If I love York and Exeter - where should I move to in the SE

[BromleyBR1nightbus]

Just that really. I am a quiet bookish mum with a small family.

We love places like Truro, Exeter, York and Durham. I love history, space, a river, books, character blaaaa blah blah

We need to move back to the South East for work and be within 1.5hours train journey from Liverpool St, London.

The last time we lived IN London we lived in the skyscraper - Ontario Tower. Which is was amazing and fun at the time. But I'm now older with young children and I don't think I can face being too near the City.

Definitely no closer than Bromley! (Although I love Bromley!)

Budget £450k which I know is low for the area ...

Or the surrounding villages are lovely - Wingham, Littlebourne, Ash etc.

This is a really lovely one OP- really beautiful village a few miles outside Canterbury . As the other poster said- you have to be very careful in Canterbury- an absolute ton of what look like nice family houses are used for students - we lived on a very posh street and still had a couple of houses like this- noisy, bins all over road etc. Same I think would have applied in any large Uni city/town if I'm honest- especially if buying at the budget conscious end.

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/122597267#/?channel=RES_BUY

That’s gorgeous! And Wingham is beautiful.

Not sure about the name though, Rose Cottage is a euphemism for the mortuary 😟

@WhackingPhoenix I've lived in so many places and can offer an honest opinion, I'm thinking of becoming a home hunter for mumsnetters!!

Ha- might change the house name!! Wing ham always reminded me of Candlewick Green kids programme

Sandwich in Kent, close to cantubury, great schools, swimming and tennis, fantastic town, safe and friendly