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Re-locating to the Lake District

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EMMIE2018 · 12/01/2020 00:39

Has anybody visited the town of Aspatria in Cumbria? I am thinking of moving my family to a small village there and would like to know if anybody has any advice/opinions of it or the surrounding areas please? Would be much appreciated thanks

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Bowerbird5 · 14/03/2020 02:21

Hhhmmm. Aspatria isn’t in the Lake District. I don’t know much about it. What has made you chose Aspatria?

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MayDayFightsBack · 14/03/2020 02:39

Aspatria is a bit grim to be honest. The main part is spread all along one long road so it doesn’t really have a villagey feel (it’s not a town). It has some nice houses dotted about but has a generally depressed air in my opinion. There’s not a lot going on there and it’s definitely not part of the Lake District. There are much nicer places to live in Cumbria.

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PippaPegg · 14/03/2020 02:44

Why?

Aspatria is grim AF. What are you hoping to get out of it?

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Bowerbird5 · 14/03/2020 02:54

That is what I have heard too. I have only been their twice. Once was to a church event. There are some lovely villages on the coast around the Solway.