Calling Lincolnshire - schools/area advice, please

Hi there, , my grandparents house is up for sale in Martin Lincolnshire it's a beautiful village and a gorgeous 4 bed house set back of the road with a lovely drive way very private and is detached, lots of garden space I had so many good time in this house it's beautiful, they are only moving cause they need to down size as can't walk up stairs anymore :( and it's on the market at alot less than the estate agents told them to as they want a quick sale, it's definatly worth a look please let me no if you want any other details :)

Hi there, , my grandparents house is up for sale in Martin Lincolnshire it's a beautiful village and a gorgeous 4 bed house set back of the road with a lovely drive way very private and is detached, lots of garden space I had so many good time in this house it's beautiful, they are only moving cause they need to down size as can't walk up stairs anymore :( and it's on the market at alot less than the estate agents told them to as they want a quick sale, it's definatly worth a look please let me no if you want any other details :)

I live in a little seaside town in Lincolnshire but work in Lincoln. It depends what you want, but Louth and Horncastle are lovely market towns with good Grammar schools. As in any selective area the Grammars cream off the top % so the comps/secondary moderns might not be as good as comps in non selective areas.
Louth has a cinema, a local theatre group, decent shops although not big department stores.

Ok, I can't find anything at the moment in catchment for Wm Farr in budget...told you it was popular.

Actually there's very little Georgian stock I think in Lincoln and surrounding villages. Lots more out Louth way.

Lots of 1930s housing stock in Lincoln...

This is practically on the doorstep of Branston Academy. www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-45452438.html?premiumA=true

Gosh, I've never seen so few properties available here. Must be flying off the market. How's the Somerset market?!

There's lots of development in the city of quirky, designery new builds (ie not Barratt boxes) but you wouldn't be getting workshops and lots of garden with those.

The most expensive area is the Welton/Sudbrooke/Nettleham triangle because of catchment for Wm Farr but proximity to the city.

Will find you some examples for those villages plus the Branston school catchment villages.

Property in Welton etc tends to fly off the market, although I reckon a lot of the market is buoyant around here (really rural parts less so).

Well you'll certainly get more bang for your buck out Spilsby way, like this:

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-28154946.html?premiumA=true

Or this just a few miles Lincoln side of Horncastle:

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-28882821.html

Lincoln itself has some great properties in the desirables area but seem cheap because you're in the catchment for a private, not the best state schools, iykwim, such as:

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-45378344.html?premiumA=true

This is gorgeous and right in the thick of things, but is probably on the noisiest street in the city traffic wise and no garage:

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-39374926.html

Go to go now...will post some links links later.

No offence taken. ,I know some people have bad attitudes toward them It was once a small market town, I come from a farming background ,they don't like change ,it's not all bad though just had a French girl on a exchange for a month at our shop cried buckets when she left couldn't believe how friendly the town was .

Modern or period? No of bedrooms?

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Ha, to clarify, I didn't mean that Boston was bad because of foreigners, I meant that that it was bad because of bigoted attitudes and people who complain about them all the time!

I don't think the previous posters were complaining about the foreigners, Tammy (lots of Eastern Europeans, OP), but about SOME of the locals' very bigoted reactions to them...

Hi despair I live in Boston ,Ds 15 is at Boston grammar school couldn't recommend highly enough ,it's great he loves it , as for the town it's not the best in the world but it's friendly not a bad selection of shops ,I work in one of the fashion ones we always get great comments, yes there are a lot of foreigners but on the whole they mingle in and are mostly working and earning a living, it is what you make it .

Spilsby is close to Horncastle and it sounds like the rural life wouldn't faze you...Horncastle could be a goer (it's a gorgeous place) but you'd be 20 miles from Lincoln for work/business and the dc might be a bit bored in a couple of years time. Also if they don't pass 11+, the schools are effectively secondary moderns, as opposed to the comps in and around Lincoln.

House budget then? !!!!

I love a good house search and am pretty addicted to the ins and outs of the local market, as well as knowing a bit about lots of the schools....

What ages/rough ability are your dc and what are their interests and yours?

That might help clarify/ rule some things out.

Oh and depending on ages of dc, there's a new University Technology College opening this September in Lincoln which takes from year 10 and will specialise in sciences, maths and engineering.

I think it'll provide a great alternative for both academic and vocational dc who are science-focussed and want to study in a more grown up environment (longer days etc).

Boston is not very nice, DP grew up there and shudders should he ever go near a "Boston" road sign. I mean, it does have grammar schools if that is a big deal to you, but I heard their futures were uncertain (not sure if this is just a rumour), it is not very well connected to other places and has one of the worst cases of small-town-mentality I know of. The last time I saw it on the news was a story about how well Ukip were doing there because of Bloody Forriners.

Lincoln is alright though, there are some good schools there and in the surrounding area and it is quite a pretty city with its cathedral, river and castle. It has a generally nice vibe to it as well with nice little cafes and shops to be found, along with a decent choice of bars and restaurants.

I had family in Louth who I know got on well with the Grammars there (not sure what the comps are like though, they are often not as good in areas where the top % of students have been snapped up by Grammar schools) and there were some nice quiet suburbs for if you have young kids. Again though, it is a bit of a distance from larger towns and cities where things are going on and I don't see it as a good place if you have teens.

I don't have any experience of Horncastle sorry!