Nice areas to live near York?

[Vaud]

PH5121 said:

Boston Spa is a bit more expensive, between Tacaster and Boston Spa there is a new development being built at a little village called Newton Kyme. I haven't seen the prices they are going for advertised.

Boston Spa is awful for older kids. No train line, poor buses, very very little to do. Had a fair few problems with youth crime driven by boredom, apparently (I heard that second hand, just to caveat) but I can see how a teenager would get frustrated there.

[PH5121]

I don't see how Boston Spa is different to any other village with regard to teenager focused activities.

It is in a good spot for mountain biking, there are football and rugby clubs at Wetherby. Cricket clubs at Thorpe Arch, Walton and Wetherby.
There is a skate park which may keep younger kids amused. There are Cub and Scout packs. There are sporting activities at the high school - my lads did Aikedo there.

If kids are chavvy scrotes who are going to do anti-social stuff then they will do it regardless of what facilities are offered to them. If all else fails they have the option of X Box / Playstations / furious masturbation - they don't have to vandalise stuff.

The thing Boston lacks is pubs at the A1 end of the village since the Crown and the Royal shut. But there are restaurants and bars, takeaways and shops. Not bad facilities for a village of its size.

I don't live there but I went to school there. I think it is alright.

[Vaud]

I think it was more of a recent issue - and many of the things you suggest rely on transport. Having grown up in the area (though not Boston Spa) it is a real advantage not to be 100% dependent on mum&dad for transport - both from a hassle factor and an independence factor (10-17). Being walking distance from a train adds a lot of freedom.

[PH5121]

I would imagine that most villages and small towns have infrequent buses and no train services. That is why growing up in the area a bike was useful and a car at 17 was freedom.

[skeggysteve]

whoami said:

ellroy said:

You'd be doing very well indeed to make it from Pock to Acomb in 30 mins, completely the wrong side of town. More like at least an hour.

No chance of that anywhere near peak times.

I've never found the 1237 around York to be anything but busy, no matter what time of day, it just gets, a lot, worse at rush hour.

So OP, I'd suggest sticking to areas north of York.

[JackRatt]

Vaud said:

JackRatt said:

I do prefer older houses, but I'd say the priority is to have a bit more space and a nicer environment. At the moment we're overlooked by half a dozen other new builds, with everybody triple parked to try and fit in! What I really want is something where the front door opens onto a small but reasonably lively town or village while the back opens up onto fields.

Be aware that many of the local authorities are allowing village ribbon development and also building on such fields, so choose carefully. National Trust land tends to be completely protected. Around York a lot may be flood plain...

Look at Rightmove and when you find your ideal 5 bed detached property with a village and fields, google "village name + flood" (rather than just the environment agency site which is "ok"). I found my dream house near Cawood, drove out and saw the owners stash of sandbags, tiled floors and elbow height wall sockets.

It's happening everywhere. When we were looking for our current house we nearly went for another one on the grounds it was more rural, only to discover they'd just granted planning permission for 500 new homes on the fields it overlooked. Strange that the estate agent hadn't mentioned it.

Funnily enough I ended up Googling Cawood for that very reason this morning. The fact the flood waters extended for well over a mile suggest that our previous logic of 'if it's not in a low lying area next to a river, it's probably okay' was hopelessly optimistic.

We're going to go for a bit of a look round next time we're up to visit the inlaws. In no particular order, my short list - based fairly indiscriminately on houses that came up on Rightmove - is:

Boston Spa
Wetherby (presume this is a larger town - less villagey - than the others listed?)
Easingwold
Tadcaster (if it's not underwater)
Dunnington
Gate Helmsley
Stamford Bridge (looks nice, but the OH's grandmother lives there, kind of assume it's a bit OAP?)
Collingham
Bolton Percy
Walton
Appleton Roebuck
Elvington (principally because of the circuit)

Any others that you'd add? North of York (to drop down into Acomb) and/or east of it (for motorway links) would be advantageous.

[Vaud]

I don't know all of those... but:

Boston Spa : have commented before, it's lovely but it's a but of a solicitor commuter belt for Leeds with not much to do (and close to the A1)

Wetherby (presume this is a larger town - less villagey - than the others listed?) - yes, but no unpleasantly so. Quite nice, has a lot going for it.

Tadcaster (if it's not underwater): the land around the Wharfe rises quite quickly so the flood plains aren't the same issue as places like Cawood. You have higher land and less water.

The issue at Cawood (and similar) is that the land is very flat, the Wharfe and the Ouse combine. You won't necessarily be flooded, but you may well be cut off due to the surrounding roads, though it is highly variable on your village.

