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Cheshire but down south?

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Cheshirequestions · 10/02/2026 12:36

Hi all, posted here for traffic.

We (couple in our 30s plus DCs under 5), currently live in Cheshire and absolutely love it here. We’re close to Alderley Edge high street and I love that we live somewhere that feels fairly rural whilst also having so much within walking distance. We have a lovely mixture of chain and independent restaurants/cafes, and have a local train station. Plus we’re only 20 minutes away from Manchester.

I know it’s not to everybody’s taste, but we love the vibe here and are really sad to be leaving.

We need to be somewhere in this circle ideally. We are completely newbies when it comes to this area - are there any places here that are like Cheshire?!

Cheshire but down south?
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piscofrisco · 11/02/2026 07:31

Stamford is the place you need.

Allaboutthecats · 11/02/2026 02:01

Not Goring by sea though. Luton might be more fun.

NamingNoNames · 11/02/2026 01:18

Wallingford is nice but not on a railway line AFAIK. I think Goring might be the nearest station.

redange · 11/02/2026 01:15

Wallingford is that in the triangle where a load of Public Schools are located ?

NamingNoNames · 11/02/2026 01:14

redange · 11/02/2026 01:13

My Spelling goes shit at 1 am ...

Your posts do too. Smile

Theonlywayicanloveyou · 11/02/2026 01:13

Wallingford?

redange · 11/02/2026 01:13

My Spelling goes shit at 1 am ...

redange · 11/02/2026 01:11

I am only having a bit of fun.

When my parents came up to visit me they always got lost coming off at Junction 16 rather than 15 which of course was next to the Post House Hotel...

My dad would drive for 4 plus hours (the roads were not as busy then) and declare that Stoke and Newcastle were the most dismal places in the Country. That is also including Oldham..

NamingNoNames · 11/02/2026 01:06

redange · 11/02/2026 00:46

I am very aware where Keele University is situated ....

I am very aware of where Keele University is situated, @redange .

redange · 11/02/2026 01:05

Yes Keele is Newcastle Under Lyme..... I more Hanley than Goostrey...

NamingNoNames · 11/02/2026 01:01

redange · 11/02/2026 00:53

Someone was trying to suggest that I was from Stoke...

You said you were from Kent. Stoke might rhyme with Kent but it's not in effing Kent is it.

And Keele is not in Stoke, it's Newcastle-under-Lyme.

redange · 11/02/2026 00:54

Thanks its been great...

SnowdropCrocus · 11/02/2026 00:54

redange · 11/02/2026 00:45

I met my Husband from a Very wealthy Cheshire Family at Keele University...

Well done

redange · 11/02/2026 00:53

Someone was trying to suggest that I was from Stoke...

NamingNoNames · 11/02/2026 00:48

redange · 11/02/2026 00:45

I met my Husband from a Very wealthy Cheshire Family at Keele University...

How is it relevant to the thread?

redange · 11/02/2026 00:46

I am very aware where Keele University is situated ....

redange · 11/02/2026 00:45

I met my Husband from a Very wealthy Cheshire Family at Keele University...

NamingNoNames · 11/02/2026 00:41

Keele University is in Staffordshire. It's not far from Cheshire - about 12 miles from Crewe, and about 25 miles from Alderley Edge.

And about 4 miles from Stoke, which is about a million miles from Alderley Edge.

redange · 11/02/2026 00:25

Op are you from Cheshire/Gtr Manchester Lancs or are you originally from the South. I'am originally from Kent who moved up to Cheshire well 'Keele' University in 1992 and stayed around AE until 2017 when 'forced' to move to Essex.

The late 90's and early 2000 were great in Alderley Edge, i think a little bit of the 'sparkle' has been lost in the last ten years . Unfortunately, some of the old characters are not around and have been replaced with people that may have money but they have no 'style' like we had in the late 90's and early 2000's. Today, it is just about 'white' Powder Urban Range Rovers or high screeching exhausts from 'Wannabees' in 15 year old Fiesta's . In my day it was about arriving silently or without fuss in a 'Factory' standard Porsche/ Range Rover Ferrari etc outside Brasingames or Yesterdays !

twilightcafe · 10/02/2026 23:52

Leamington Spa, Warwick or Stratford upon Avon

NamingNoNames · 10/02/2026 23:42

@sleepwouldbenice , @Princejoffyjaffur has probably never been to Cheshire. The circled area includes Luton, Hemel Hempstead, Slough, Reading, Watford ...

sleepwouldbenice · 10/02/2026 23:36

Princejoffyjaffur · 10/02/2026 12:45

Loads of lovely places in your circle and much nicer than Cheshire IMO

Rude

NamingNoNames · 10/02/2026 23:15

Windsor would be worth a look.

thermostathijacker · 10/02/2026 23:05

Try beds : bucks - fast track to London 34 mins to Euston. Lovely small towns like Woburn sands and Olney and v good value for money - £1m will go a beautiful family home with big garden

OtherS · 10/02/2026 22:57

PropertyD · 10/02/2026 22:45

Still no mention of a budget….we could all be wasting our time here. If OP is looking for a 4 bed we could be talking about 1 million plus in some of the areas mentioned.

Of course that could be their budget too!

Maybe she looked at Luton prices and realised it really isn't so grim up north!

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