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My husband and I are considering moving to another part of the country to (hopefully) lead a better quality of life (we are currently in the south-east). We have a list of criteria we'd like our new area to have and was wondering if anyone could come up with some suggested towns.

Ideally a medium-sized market town (population between 10-25k)

Good local shops/supermarkets in the town

Access to open countryside (ie we would like the town to be surrounded on all sides by open countryside, rather than it be a suburb of a larger town/city)

Good public transport – ideally a train station serving the town (we don't drive) and good bus services within the town/linking other nearby towns

Access by train to a larger town/city for arts, theatre, wider variety of shops etc

Reasonable house prices (ie somewhere we could buy a three-bed family home for less than £200k)

We are considering the West country, because it isn't too far away from our families in the south east but don't necessarily want to limit our search to that area.

Karen2005 Thurs 14/02/08 15:43

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spudqueen
Fri 15/02/08
20:54

You could have a think about Clitheroe which is in the Ribble Valley in Lancashire. There are houses available for the right price
http://www.purplewillow.co.uk/search//1.html?m inprice=50000&maxprice=250000&bedrooms=0&shows tc=ON&orderby=price+desc&orderby=price+desc&se arch_price_on=price
http://www.eclitheroe.co.uk/clitheroe.htm
It is a beautiful location, has great shops and a railway station.

I used to live in Ivybridge, which is 10 miles outside Plymouth which may also meet your criteria
http://www.propertyfinder.com/cgi-bin/rsearch? id=ivybridge&a=qfp&cu=fn-pfc&t=res&pm=&px=2000 00&minbed=0&maxbed=&cat=&q=Search
http://www.ivybridge.gov.uk/

Though do remember that Devon and Cornwall are a long way from London. Plymouth is actually further from London than Liverpool is!

dove
Fri 15/02/08
20:58

cambridgeshire, everything would meet your criteria Karen!

Karen2005
Sat 16/02/08
17:53

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Thanks for your ideas. Both Ivybridge and Clitheroe look great (especially the countryside surrounding Clitheroe). It's true about distances - you just don't realise how far Devon/Cornwall are from London!

mandimoo
Mon 18/02/08
15:13

rugby in warwickshire

Ice.Maiden
Mon 25/02/08
03:25

Depends on what work, if any, you're going to do. There are some beautiful parts of Britain, both north and south, but I really don't think you can beat rural Gloucestershire or the Derbyshire Peak District. The latter has stunning views with beautiful countryside.

angeldraws
Wed 27/02/08
22:13

You could try Lincolnshire now its had its earthquake - prices are sure to go down! Lol

mallymooface
Tue 04/03/08
14:53

Retford in Nottinghamshire - less than 2 hrs train service to London - pretty market town with lots of surrounding countryside, not far from Nottingham and York. House prices really good!! Plenty of decent-ish shops, Doncaster and Meadowhall nearby for really good shopping!!

brionon
Thurs 06/03/08
12:24

The South East would suit,I think.

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