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Loveliest place in the U.K.?

154 replies

Ticktockwoof · 08/01/2023 08:03

There have been a couple of threads recently about places that you want to get out of as quickly as possible - Newport, Stevenage, etc!
It got me thinking, which towns do live up to expectations? Where is the perfect U.K.-topia?

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Bluevelvetsofa · 08/01/2023 09:21

Bosham in West Sussex.

The South Downs

Choconut · 08/01/2023 09:18

The very end of Cornwall is gorgeous as is Snowdonia, both a bit too isolated for me to live there though.

Goring/Pangbourne are somewhere I've always fancied living - George Micheal lived in Goring and it's lovely there. But more realistically I like Marlborough, Hungerford, Winchester - not too big but fairly central for everything in the South.

Oher · 08/01/2023 09:13

The lavender fields of Lullingstone are stunning, I’m amazed they aren’t more famous.

Matildatoldsuchdreadfullies · 08/01/2023 09:07

I live in a town which, on the rare occasions it is mentioned on MN, is fairly heavily criticised. Once it reached the dizzy heights of ‘okay’.

You know what, it’s a nice place to live. Not gobsmackingly expensive, perfectly good schools, a reasonable selection of shops (though not the sort of trendy ones MN would approve of), pleasant non-chain cafes, some of the best weather in the country, and an accessible sea front that is several miles long.

I grew up in the kind of area that’s seen as fabulous. That was a nice place to live too.

inthedeepshade · 08/01/2023 09:02

Bath is my happy place. I used to live there and it felt like an amazing dream life. I'd love to move back one day.

I also adore the Lake District. Incredible scenery (stating the obvious) but I don't think I could live there.

Ohgoodyanotherone · 08/01/2023 09:01

But for the traffic, Bradford-on-Avon is beautiful.

BumpyaDaisyevna · 08/01/2023 09:01

Clawdy · 08/01/2023 09:00

Much of the Lake District, but especially Cockermouth. I would so love to live there.

Watch out for the flooding though!

Clawdy · 08/01/2023 09:00

Much of the Lake District, but especially Cockermouth. I would so love to live there.

Roselilly36 · 08/01/2023 08:59

Seven sisters
Cheddar Gorge
Norwich City - Tomblands, Elm Hill, Cathedral
Cotswolds - Bourton-on-the-Water, Stow-on-the-Wold
Wells-next-the-Sea

Cornishclio · 08/01/2023 08:57

I live in South Cornwall and that is particularly lovely.Close to Moors and Sea but also commutable to a city. Medium sized town

HariKris · 08/01/2023 08:56

Here you go. For a romantic getaway.

I give you Wishbone but the Malvern's one not the Cotswold's property of a similar name.

Simplepink · 08/01/2023 08:56

Saltaire in Bradford
loads going on, much cheaper than ilkley or Harrogate, feels like a lovely village but train lines to Leeds and Manchester and a stones throw from the gorgeous yorkshire dales.
its a world heritage site and has the biggest Hockney collection/wonderful mill/art gallery

grapehyacinthisactuallyblue · 08/01/2023 08:55

Most places in UK are quite lovely.
But I really like Scottish Highlands, York, and boarder area of England/Scotland on the seaside.

HariKris · 08/01/2023 08:54

welshdaisy · 08/01/2023 08:52

Haselbech. I wish I could move there

Yes that is nice. Not far from me. North by Northamptonshire.

NotRightNowNo · 08/01/2023 08:52

I love where I live. I'm aware this makes me very lucky. I sometimes have anxiety dreams about being made to leave and when I wake I'm really grateful all over again

welshdaisy · 08/01/2023 08:52

Haselbech. I wish I could move there

HariKris · 08/01/2023 08:51

Munches · 08/01/2023 08:45

I certainly can 😊

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Vellan Dreath

(But don't tell anyone).

Echobelly · 08/01/2023 08:48

The Scottish Highlands

Peak District

Most places in the Cotswolds

Edinburgh

The Seven Sisters, East Sussex

Hazey19 · 08/01/2023 08:46

Has to be wales for me. Snowdon area and down to the coast in mid wales. It’s so beautiful.

Munches · 08/01/2023 08:45

HariKris · 08/01/2023 08:43

Can you keep a secret?

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I certainly can 😊

CeeJay81 · 08/01/2023 08:45

It's lovely where I live. A tiny Market town in a valley in the hills, in the middle of Wales. 10 miles from the coast.

OhPeggySue · 08/01/2023 08:44

I like knutsford. Gorgeous restaurants, interior shops and clothes boutiques. It's small and only 2 streets. It's next to Tatton Park and Manchester airport. It's snobby and pretentious and footballery aswell but let's ignore that bit! The surrounding countryside isn't anything exciting but it's a nice little village. I wont live there though, as its burglar central.

HariKris · 08/01/2023 08:43

Munches · 08/01/2023 08:43

Love this and I am pleased that you
have not shared it 😍

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Can you keep a secret?

Munches · 08/01/2023 08:43

HariKris · 08/01/2023 08:32

The Golden Valley

The North Norfolk Staithes

East Devon

But the best place of all will remain a secret. A small valley a mile in length, with a market town on a hill, running down to the sea. Everywhere in the UK is yours, but not this place.

Love this and I am pleased that you
have not shared it 😍

Orangebadger · 08/01/2023 08:41

The Hebrides
North Devon
Exmoor
The black mountains
St Davids, west Pembrokeshire and cardigan bay.