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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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bowrow · 05/03/2026 21:50

tealandteal · 05/03/2026 21:46

I live in a village with a train station, we walk to school and house prices are cheap. It’s is rural Devon though and everything else is quite far away. I love it but it’s not for everyone!

this sounds nice. There's a couple of places that come up like this, could I stand being far from everything else, if I had everything at my doorstep. what's the village? are there many Devon train station village primary schools?

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bowrow · 05/03/2026 21:48

SkinnyOatFlatWhiteForMePlease · 05/03/2026 21:39

A friend moved to Walton on the Hill in Surrey. You could certainly buy a luxurious private not overlooked house of your budget is ££££ but for a more modest budget not a chance.

Melrose, Balloch (overrun with tourists in the summer) and way up north, Brora all tick the general brief in Scotland.

Do you have a budget? A need to be near certain places by train? Need for fast broadband etc?

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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clary · 05/03/2026 21:48

Duffield is a nice village (I am not a village person but it's a good one if you must). It has two primary schools and a very highly rated secondary school, plus a station (trains south to Derby and north to Matlock) and lots of small shops. Also a frequent bus to Derby. Tho tbf why not just live in Derby. Or Sheffield.

What’s your budget @bowrow? A three-bed semi in Duffers if you can find one is about £400k; a four-bed detached about £500k upwards. I did mention the school, yes?

Other villages on the same line but not as nice include Cromford (pretty but under-resourced), Ambergate, Whatstandwell. Belper is nice but it's not a village. Towards Sheffield you could go for Dronfield, or into the Peaks you could live in Edale or Hope. I wouldn't tho. Duffield is the best shout locally tbh.

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bowrow · 05/03/2026 21:47

RobinInTheCrabApple · 05/03/2026 21:37

What's your budget for the house?

lets say the budget is £1m

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tealandteal · 05/03/2026 21:46

I live in a village with a train station, we walk to school and house prices are cheap. It’s is rural Devon though and everything else is quite far away. I love it but it’s not for everyone!

Wowzel · 05/03/2026 21:43

I always liked Bosham and Emsworth.

HolyFocacciaa · 05/03/2026 21:42

I grew up in St Bees, Cumbria

ReignOfError · 05/03/2026 21:42

Edited for broken links.

North Berwick, train to Edinburgh, on the coast.

SkinnyOatFlatWhiteForMePlease · 05/03/2026 21:39

A friend moved to Walton on the Hill in Surrey. You could certainly buy a luxurious private not overlooked house of your budget is ££££ but for a more modest budget not a chance.

Melrose, Balloch (overrun with tourists in the summer) and way up north, Brora all tick the general brief in Scotland.

Do you have a budget? A need to be near certain places by train? Need for fast broadband etc?

RobinInTheCrabApple · 05/03/2026 21:37

What's your budget for the house?

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bowrow · 05/03/2026 21:36

tell me where these places are? Although maybe not if blighted. I know they exist, that's why I'm asking where they are.
Good thought about the post office @YourWinter , a shop would also be very useful.

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InflagranteDelicto · 05/03/2026 21:31

Yes, but it's also blighted by HS2 and the local housebuilding. We're at risk of being swallowed by the nearby town.

My DC used bus /train to get to secondary school depending which school they went to.

Luckily we're also near a hospital with an A&E, occasionally used by DC or DHL!

YourWinter · 05/03/2026 21:31

Zillions of villages do, and you might find it handy to have a post office not too far away!

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