To ask if there are quiet places to live that dont involve having to be incredibly rich

Don't underestimate how noisy rural areas can be, it's just a different sort of noise!!
If you've got kids then you need to be aware how different the scottish education system is compared to England.

Wales, Scotland, Northumberland/Durham, rural North, parts of Leics /Staffordshire

NW Scotland.
Galloway.

I always forget about the Wirral, which might make it perfect for OP. I have a friend who lives there and it so beautiful.

I used to know someone who lived in that area and trying to commute from there to Swansea during peak hours for work, you'd either have to catch a train or leave at least 75 minutes in order to arrive on time.

Wirral

That's lovely!

One of our neighbours, a newly arrived townie, bought a very handsome rooster because he thought he would look nice in his garden. One of my ponies used to shout back at him every time he crowed! The racket was unbelievable! He eventually re-homed him, he was a very beautiful bird but he crowed all day from 5am on!

I mentioned it because someone had been posting links to semi-detached houses on the edge of the Brecon Beacons. I pointed out that if you buy a semi one of the things that can happen is that you find you're living next door to a holiday let. So every week you get a new set of noisy neighbours to deal with.

There's a massive new build estate in my town and I use it for my daily walks because it is much quieter than anywhere else in the town. The houses are from a 2 bed terrace to a £1mil + 5 bed. There's a percentage of social housing too, housing association and shared ownership. I would look for something like this in the area you're interested in.

South Wales

Here's a three bed cottage about 45 mins drive from Swansea for £335k
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/154088618

Oxfordshire, Wallingford, Watlington, Thame or villages around these market towns. Can commute to Oxford or into London.

I would definitely recommend west wilts, places like Corsham, Devizes, Box ,

ApogiesOP I’m mixing you up with a very similar post!!

@Newstartplease24 I may have misread- I thought I saw it in one of your posts - others have said similar so don’t think it’s just me - if that’s not the case then that’s fine -

Unless you get a detached house with nothing round you then I’m afraid it’s pot luck - I lived in a lovely semi once but in an idyllic location and ended up with a neighbour digging his basement out for several years!! To be honest if it had been detached you still couldn’t have avoided the row every weekend . Also if you want it Asa holiday let OP most people will indeed want ‘some’ facilities on the doorstep and why would it be bothering you anyway if you aren’t living there??

I think you really need to put the ‘peace and quiet’ thing on a bit of asideburner if it’s truly a holiday let you are looking for. This is a very different market to what you might personally be looking for ‘to live’ - I would be looking at places like Hastings, Eastbourne, Folkestone etc which do have flats ‘in budget’ - or indeed somewhere like Scotland or north wales, which unless you live there will need to be managed well from afar - yes you would get a house etc in some areas of ‘up north or midlands’ - would anyone be looking for weekends in these places, not as often as I think you would like. You have to be realistic - if it’s that it’s primarily for you to move to further down the line then it’s going to be a bit of a compromise on that budget I feel , personally I would rather have a 2 bed flat in a semi ok area than a 3 bed house somewhere I would never want to live .

Probably not a good choice if you want peace and quiet, that property is between two large schools and the street is a nightmare at primary school pick up time!

Downham Market is possibly a good suggestion though because it has a direct train line to London via Cambridge, which is generally reliable. It is quiet compared to a large city but has some facilities and good road links compared to much of the rest of Norfolk. The secondary school is currently very oversubscribed though.

Lovely, but it's a semi, so when next door is let out as holiday lets and you get people sitting in the garden playing loud music every weekend in the summer, what are you going to do? (I speak as someone who, for 8 long and frustrating years, had an AirBnB next door and had my summers ruined).

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/159198950#/?channel=RES_BUY

West Yorkshire. Holmfirth area. Gorgeous countryside, peaceful, but still a lovely busy village feel with cafes, bars and restaurants. About an hours drive to Manchester, Sheffield or Leeds.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/161087528#/?channel=RES_BUY

I'm getting the impression OP actively doesn't want to be remote/middle of nowhere but is wanting to find an area where people are considerate neighbours! I'm in commuter belt land in Kent & now in my 3rd house in various villages and never had any issues with neighbours or know anyone who has. People are polite and pleasant, generally keep themselves to themselves which does make it slightly lacking in community spirit but I just can't imagine ever hearing a full blast stereo or cars revving all day around us.

First house bungalow: heavenly quiet as all the neighbours were old. 2nd house detached mixture of families and older folks all lovely never had any issues with noise - worse you'd get would be a lawn mover or hedge trimmer or church in the background none of which you can complain about. Now living in a bigger village in a semi and I was worried about noise but again, never hear a thing bar neighbours child occasionally in the garden but they are respectful and it's never early or incessant screaming just chit chat/laughter. If he ever cries they take him in and I don't really hear once the doors are closed.

Down side is you're north of £500k for detached or bungalow unless you get a bit further from London or head into East Sussex (worth a look - there are some lovely quiet villages there)

South Cheshire fits your requirements - places like Nantwich, Sandbach, Congleton

Properties like this https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/159890444#/?channel=RES_BUY
As there are many places you could afford a detached house, I wouldn't consider anything else if quiet is a priority.

I think it depends. We live in a 13 year old 3 storey terraced house in Cambridgeshire and our sound insulation must be good as we never hear the neighbours (obviously if windows are closed), one of whom also had a baby at some point.