Which part of the UK do you live in and do you like it?

[evenflow]

Cheltenham. Love it.

[16plates]

northwest monkey said:

What, all of it?

LOL.

[AC43]

Pillskii said:

Live in London and don't like it - too busy, mega expensive to rent, not car friendly and travelling anywhere at peak times is hell. Maybe i'm just not used to it as i'm from Edinburgh which is a relatively calm, small-ish city with access to many great roads just outside the city limits.

Here for another year with work before I can move home and I cannot wait.

I moved down from Edinburgh too and the lack of access to good roads/busy tubes really irritated me for the first couple of years. The following 25 have been great, though.

Having said that in the late 80's/early 90's you could rent great flats in great locations for very little compared to today.

And I've always liked contintental driving holiday and they're a lot easier from here.

I suppose arriving today is a different story.

[northwest monkey]

hora said:

This depresses me. Where can we move to that still enables a non-driving mrshora get to Trafford Park for work?

I commuted to Salford Quays / Baguley / Altrincham / Old Trafford for years.

It helped working flexible shifts at the time though so I avoided a lot of the traffic.

Don't look at house prices comparing say Sale to Rossendale whatever you do

[chrisb92]

LivingTheDream said:

Weston way

Oh cool, I went to nursery there! (I couldn't drive then, though)

[LivingTheDream]

chrisb92 said:

Oh cool, I went to nursery there! (I couldn't drive then, though)

The nursery is fab - big part of our life now! Both our kids went there and the missus now works there.

Look at my profile - if you see the loud blue TVR about in the summer - say hello!

Eta: also as likely to see me with a big ginger dog (Vizsla) wandering about local events.

Edited by LivingTheDream on Wednesday 28th January 20:53

[E24man]

Love this thread and especially the insights from those that have travelled

I grew up in South Devon and then North Devon then at 17 began a wonderful odyssey that started in Gosport, then off to Plymouth, Newcastle, Glasgow, Bristol, Bath, Surrey, Kiev, Warsaw, Yorkshire and now Chester.

[Pit Pony]

bigfatnick said:

I live in Leeds, and honestly don't know how people exist South of the m62. Leeds seems a nice mix of countrysidey pleasantness but still has an Ikea. Every time I go to London I feel so sorry for the people who have to endure existence down there.

I could happily live on some Scottish island. However, I like leeds

I live NORTH of the M62 in North Merseyside, and over the last 5 years have commuted to either Telford, Derby, Stoke on Trent or Hemel Hempstead, on a weekly basis, as that's where paying contracts were available to me.

All I can say is that you have a very blinkered view of places South of you. Take Derby. Not particular expensive to live, not far from the Derbyshire Dales, Good climbing, and decent roads (if you look carefully), close enough to other cities for theatres and the like. Some of the city is a st hole, but then I once went to Leeds when I lived in Settle, and wasn't that impressed.

Even Hemel Hempstead, which is like a cross between Skem and Runcorn, isn't so bad. You can get out into the sticks on a bike, without mixxing it with too much traffic, and if you want there's a train into London (althoough I couldn't be arsed)

There are parts of Stoke that are zombiefied.

[eldar]

I live in the far west of Cumbria. It rains a lot.

Upside is not watering the garden.
A bit too far west for tourists.
Low crime, mainly a few pissed up teenagers.
Easy parking.
Magnificent scenery.

And great fell roads, fun without breaking speed limits(much!). Hardknott, Wrynose, Corney and Cold Fell all within 15 minutes.

[satinder]

I'm currently living in Shrewsbury, Shropshire with no plans to leave anytime soon! I live 200 metres from the train station & within 5 minutes is all the the countryside you could want. And being a market town on the river Severn you have the lovely old buildings & views to enjoy on your way through the town centre. As a private hire taxi driver I go driving all around England & Wales & can honestly say that there's plenty of good drives to be had in North Wales.

[Siko]

satinder said:

I'm currently living in Shrewsbury, Shropshire with no plans to leave anytime soon! I live 200 metres from the train station & within 5 minutes is all the the countryside you could want. And being a market town on the river Severn you have the lovely old buildings & views to enjoy on your way through the town centre. As a private hire taxi driver I go driving all around England & Wales & can honestly say that there's plenty of good drives to be had in North Wales.

