Which of these areas?

[hamstercoat]

I'm moving to London and feeling a bit overwhelmed looking at flats at the moment.

The flats I've found that work for us and are within budget mostly seem to be in Wapping and a few in Marleybone (I think) near Hyde park and the Marble Arch.
Both these areas are a similar commuting distance to where I'll be working.

If anybody could offer any insight into the pros and cons of both of these areas I'd really appreciate it.

[bookmum08]

Marble Arch/Marylebone /Hyde Park is total central London so very very crowded (especially with tourists). Massive amounts of traffic. Takes ages to get anywhere by bus. No decent supermarkets (just Tesco Metro type places).
Wapping is the suburbs. So completely and utterly different. It depends what your life style is.

[bookmum08]

Sorry I confused Wapping with Wanstead. Oops. Wapping is East London. I reckon that would be better. Living near Marble Arch would be like living in an amusement park.

[ShriekingBansheela]

Marylebone near Marylebone High St would be fun.

[HerBigChance]

Yes Marylebone would be much more peaceful than Marble Arch. It's sedate, even though it's very central.

[QueenOfOversharing]

Definitely Marylebone. I lived in Covent Garden & yes, it's busy, but being so central is great. Yeah, not great for big supermarkets, but if you're just shopping for yourself it'd be fine. Wapping would be a huge no for me.

[lambchops2]

Depends on what you want from the area really.

We lived in Wapping and it was lovely - canals, nice river pubs, a big Waitrose, St Katherine's Docks has great restaurants and a Friday food market, close to the City/Shoreditch for nights out and walking distance for shopping in Canary Wharf and the City.

No buzzing nightlife if that's what you're after but everything tube/overground was good to get about.

[LIZS]

Marylebone Road is one of the most polluted areas of London.

[fruitpastille]

Where will you be working?

[doadeer]

What is it that you want from an area?

I would hate to live in Marylebone because I like green and leafy but obviously it's not about me.

How long do you see yourself there?

[RicStar]

Those seem like strange options. I think it depends where you are working / budget. If you are in canary wharf then wapping will make a lot more sense. But there is a lot more to London than those two areas and neither would be my first choice.

[ShriekingBansheela]

They are not the obvious first choice residential options in or v close to central London.

Can you give us your budget, number of rooms you need and the tube (or other) station closest to where you need to work?

[8by8]

Those are strange choices tbh - they’re not similar, they’re not close to each other, and if you can afford to live in either then you must have a good enough budget to consider a lot of areas.

Do you mind saying where you’ll be commuting to? And what kind of lifestyle/amenities you want? You’ll get better advice that way.

Marylebone area is very polluted, wapping area is cleaner.

[Davros]

Marylebone is gorgeous. There's a Waitrose in the high street and you're not too far from the Brunswick Centre.

[myidentitymycrisis]

Marylebone, I prefer to be in the centre of London and walk places.

Wapping feels ‘newer’ to me, but I know it less well. St Katherine Dock is nice,

[HundredMilesAnHour]

Wapping feels ‘newer’ to me

Some weird comments on this thread. Wapping is actually an old historic area. The pub I was in there yesterday dates back to the 16th century. It's also considered to be inner London (definitely not suburbs). It's lovely and quiet but walking distance to the City so very good for anyone working in Financial Services (it works well for Canary Wharf too).

Marylebone has some lovely parts and some not-so-lovely parts, some of which are less obvious than others (for example the brothels around Dorset Square).

Without saying where you'll be working, it's impossible to tell if either are a good location for your commute.

[ArriettyJones]

Some weird comments on this thread. Wapping is actually an old historic area. The pub I was in there yesterday dates back to the 16th century. It's also considered to be inner London (definitely not suburbs). It's lovely and quiet but walking distance to the City so very good for anyone working in Financial Services (it works well for Canary Wharf too).

Yes Wapping is both “suburban” and “newer” (do you mean “gentrified” but old??). Batshit comments on this thread

Where are you working? What’s the budget? Buying or renting? Schooling needs?

How did you narrow it down to those two areas? (I am confused by that.)

[justcleanyourbloodyteeth]

What's your budget, OP? And what do you want from the area that you move to? What is important to you?

[Lynda07]

They are all excellent, 'buzzy' areas in which I would have been delighted to live when young. Islington is another one.

Expensive though.

[bookmum08]

HundredMiles that was me that called Wapping suburban - but I realised I was confusing it with a a completely different part of London

[myidentitymycrisis]

Yes Wapping is a very old area as it was the old docks and close to the city, my reference to it feeling new is due to my age I suppose, in my youth it was a very rundown area which had suffered mass bombing in the war and left to rot. It was redeveloped in the 1980’s.

[hamstercoat]

Sorry it's taken me so long to come back to this thread.

We need a 4 bed on I which I think may have ruled out a lot of more obvious areas.

Night life isn't a priority but schools and having loads to with the kids within walking distance are.
My eldest will be a teen in a few years as well so ideally I'd like to be in an area where she can go out with her friends and have some independence.

[Mutedgrey]

A 4 bed in Marylebone must be so expensive. It’s a very expensive area and very central.
If you can afford Marylebone you can afford most areas in London, surely??
I’m very confused by why wapping would be your other option..

[Mutedgrey]

I know London pretty well (as I’m sure many others here do). If you feel comfortable tell us your budget and where you need to commute to and we’ll see if we can suggest anything.

Marylebone. It’s very central. Busy. Not very green. Lots of expensive, gorgeous shops on the high street, but day to day living is very expensive. Lots of tourists. I lived there for 4 years. For me, it isn’t somewhere I’d like to be with a family.

Also, are you looking at state or private schools?

[GreyishDays]

What’s your budget? There must be something in between those two areas?

Tbh I’d probably start with school catchments.

[HappyHammy]

a 4 bed flat in Marylebone will cost an absolute fortune and the service charges will be astronomical. would you prefer to have a house a bit further out that is easy to get to London from? what are your priorities?