To ask your views on Hartlepool?

I grew up in Saltburn and completely agree it's not what the op's looking for.

Well the majority of it is really scummy. But there are nice areas. And yeah seaton carew is very very nice.

Saltburn isn’t stuck up ha ha! It’s just nice town with welcoming people. It’s the only place I’d live if I ever moved back. Someone obviously has beef with Saltburn… was someone nice to you there once?

My 74 year old mother moved to Hartlepool a few years ago and loves it. She's at Seaton carew side and it's a lovely area , she's absolutely thriving. Very good shopping, lovely marina, the beaches are fantastic, and the transport links are excellent. It does have some deprived areas, but there's been a real surge of regeneration in the last few years. Like you op, it was the feel of the area that led the decision, and she's not regretted it for an instant.

I grew up and lived in Marske (village between Redcar and Saltburn) for over 20 years before moving to Manchester and then Liverpool.

Hartlepool - don’t really know anything except it’s very run down
Saltburn - best of the bunch. It is welcoming, very much like a city, lots of things to do, great community, a pier, a funicular railway, nice independent shops and cafes, woods, Victorian gardens and a band stand
Redcar - needs improvement but has nice parts

Let me know if you come to Hartlepool op!! Lots of things to do. Dunelm I have to say have a nice cafe!!

😂 this thread is hilarious. As if your opinion of a certain place means that it is definitely like that. A lot of this is opinion based. Sure, some places are known to be a little rough round the edges but to assume to nice little place like Saltburn is awful for clearly personal preference is ridiculous

Only experience of Hartlepool was taking someone to the hospital. Not a pleasant day. You could look at nice riverside one bedroom places around Gateshead for around 100k. Also near hospitals and close to Newcastle.

What is your problem with Saltburn, did you have a bad experience there? 😆 It’s just a totally normal place 😅

So incredibly rude!

I do not recognise this as a description of my part of the North East or areas my friends have settled in here as well so I dont think that is a widespread problem.

Your Surrey accent will have you labelled "posh" in lots of towns. What was it about Hartlepool you liked? Could you visit the area for a week or two and then maybe the NW coast?

Op have you checked that your condition can be managed with Hartlepool hospital? It's not fully operating so North Tees (20 minute away) is where we have to go for most things, but services such as ultrasound, musculoskeletal etc are operating from Hartlepool.

The riots happened all over the country, so no need to let that put you off, they're not a regular occurrence here.

Everyone on here will have their views - if you have visited, and like the area, and think you could be happy, take the plunge 😊All the best with your decision op

Have you any local connections to the area, OP?

Parts of the North East are very, very insular. I'm tolerated and liked (by some anyway!😆)as an Irish person in my town in County Durham after several years, but I will never be truly accepted.

This is still a part of the world that is extremely tribal. It's crazy to try to fathom, but it's to the extent that the folk round my immediate area wouldn't want the folk from the estate on the other outskirts of the same town to know "our business". It really is "what goes on around here, stays around here."

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Hartlepool hospital isn't the best, OP. It's a small "branch" off north tees. If you have chronic health needs, I wouldn't consider it compared with facilities in the south.

Sorry I didn't quite mean that. I mean, it's an area where there isn't much diversity or incomers. People of Durham are the best (biased..ha... family connections!) but it can be insular in areas like Hartlepool and I don't think Surrey has much in common with it. But if you go try it out and love it then good luck to you.

I suppose I have done a similar move because I'm not from where I've ended up and it is also fairly insular. It's been ok but after twenty odd years, it's still not quite home and the people are not my people. I miss the north.

Will you need to work? It's not the best area economical either but I may be out of date.

What if you buy there and for whatever reason you need to sell in, say, ten years and you can only get £60K for it?

A friend in Sunderland paid £60K for her two bedroom terrace 20 years ago and she now estimates it would sell for £45K.

I live in the NE and agree with this. However, I think the OP was saying she could afford to buy out-right in Hartlepool? I would choose any of those three places over Hartlepool.

Ah right. My BIL, nieces and nephews and 75-year old FIL live there and we visit Saltburn often. Thanks for letting us know, I’ll pass on the info to DH’s family.

Wow judgemental much! Saltburn is beautiful and an easy drive to plenty of places.

Another poster who lives here and actually, I like it. Like a pp has said, look at the outskirts such as Hart, then inside the town look at Clavering, Bishop Cuthbert, both are nice, West Park is lovely but expensive, Fens area is also nice.

Everywhere has its nice parts and it's horrible parts 😊