Shrewsbury is a fabulous place You're obviously not far from the Evo triangle either. Basically, Shropshire rocks!

[DavidJG]

Siko said:

satinder said:

I'm currently living in Shrewsbury, Shropshire with no plans to leave anytime soon! I live 200 metres from the train station & within 5 minutes is all the the countryside you could want. And being a market town on the river Severn you have the lovely old buildings & views to enjoy on your way through the town centre. As a private hire taxi driver I go driving all around England & Wales & can honestly say that there's plenty of good drives to be had in North Wales.

Shrewsbury is a fabulous place You're obviously not far from the Evo triangle either. Basically, Shropshire rocks!

Born and raised in Birmingham, now living in rural Shropshire but only 15 mins drive from Shrewsbury station. Living in a small village is ideal as we've got very young children and a village school, but when we want the town it's very close. Great for work too, as Shrewsbury has good rail and road links.

We're planning to stay a very long time!

[dirty boy]

Pretty chuffed to live here.

[Tonsko]

That looks rubbish. Ask for your money back.

[dirty boy]

I have no idea where Corby is without googling.

LA 'Toft

[valiant]

Well, they do say Corby is the LA of Northamptonshire.


Born in Hackney and then emigrated to Walthamstow.

[Pit Pony]

DavidJG said:

Siko said:

satinder said:

I'm currently living in Shrewsbury, Shropshire with no plans to leave anytime soon! I live 200 metres from the train station & within 5 minutes is all the the countryside you could want. And being a market town on the river Severn you have the lovely old buildings & views to enjoy on your way through the town centre. As a private hire taxi driver I go driving all around England & Wales & can honestly say that there's plenty of good drives to be had in North Wales.

Shrewsbury is a fabulous place You're obviously not far from the Evo triangle either. Basically, Shropshire rocks!

Born and raised in Birmingham, now living in rural Shropshire but only 15 mins drive from Shrewsbury station. Living in a small village is ideal as we've got very young children and a village school, but when we want the town it's very close. Great for work too, as Shrewsbury has good rail and road links.

We're planning to stay a very long time!

I have a mate who live on a 'cliff' with the garden dropping very steeply to the river. I rented the granny flat underneath the house for a short while, and when the Severn was high, most of the garden was river. It must come up in height about 20 or 30. foot. I would move to South Shropshire, but wife thinks we need to live near her family. Grr.

[Dog Star]

I live in Rochdale. It's a great location, and a great place with lovely people. I have an excess of civic pride which makes my blood boil because I'm watching a once proud place, a dynamo of this country have its proud heritage dragged through the dirt and destroyed by rich and culturally diverse people ghettoising swathes of it, fking kids, crash for cash scamming, then having every deadleg, undesirable and scrote dumped on us by the powers that be, coupled with a council that couldn't tell their arse from their elbow.

I'll have to leave soon.

[C.A.R.]

LivingTheDream said:

The nursery is fab - big part of our life now! Both our kids went there and the missus now works there.

Look at my profile - if you see the loud blue TVR about in the summer - say hello!

Eta: also as likely to see me with a big ginger dog (Vizsla) wandering about local events.

Edited by LivingTheDream on Wednesday 28th January 20:53

Hi!
St Marys Way here, opposite the nursery. Incredibly dirty diesel 306 which is blue underneath all the grime - usually driven badly. By me.

[chrisb92]

LivingTheDream said:

The nursery is fab - big part of our life now! Both our kids went there and the missus now works there.

Look at my profile - if you see the loud blue TVR about in the summer - say hello!

Eta: also as likely to see me with a big ginger dog (Vizsla) wandering about local events.

Edited by LivingTheDream on Wednesday 28th January 20:53

Yeah, I only have vague memories of it now, though! I only really remember my more recent times at Knights Templar!


I will look out for it! Likewise if you see a black mk6 gti! Often seen in tesco carpark haha!