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Loveliest place in the U.K.?

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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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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.

Oher · 08/01/2023 09:13

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

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.

Bluevelvetsofa · 08/01/2023 09:21

Bosham in West Sussex.

The South Downs

ErrolTheDragon · 08/01/2023 09:23

Seconding the Hebrides, in particular Mull and Harris.

Munches · 08/01/2023 09:24

HariKris · 08/01/2023 08:51

Vellan Dreath

(But don't tell anyone).

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Thank you 😊💕

zestysparkles · 08/01/2023 09:24

Actually, pretty much everywhere. Yes there are some not-so-nice places, but the vast majority of our country is stunning. My favourite places are North Norfolk, the Wye Valley, Shropshire Hills and North Yorkshire (Dales and Moors). Also, Kent/East Sussex was amazing, I wasn't expecting it.

Gwdihooooo · 08/01/2023 09:25

Anywhere with mountains! I grew up in Snowdonia and it’s beautiful, I miss living there so much!… But I have lived in the Lakes District for 10yrs now and that is so beautiful too.

MandyMotherOfBrian · 08/01/2023 09:27

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

Ooh, I’m dropping DD back to Leeds Uni soon and staying for a bit and was about to do a list of where I’d like to visit. This sounds perfect.

MissBattleaxe · 08/01/2023 09:31

Tenby, Pembrokeshire in general, North Wales, especially Harlech, Brecon Beacons, Hay on Wye, Edinburgh, Cardiff.

Noshowlomo · 08/01/2023 09:32

Tenby, it’s just wonderful. Most of Pembroke actually as @MissBattleaxe said. Just something in the air down there, and I just relax

Goodgrief82 · 08/01/2023 09:34

Where I live

but I don’t want to spread the word even more so because it’s already popular and becoming more so

but I love love love where I love and, more importantly, my children do too

Goodgrief82 · 08/01/2023 09:34

Noshowlomo · 08/01/2023 09:32

Tenby, it’s just wonderful. Most of Pembroke actually as @MissBattleaxe said. Just something in the air down there, and I just relax

Goodness, I actually shudder when I recall Tenby

Goodgrief82 · 08/01/2023 09:34

zestysparkles · 08/01/2023 09:24

Agreed

Goosefatroasts · 08/01/2023 09:35

Tenby is lovely but my god the crowds.

CoffeeBoy · 08/01/2023 09:35

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.

sounds like somewhere I know which I agree is lovely.

for me I love Cambridge for a small city.
Keswick for a town
brockenhurst for a village

CoffeeBoy · 08/01/2023 09:36

Funny, I used to live just outside of Tenby and would not be a hurry to move back to Pembs. Maybe living there is very different to a holiday.

welshdaisy · 08/01/2023 09:38

@HariKris my in-laws live there, so I'm lucky enough to visit a few times a year. Even the little town of Market Harborough, not far from there is pleasant and quaint. I love going for coffee there

Tal12 · 08/01/2023 09:38

@zestysparkles love that! Well said.

i particularly love the Surrey hills

PuppyMonkey · 08/01/2023 09:39

Staithes is fantastic, and absolutely anywhere in the Isle of Skye.

Icequeen01 · 08/01/2023 09:40

I do love the Cotswolds but my heart lies with a tiny village on the Essex/Suffolk border called Dedham. I lived there for about 5 years when I was a child but still have so many lovely memories of it. I don't get to visit as much as I would like but did manage a weekend away with friends there last year for the Jubilee weekend. Our friends also fell in love with Dedham and Flatford Mill and we are hoping to have a weekend away again this year.

KimberleyClark · 08/01/2023 09:40

Hay on Wye
The Isle of Skye

BarrelOfOtters · 08/01/2023 09:41

Keswick, it’s not the prettiest of towns, but I feel so at home there.

Parts of Dorset, I think it’s the flints.

the Isle of Man, it’s like the U.K. in miniature, rolling hills, seascapes, incredible cliffs and beaches, and high moorland and mountains.

OceanbreezeSun · 08/01/2023 09:44

I really enjoy where we live now (near the sea ‘up north’) but I’m not sure we’ll stay here long term.

There’s loads of lovely places in the UK - I think I could quite happily live in any of the below places

Carbis Bay
Formby
York
Edinburgh
Clitheroe
Tynemouth
Whitely Bay

Richmond in Yorkshire

Jellycatspyjamas · 08/01/2023 09:44

The Isle of Skye is my happy place, and the drive up through Glen Coe to get there is simply stunning.

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