Nicest places to live around Preston

[Kuroblack350]

MDMA . said:

If you can push the 15 minute limit a bit further, south of Preston you have Euxton, Croston, Rufford and Bispham Green, which are all accessable from the centre of Preston on the A59.

+1

We're in Buckshaw Village, if new build houses are your thing it's worth checking out. (Although I suppose some are the better part of a decade old now) We love it, it's a brilliant place, nice self contained community feel, great road links, great school etc.

Funnily enough I drive through Wrea Green every day and whilst it's nice, I don't really get the appeal? And, you'd need to be into the 500k+ bracket for anything reasonable!

[bucksmanuk]

Sticking to the south side
Penwortham is nice
Longton is OK, next village along, wide variety of cost of housing too.
Leyland the outskirts are survivable
Croston is nice, but is known to flood
Eccleston - lovely
Tarleton is suitable, but not much in the way of facilities. It is 15 minutes from the bridge over the Ribble, but only if one is "pressing on".... so I hear....

[mdglen]

I'd recommend Longton (although I might be biased cause I lived there for 20+ years). It has a real village feel to it, but still manages to have 5 pubs within walking distance, and a Booths (local equivalent of Waitrose), and it's on the A59 to Liverpool. Hutton is nice as well, if considerably smaller.

However, traffic is a nightmare in the morning, and a 30 minute commute to the town centre is more reasonable (I used to work at Royal Preston Hospital in Fulwood, and it would take me approx 40 minutes door to door). Public transport is sparse as well.

Penwortham is ok and you'd bypass most of the traffic on the morning, but make sure you looking at Higher Penwortham and not Lower Penwortham. It has some pubs, but you'd be looking to go into Preston for a a night out rather than stay local.

[Risotto]

Wrea Green used to be a nice enough village but has suffered in recent years from over-development. Despite the extra housing, there has been no corresponding upgrade to the infrastructure, so it's effectively a small town with the the infrastructure and facilities associated with a village.

Personally I'd avoid the Preston area entirely and accept the slightly longer commute (approx. 30 mins) that would be associated with a move to Lytham. Plenty of bars, restaurants & independent shops, countryside to the west and the sea to the east.

Edited by Risotto on Thursday 12th January 13:41

[Alwayssmile1234]

Al Murphy said:

This is very true, it's amazing at times how far 'in Fulwood' can be spread.

Al

Thanks for this tip!! It´s difficult when you don´t know the area...this definitely helps

[ManicMunky]

Kuroblack350 said:

+1

We're in Buckshaw Village, if new build houses are your thing it's worth checking out. (Although I suppose some are the better part of a decade old now) We love it, it's a brilliant place, nice self contained community feel, great road links, great school etc.

Definitely not our opinion of 5 years in Buckshaw!

[darronwall]

Risotto said:

Wrea Green used to be a nice enough village but has suffered in recent years from over-development. Despite the extra housing, there has been no corresponding upgrade to the infrastructure, so it's effectively a small town with the the infrastructure and facilities associated with a village.

Personally I'd avoid the Preston area entirely and accept the slightly longer commute (approx. 30 mins) that would be associated with a move to Lytham. Plenty of bars, restaurants & independent shops, countryside to the west and the sea to the east.

Edited by Risotto on Thursday 12th January 13:41

Lytham is a haven for arse holes

[Risotto]

darronwall said:

Risotto said:

Wrea Green used to be a nice enough village but has suffered in recent years from over-development. Despite the extra housing, there has been no corresponding upgrade to the infrastructure, so it's effectively a small town with the the infrastructure and facilities associated with a village.

Personally I'd avoid the Preston area entirely and accept the slightly longer commute (approx. 30 mins) that would be associated with a move to Lytham. Plenty of bars, restaurants & independent shops, countryside to the west and the sea to the east.

Lytham is a haven for arse holes

A rather wild generalisation, though I'll concede that in recent years the town has demonstrated a depressing eagerness to pander to the tastes of the insufferable parvenus it can attract. Despite the best efforts of this minority to transform Lytham into Wilmslow-on-Sea, it remains a very friendly place with a good mix of people and great deal of civic pride.

It's also to be credited for managing to fend off many of the national retail chains that have successfully anonymised so many small towns in recent years. The majority of its historic buildings and open spaces have been retained too, and there are great schools, plenty of facilities for families, a good range of pubs, bars & restaurants, and a refreshing lack of chavs.

I still maintain the OP could do worse.

Edited by Risotto on Friday 13th January 22:35

[Red 4]

Tarleton - on the A59 south of Preston.

15 mins drive to Preston. 15 mins to Ormskirk. 15 mins to Southport.

Be careful if you are considering anywhere in Preston itself. Most of the decent(ish) areas are surrounded by rough estates. Basically, it's a dump.

[ChunkyloverSV]

ManicMunky said:

Definitely not our opinion of 5 years in Buckshaw!

+1 I hate Buckshaw with a passion

I would say Tarleton, Hesketh Bank, Longton, Much Hoole, Croston, Bretherton.

You could live in Charnock Richard or Eccleston and sneak on the M6 though at Charnock Richard to get yourself into Preston quickly

[ben_h100]

Grew up around there - considered Hoghton/Gregson Lane area?

[Alwayssmile1234]

Thanks so much everyone for taking the time to reply...It´s difficult when you don´t know an area too well...You´ve given me lots of ideas to look at! Much appreciated

[TheJimi]

Surprised there's not more votes for Eccleston. My old man had a place there back in the day, cracking wee place.

[ManicMunky]

Best bet, if you find somewhere, post it here and we can tell if it's good or not

[mdglen]

If you're still looking and going to be around for the long term, Lancashire County Council have finally announced they are going to build a bypass round Penwortham:-

http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/media/898513/penworth...

Once it's built would make the commute from South Ribble area into Preston a lot easier, and improve the house prices a bit.

[mr rusty]

I live in Eccleston. It's really 20 mins from preston - 30-40 in rush hour. There is also great eccleston N of Preston which is nice.

In fact, most of the villages around Preston are nice. It would be easier to suggest places to avoid as they are far fewer. Central Leyland, some parts of Chorley, Ribbleton, Avenham, some areas along Blackpool Rd in particular, but generally it's a great place to be and only an hour or so from derbyshire national park, lakes national park, snowdonia national park and yorkshire dales national park, plus of course Manchester and Leeds are easily accessible.