Nice places to live in Bristol or near Thornbury?

[theundecided]

Hi,

I'm moving to Bristol to start a new position in the next 5 weeks. I'm going to be working in Thornbury, which I suppose is technically south Gloucester.

I want a safe and decent area to house share with other 'young professionals' that's not more than 30 minutes drive from Thornbury.

Any ideas?

Thank you

[hornetrider]

There'll be plenty of choice in Sadley, and its relatively easy to get into town on the bus.

[theundecided]

hornetrider said:

There'll be plenty of choice in Sadley, and its relatively easy to get into town on the bus.

Sadley??

[hornetrider]

Bradley Stoke. It's our pet name for the place.

[jet_noise]

Dear theundecided,

I'm not that familiar with Thornbury (I'm in Warmley) but can suggest you try posting on the southwest forum,

regards,
Jet

[theundecided]

Dear Jet Noise, I'll do that.

I take it Bradley is a bit dodgy then?

[Fetchez la vache]

There are loads of places round there that are lovely. We used to live in Latteridge next to the duck-pond and only found it driving around - we were actually lost at the time. That's the best plan to be honest - go for a drive a few evenings to see for yourself to get a feel of what areas you like.
Needless to say there is less traffic north of Thornbury than south (though I like the bowl pub in Almondsbury ), which tends to be hellish during rush-hour.

[hornetrider]

Nah it's alright. Typical massive glorified modern housing estate really. A few pubs, the 3 Brooks being the only one worth bothering with. Curry house. Nice chinese. Massive Tesco. Small Tesco. Starbucks. KFC. Subway. Greggs. You get the idea.

There'll be a lot of houseshares available due to Aztec West.

You could try Winterbourne as well.

[miniman]

It's a colossal housing estate packed with Audi A3s and Crest homes. Not so bad if you like that kind of thing. Anyway, I will throw in the alternative suggestion of heading East a little which puts you into the South Gloucestershire / Wiltshire countryside. You won't get the 20-something-professional-houseshare but you can still be 30 minutes from Bristol without actually being in Bristol.

[theundecided]

I suppose I could deal with the characterless could-be-anywhere suburb, so long as I'm not worried about crime or my car being tampered with.

Thanks for the advice people.

[Sam_68]

miniman said:

Anyway, I will throw in the alternative suggestion of heading East a little which puts you into the South Gloucestershire / Wiltshire countryside. You won't get the 20-something-professional-houseshare but you can still be 30 minutes from Bristol without actually being in Bristol.

I live on the Cotswold Escarpement near Wotton Under Edge and love it.

Or look a little to the North, up the A38/M5 corridor in the Severn Vale - there are some nice properties around places like Slimbridge and Frampton-on-Severn, depending on your budget, and you're well placed for access to Thornbury via the A38 and civilisation (well, Gloucester, Cheltenham and Bristol) via the M5.

[jonnbb]

hornetrider has it on the ball there.

Ive lived in bradley stoke before and i will soon be moving back. Its generally a very nice place to live and tbh its mostly chav free. I never had any trouble with crime when i was there.

Plenty of places to jog, and theres a large cyclepath also. Not that im into any of that...

Its a perfect location as it is just off the m5/m4 crossover so commuting is made much easyier.

[hectic]

Yeah, thats fine and everything but Bradley Stoke is a dormitory zone with as much character as a lobotomized Barrat home.

OP: Do you want someone to sleep, eat and sh*t, or do you want someone that has a bit of life?

[hectic]

Sorry, you already said you didnt care, excuse my interjection.

[Dilligaf10]

Another vote for the Frampton / Sliombridge area. Nice places to be, good community, good communications with M5. Easy to get to Thornbury as well, just down the A38.

Can even recommend a good taxi company close by.

[theundecided]

Somewhere with a bit of life would be nice, I understand Bristol has its 'bohemian' parts.

I know it sounds a bit old man, but main priorities are chav-free and safe areas, nice house with a max rent of £400 pm really per room and not too far from the centre.

Off street parking/drive would be good, which makes the dull Barratt-type estates probable.

[hornetrider]

Dilligaf10 said:

Can even recommend a good taxi company close by.

One which doesn't charge 25 bd quid to do the 7 poxy miles from town?

[theundecided]

hornetrider said:

Dilligaf10 said:

Can even recommend a good taxi company close by.

One which doesn't charge 25 bd quid to do the 7 poxy miles from town?

Sounds like my northern charms will work a treat here.

[hornetrider]

The 'bohemian' areas of Bristol would a) take much longer to get to Thornbury and b) be more of a car theft risk.

You could always look at one of the satellite villages as have been mentioned in this thread, depends what you're after. Winterbourne has a small High St, few pubs and a couple of curry houses. I'm not overly familiar with the rest.

I reckon that for an 'estate' the Brooks is a decent boozer, especially on sunny summer evenings.

Of course, I left the sthole that is Bradley Stoke a couple of years ago for a decent life the other side of the Severn Bridge If your job affords you to pay the fiver bridge tax every day (or you have a bike in which case its free) then Chepstow is a lovely town, and a cracking B-road blast to Thornbury from the old bridge

[hectic]

theundecided said:

Somewhere with a bit of life would be nice, I understand Bristol has its 'bohemian' parts.

I know it sounds a bit old man, but main priorities are chav-free and safe areas, nice house with a max rent of £400 pm really per room and not too far from the centre.

Off street parking/drive would be good, which makes the dull Barratt-type estates probable.

Fair enough, off street parking would be tricky further in.