see a view or smell the sea air or hear seagulls

Bliss pure Bliss

So my advice to anyone thinking of relocating the Dagenham is DONT

 

[devonwoody]

Blister, I suggest you visit Boots the chemist and invest in some of this lotion , you will develop a lovely tan and you will then feel in good company.

http://bootsus.bri-global.com/main.asp? ... =0&iid=143

 

[thejhw]

Thanks Mark, I have been looking for a nice canal picture to paint this cold weather. And you have chosen a good locality as well.

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1059679

Gosh, that's green, DW!
How would you paint it? I'd like to see your end result, but it would scare me. I guess just concentrate on the darks to bring out the contrast?
(Very learner watercolourist)

Jim

 

[busy builder]

As they say...the grass is always greener...
since I moved up to the Highlands with my lovely Inverness lassie, I haven't looked back.
Though we swopped incomes that are roughly £40k down, (and now struggle a bit financially) on what we earned previously we are rich in heart and minds. We are also healthier and fitter too.
The people are nice and we love it. We can leave thing out in the garden, hardly ever lock up and views all around us.

 

[TrimTheKing]

I am here which is Grappenhall in Cheshire.

Our best friends are less than a mile away, my family close enough to come over inside 30 mins, but not close enough to just pop in

I love it

Cheers

Mark

I had a look at your link and it looks lovely, Mark!

:lol: :lol: :lol:


Seriously though, its a very nice part of he world. I sailed through on the Bridgewater canal a couple of weeks ago.

I've got a couple of jobs coming up in Grappenhall and Stockton Heath next year. Might just pop in!

:wink:

Cheers
Dan

Haha, trust you to pick that picture! That is the 'other side of the river', we don't go over there, and don't let 'them' over this side :wink:

I work at home on Mondays and Fridays, so if you are around and fancy a pint there are two pubs in the village that would nicely fit your criteria...just give me a shout.

Cheers

Mark

 

[phantom of the offcut]

http://www.west-mersea.co.uk/

This is where i live and often work (carpenter / builder )

Jason