Following the 'what UK places weird you out', what places ground you?

It's a very relaxed and safe feeling place but way too windy much of the year!

@JackGrealishsCalves I just feel grounded there. It’s just somewhere where I feel at ease. Not sure why. I love the cafe right on the sand dunes too.

@JellieT0tz I'm in Teesside as well, born and brought up here. Although I don't hate it and like you say there's some lovely coastal/rural bits, I'm not happy here after moving back here from uni.

@CivilSarah you beat me to it. Liverpool is my happly place. I just feel "different" as soon as I step out of Lime Street, like a happier, more talkative, friendlier and more confident version of myself. It feels more like home than my hometown (where I feel on guard all the time). People talk to me. People are interested in me. Things feel lighter and more "possible". It has many rough bits, but I've never had any problems. I'm trying to move there. I wanted to go to LJMU but ballsed my A-levels up, had to go through clearing, and ended up at Salford, then met a lad and stayed for a few more years. I found Manchester to be quite "false" and never really settled or felt like i belonged (plus, Man U fans! 😤). When I do move to L'pool, I'll never live in a small town again!

I love walking around central London. Park Lane, Belgravia, Mayfair, St. James's Park, and all the little squares. I find a lot of London very peaceful (at the right time).

Around St Paul’s Cathedral and Bank on a weekend. I lived in uni halls at Charterhouse Square (Barbican) and the weekends felt so peaceful.
The north coast of Northern Ireland on a sunny day is heaven.
Swimming in the sea, anywhere really

That's an interesting one, I live there. I love going down to the sea front and staring out but I wouldn't have thought anyone would pick it as their go to place

Which parts of Central London? I left London last year. I do miss it. 😪

The parks in London, particularly the less central ones, like Hampstead Heath, Brockwell Park, Highbury Fields

Also Didsbury, Manchester. Only been a couple of times, but it had a very nice feel to it. Like a mini London neighbourhood up North.

The woods. I feel like I need to walk through trees to ground myself sometimes.

The mug section at Tescos.

Anglesey, especially Ynys Llanddwyn. A magical place. Unfortunately I live miles away but I’d love to move there if family and finances allowed.

Strolling up the Long Walk in Windsor with the castle ahead of me.

The riverside at Henley on Thames.

Absolutely anywhere by the sea but especially the Northumberland coast.

Greenbank Gardens in the southside of Glasgow.

My home village. When I go back there to visit family I always take myself out on a walk to all the places that hold happy childhood memories. I love to walk past my old primary school and around the housing estate I grew up on. Seeing my friend’s houses and the little green we used to play on always brings a swell of nostalgia. I love the little church and church hall where so many life events have taken place for friends and family. It’s been more than thirty years since I was a child there but I always feel comforted and rejuvenated while I am walking with my memories. It’s a place I feel I belong and genuinely feel sad when it’s time to return to real life.

Holkham beach for me too. Also Holkham Park, sitting by the lake on a sunny day and watching the deer and the geese with their babies.

DH’s family come from a very small village in Easter Ross, about an hour north of Inverness, by the sea. It absolutely calms me and our family are so lucky to have a place like this to retreat to. We’ve been here for a week and need to leave today. DD cries in the car every time we leave. She is a dramatic pre-teen though.

The hills in South Shropshire, I head up early morning so tend to get them to myself, just me and the ponies.
My favourite beach on North Wales coast which is beautiful and always quiet and seems to often have its own microclimate
Craster in Northumberland
A few of the lakes and a lovely little waterfall near me where I swim, particularly if I get them to myself and the water is nice and cold.

Gordon Square in Bloomsbury. Walked through it every day for years on my way to work and it’s a beautiful, calming place.
Also, there’s a bench under an oak tree in some woods near me. I love to sit there and just listen to the birds, and the wind rustling the leaves.

Hengistbury head in Dorset. So beautiful 😍 and soothing. Managed to have a walk there when on chemo. Just lifts the mind ,come back completely refreshed

The sand dunes. 🥰

Two very contrasting places - central London, and the Western Isles of Scotland.

Ballater and Crathie and the surrounding countryside.

Agree @Wallabyone and @CivilSarah I get a definite spring in my step and resurgence in confidence in London.

It’s hard to explain really.
Despite living in the country ( near London ) I even find myself taking deep breaths of that London air

Oh yes, me too, love going into London, I go about twice a month, every other Saturday. Nice lunch and a show. Heaven, despite the crowds. I feel very blessed that I can do that.

Liverpool.
I’ve lived down south for 30 years but going back to Liverpool to visit is going home ❤️