Green Hammerton and Kirk Hammerton are nice villages to the West, nothing going on at all but pleasant to be in...

[ellroy]

I'd not bother with Elvington, there are areas that can suffer from flooding as I recall, and it's not that great a village in my opinion.

I wouldn't discount Haxby or even Strensall for that matter if you're looking at the northern edge.

A little further out Sheriff Hutton is very nice, as is Stillington and Sutton on the Forrest.

[gemini]

Copmanthorpe?

[hot66]

Look north of York , any of the villages really heading up towards Thirsk. IMHO it's the nicer area and you're not too far from the moors.
Easingwold is a great little town with easy access to acomb.

[alanyork]

There,s 3 nice houses for sale in Warthill at the moment, Just near Dunnington , Stamford bridge, & Elvington, And no flooding.

[bobtail4x4]

alanyork said:

There,s 3 nice houses for sale in Warthill at the moment, Just near Dunnington , Stamford bridge, & Elvington, And no flooding.

But could you live with WART hill as an address?

[battered]

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I wouldn't discount Haxby or even Strensall for that matter if you're looking at the northern edge.

A little further out Sheriff Hutton is very nice, as is Stillington and Sutton on the Forrest.
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Agreed. In terms of entertainment, they have local services but the big win is that York is on the doorstep.

[DMN]

bobtail4x4 said:

alanyork said:

There,s 3 nice houses for sale in Warthill at the moment, Just near Dunnington , Stamford bridge, & Elvington, And no flooding.

But could you live with WART hill as an address?

Depends on if Hyacinth Bucket is living there or not, as its Warth-ill don't you know.

Nice little village though, and the pub can be quite good (its a Samual Smiths with all the good and bad that comes from that). There is also a nice walking route between there are Gate Helmsley if you have a dog or want a running route.

[battered]

Could be worse. I have a relative lives at Skinner Street. Wouldn't be a problem but they are at No 4.

[alanyork]

bobtail4x4 said:

But could you live with WART hill as an address?

Yes I can, Warth ill

[supersport]

DMN said:

bobtail4x4 said:

alanyork said:

There,s 3 nice houses for sale in Warthill at the moment, Just near Dunnington , Stamford bridge, & Elvington, And no flooding.

But could you live with WART hill as an address?

Depends on if Hyacinth Bucket is living there or not, as its Warth-ill don't you know.

Nice little village though, and the pub can be quite good (its a Samual Smiths with all the good and bad that comes from that). There is also a nice walking route between there are Gate Helmsley if you have a dog or want a running route.

But the pub has been destroyed! Used to be a real gem with great food. Now it can only must a 3 on the hygiene scale. Plus of course there is nothing in Warthill. Kids would be bored stless in a week.

[JackRatt]

ellroy said:

I'd not bother with Elvington, there are areas that can suffer from flooding as I recall, and it's not that great a village in my opinion.

I wouldn't discount Haxby or even Strensall for that matter if you're looking at the northern edge.

A little further out Sheriff Hutton is very nice, as is Stillington and Sutton on the Forrest.

What's Strensall like? All I remember is driving past the barracks.

We know Haxby quite well. Mrs R grew up there.

Drove through Sutton on The Forest last time we were up there - looks nice but don't think we've seen anything in budget (not that we're looking to buy just yet, but as a guide...)

[battered]

Strensall's pretty good. A nice village centre, with a Tesco Metro and a PO and a couple of pubs, some nice period housing. A fair bit of modern stuff between there and the barracks on the edge of the village. The barracks is mostly for medics AIUI so it doesn't generate the large numbers of 19 yr old squaddies that you might expect. It's an easy bus ride to town, and only just off the ring road with easy access to the likes of Monk's Cross Shopping Centre when you need to refill the store cupboards. Low flood risk for the area, it had no problems over Christmas when York centre, Tad and Leeds got pasted.

[JackRatt]

battered said:

Strensall's pretty good. A nice village centre, with a Tesco Metro and a PO and a couple of pubs, some nice period housing. A fair bit of modern stuff between there and the barracks on the edge of the village. The barracks is mostly for medics AIUI so it doesn't generate the large numbers of 19 yr old squaddies that you might expect. It's an easy bus ride to town, and only just off the ring road with easy access to the likes of Monk's Cross Shopping Centre when you need to refill the store cupboards. Low flood risk for the area, it had no problems over Christmas when York centre, Tad and Leeds got pasted.

Might be worth looking into.

An ex girlfriend of mine lived in Plymouth and that could be a nightmare when the squaddies were in town.