What do you wish you could do within walking distance of your home?

[TherealBolton]

without having to move home

The beach. I used to have this view. However I was also several days away from relatives and now am a couple of hours away, I’d love to be able to walk to their houses rather than plan my weekends around visiting them- it’s too far to go in the working week.

Visit ancient woodland
Go to the theatre
See fantastic gigs
Get up somewhere high with a vantage point over the countryside
Someone mentioned a waitrose.. It would be such a novelty to have a Waitrose even within an hour's drive. Or I'd settle for a Booth's.

My parents, my best friends, an excellent riding stables, a climbing wall and a yoga studio.

Get a bus! We're rural and need to go to local village to get one, which is crap if you want a night out. But on the plus side there is a tiny horse in a nearby paddock 😊.

Jealous. Where do you live?

A safe park
A beach
a nightclub
a community centre that isn’t falling apart at the roof
Somewhere that makes sourdough bread loaves and cinnamon buns

Oh wait and an allotment

I’d like a swimming pool.

Have the sea less than a mile away but it’s just too cold in winter.

Feel a bit embarrassed that I have a lovely beach on my doorstep but what I really want is to be able to walk (or even drive, within 20min) to a nice gym with pool

Gym
Horses

A theatre filled with interesting stuff and not wall to wall pantomimes and cover acts.

Or a train station.

I live in a seaside town, and although now I'm a couple of miles from the beach, I have lived within walking distance a lot of my life in the past. When you live close, you rarely go! Because it's just there and you're so used to it!

The reality of living some dreams is very different. We lived in a picture postcard cottage surrounded by gorges, woodlands and a beautiful waterfall. In the end we felt completely trapped as more and more tourists discovered the area. Cars would be abandoned everywhere on the narrow lane as people trampled all over the fragile ecosystem and ruins. Litter became a huge issue and the previously quiet refuge became full of people, rubbish and noise.

We couldn't wait to move.

I forgot to specify this when I listed a theatre.
Same for music venues, the more varied the better.

Mine is less than ten minutes drive. I go all the time. It's my sanity.

We have these, we are very fortunate

I am very lucky, this is just one of my local beaches (I am on a peninsula so surrounded by them, And I have a pool. too (not unusual in Australia!). I'd like a nice local wine bar, we already have a pub nearby. And a cheese shop.

I live about 15 mins walk from the coast and go most days.

Also within 15 mins walking distance to 2 supermarkets and a bunch of specialist grocers, 24/7 mart, more cafes, takeaway, restaurants and pubs than I can count, the train station, doctor/dentist/pharmacy/most specialists we use and a hospital. Library, hobby and sporting facilities, gyms, parks and nature reserves, community theatre and museums but they're pretty niche. Boutique shopping, salons, charity shops, post office, 3 x primary and 2 x high schools, I could go on! Interesting historic buildings - rare for Australia. And my mum.

I'd love to be able to walk to a swimming pool with lap lanes and a cinema. And my office, though I don't go in every day.

I'm quite lucky where I am as our area has so many of the things mentioned.

Beach, cliffs, forest walks. I'm about a 15 minute walk to the beach but I can see the sea from my house and even that is lovely.

We're just a two minute walk to the local off licence, convenience store, vet, pharmacy, butcher, baker and 3 different takeaways. Bigger supermarkets are just a 10 minute walk. Our town is small enough that you could walk right across it in under an hour. We have a cinema and two small theatres, we don't get the big touring shows but there's some amazing local talent. Sadly our closest pub has recently closed down but we're not far from some other lovely local ones. We have a variety of gyms and fitness classes, and a couple of sports centres, one with a swimming pool so there's something for everyone fitness-wise too.

The one thing I wish we had closer would be a bigger city where bands would actually go on a tour. We usually have to travel a couple of hours away and stay overnight, and gigs are pricey enough at the moment without adding hotel and travel costs to it. I don't think I'd want it within walking distance though as the parking situation and noise would probably get to me after a while.

Ski. On snow. See my parents. See my best friend from uni.

Visit my parents and sister.

I've got everything really - beach (though to be honest I'm not fussed about beaches), galleries, museums, hill, parks, pubs, restaurants, historic buildings... but I'd like some sun! Not something you can reliably walk to from anywhere I suppose.

I'd love to be able to walk to the beach from my home

Look out to sea or even just hear it. I don't need a beach or to swim in the sea but I love to see and hear it. My in laws have a home on top of a cliff that looks out to sea and I love it there.