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if you could live anywhere, we would it be? Village with train station and school

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bowrow · 05/03/2026 21:28

I need a fresh start - does your village have a train station and a school? That's all I need - tell me where in the uk you are, what you love about it and if I can buy a luxurious private not overlooked house there?! 😃

YABU - this does not exist
YANBU - tell me where!!

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countrybump · 06/03/2026 10:36

Great Bedwyn in Wiltshire

jeaux90 · 06/03/2026 10:32

We live in a Hamlet, 10 mins walk across the field to a market town which is 12 miles from Oxford and have a train station 2 miles away straight into Marylebone. Amazing bus services into Oxford too. It’s bloody perfect.

Akoay · 06/03/2026 09:58

bowrow · 05/03/2026 21:48

gosh in Brora I could buy so much more than down here in the south for a fraction of the price! wonder if dh would go that far!

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Brora is lovely, but wouldn’t recommend it based on wanting something a bit more for the kids and dh, the travel down to Inverness would become a serious drag, and it’s even longer on the train (over four hour round trip on the train) if you’re wanting Scotland, a bit closer to Aberdeen or Inverness would get the best of both worlds for you, countryside but also easily accessible to more stuff for kids and dh

Sidneysussex · 06/03/2026 09:52

Yes.
Small town, although smaller than next village. ( locals get upset if called a village ! )
Commuter train to Waterloo just under 1 hour.
Good Secondary and primary school, shops , library.
Lots of green and rivers.
Look down the train tracks from Waterloo in the Salisbury line you will see a couple of places which fit What you want.
Hampshire is quite expensive, but not as bad as Surrey.

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bowrow · 06/03/2026 09:52

JustSittinHereChillin · 05/03/2026 22:18

I just love that we have so much in our village with all the shops, pubs, restaurants, cafes, hairdressers etc and we're surrounded by countryside but we're also so well connected to so many parts of the country. It's also not overly expensive so you can have a really good standard of living without having to have a crazy salary. The village is relatively wealthy so the high street, pubs, restaurants etc are always busy ☺️

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This does sound really wonderful. Im SE at the moment and it's just so pricey!

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bowrow · 06/03/2026 09:51

xILikeJamx · 06/03/2026 09:39

You could have your pick of places in north-east Scotland:

Old Aberdeen with a 15th century cathedral down the street
6 bedroom detached house for sale in 8 The Chanonry, Old Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24

Village on the outskirts of Aberdeen
5 bedroom detached house for sale in Dunlin House, Dalmuinzie Road, Bieldside, Aberdeen, AB15

Stonehaven
5 bedroom detached house for sale in Haamar House, Kings Road, Stonehaven, Kincardineshre, AB39

I have to say that Scotland is quite appealing! We do have friends up that way

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bowrow · 06/03/2026 09:50

TakeALookAtTheseSwatches · 05/03/2026 23:39

I'd like to join in with recommendations but since you've already turned your nose up at Yorkshire I'm guessing the North East is completely off the table.

I used to live in the North East actually!

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Happyhippy99 · 06/03/2026 09:29

Kingham in the Cotswolds. Excellent primary school, fantastic nearby Chipong Norton school for secondary and village station train to London.,

FriendlyGreenAlien · 06/03/2026 09:13

You could almost call where I live a village. We don’t have a duck pond but I am close to the primary school, the corner shop/post office counter, the hairdresser and the library. We have a branch line station that is 10 minutes to our nearest big regional interchange. 15 minutes walk in a couple of directions and you’re in areas that feel like countryside. The secondary school is 10 minutes walk away.

£1M will buy you a big detached house here, maybe even something hundreds of years old (there are a handful) but you will still have neighbours.

We are about an hour from London.

GoldenCupsatHarvestTime · 06/03/2026 09:08

Mine isn’t a village so no but there’s a lovely one near my home town in Yorkshire called Pannal.

Population: 6,000
Train station: Every 30 mins to Leeds or York so well connected
Schools: Yes primary school, secondary is near Harrogate

House prices: Detached circa £700k.

BigYellowBus · 06/03/2026 09:05

HugoThatway · 05/03/2026 22:05

St Mary Mead

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Crime rate let's it down

grannycake · 06/03/2026 08:07

I'm on the edge of Gower Peninsula We have 2 comprehensive schools and 2 primaries (both English and Welsh speaking). A train station with direct trains to Manchester and West Wales and 10 mins on train to Swansea for other destinations

waterrat · 06/03/2026 08:03

Lewes. 20 mins to Brighton. An hour to London. Punches above it's weight for a small place....

Lots of live music nice shops etc

One large secondary and a few primary schools.

Londonrach1 · 06/03/2026 08:00

Yes the next village does. Mine has a school only. Lots and lots of villages have both school and train station. I know of two within 5 minutes drive from me. However you need to see how regular the trains and where they go too. In our case Birmingham...next village once an hour, the villages after 4 times an now and to London and Birmingham

MayaKovskaya · 06/03/2026 07:40

JessicaBrassica · 06/03/2026 07:32

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/171352250#/?channel=RES_BUY

What a gorgeous house and look at the views!
I'd just spend hours looking out of the window.

Cantfinishanything · 06/03/2026 07:38

Yatton or Banwell

muddyford · 06/03/2026 07:37

Starcross, a few miles south of Exeter on the Exe estuary, is on the main railway line and has a station. Also a primary school, little Spar shop and a pub, 'buses and a summer time ferry across the estuary to Exmouth.

ShetlandishMum · 06/03/2026 07:34

We were next to one of the small Exeter train stations for years. It was wonderful. Southwest.

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 06/03/2026 07:31

Rye is also nice but not sure re schools.

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 06/03/2026 07:31

Bradford on Avon is very pretty near Bath and Bristol. Never lived there but had/have family friends who live there.

MayaKovskaya · 06/03/2026 05:48

BrownSharpie · 05/03/2026 23:44

Half of Suffolk meets your criteria.

Is it Lefty enough for the OP?

HugoThatway · 06/03/2026 00:21

@clary, thank you. It probably floated down the Am.

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