Midweek accommodation in, er, Wellignborough

[truck71]

Shnozz said:

condor said:

If you're keeping your place in London, why don't you commute to Wellingborough? Trains have a good service.

A season ticket is £6k - for £500PCM you could probably rent a small place in those parts as its cheap as chips.

And the cost as mentioned by Shnozz, plus jola's to and from the office, Oyster Card for the tube- will all add up to similar to living away. Once I buy somewhere the spend becomes an investment as well.

[condor]

Am watching Look East at the moment and they've just had a feature about a large retail and leisure development called Rushden Lakes which should be built/completed by 2017. Might be a good opportunity to have a relook at Rushden as I would think the new development would be a great boost for the town.

[T.J.B]

condor said:

Am watching Look East at the moment and they've just had a feature about a large retail and leisure development called Rushden Lakes which should be built/completed by 2017. Might be a good opportunity to have a relook at Rushden as I would think the new development would be a great boost for the town.

The next Milton Keynes if you believe the local papers haha! Not sure whether they mean that as a plus or not

[Richard 858]

Now then, I'm born, raised and have lived in Northamptonshire all my life and currently live on the edge of Wellingborough and whilst I agree that the Town centre doesn't have much to offer and some of the estates are a bit on the rough side this is true of a lot of Towns anywhere in the country. There are, as others have mentioned some decent areas in Wellingborough and there are several options just out of the town for shopping (so my wife tells me!) and decent village pubs etc. It will naturally be a huge change from any City, particularly London but I'm quite sure our capital has the same (if not more) share of social problems and rundown areas.

There are plenty of very nice villages (small & large) which the OP is wise to check out himself before committing, Chelveston not being a bad starting point (if he fancies some company for going out for a pint or 2 I'd be quite happy to help).

Anyway, to summarise Northamptonshire is a lovely varied County with plenty to offer, friendly people, great history & heritage and some very nice architecture (if you look for it).

Rant over

Edited by Richard 858 on Sunday 6th December 06:38

[Shnozz]

Richard 858 said:

Now then, I'm born, raised and have lived in Northamptonshire all my life

And with all due respect, this is perhaps why it's a slightly blinkered opinion! Still, I am pleased to hear it works for some and one man's meat is another's poison and all that jazz

[Richard 858]

Shnozz said:

Richard 858 said:

Now then, I'm born, raised and have lived in Northamptonshire all my life

And with all due respect, this is perhaps why it's a slightly blinkered opinion! Still, I am pleased to hear it works for some and one man's meat is another's poison and all that jazz

It's not just me, my wife's the same, infact we grew up together and have always been close, very close, infact we lived in the same house when we were children, sort of like brother and sister, well not just sort of I suppose, hang on a minute.....thought my in laws looked familiar, very familiar, bloody hell!!!!......oh well that's life in the back woods I suppose

[330p4]

Rothwell is good a few pubs and wine bar and a good selection of restaurants as well as small enough to not have any trouble
Ian

[entropy]

Considering OP doesn't want to live in a lego estate best bet would be the villages in the surrounding area barring Mawsley: Mears Ashby, Sywell/Overstone, Wilby, Orlingbury, Walgrave, Pytchley

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entropy said:

Considering OP doesn't want to live in a lego estate best bet would be the villages in the surrounding area barring Mawsley: Mears Ashby, Sywell/Overstone, Wilby, Orlingbury, Walgrave, Pytchley

Correct, have holed up in Souldrop for the time being. Appreciate all the advice folks.

[condor]

Souldrop is fine

[lewisco]

I'm in Redhill Grange on the top of Wellingborough. I didn't realise how horrible the town was until after we moved (from London but from Market Harborough originally) and the house got burgled!

[slomax]

Yeah, Wellingborough is a bit of a dive. I'm currently living in Rushden which is OKAY, but I wouldn't buy a house there. Cranford is a nice place, but that's a bit more toward Kettering.

[Shnozz]

slomax said:

Yeah, Wellingborough is a bit of a dive. I'm currently living in Rushden which is OKAY, but I wouldn't buy a house there. Cranford is a nice place, but that's a bit more toward Kettering.

Considering they join each other, I found Higham Ferrers far nicer than Rushden and hence bought in the former. Quite enjoyed it there, albeit it was proper rural living and I am a city chap at heart.