Help me find the nicest place to live

[Poppyseeks]

I am fed up of the place that I live so I am dreaming of winning the lottery tonight and want to decide where I want to move to. Help me choose.

Critera:

• A really nice small town/large village, I like to be able to walk to some amenities so nothing isolated
• Anywhere in England
• Relatively middle class- Private school close by/ good state
• Small high street with at least one cafe, pub and ideally a couple of boutiques.
• About 30 mins from a nice town/city
• Not a typical tourist destination
• Not Manchester (too rainy) or Cornwall (too touristy)

Thanks 😊

Chipping Campden fits the bill, beautiful Cotswold character high street with individual boutiques and eateries and gorgeous Cotswolds cottages and houses at every turn.

i did. Very good 👍🏻

Sevenoaks

@Brumbies whats the beef with guildford ?

Topsham

What will you do if you move then discover working class common folk in your ivory tower? I live in a deprived town in the North East and we have a huge influx of newcomers from all over the UK who appreciate the diversity our little town has. Does it not occur to you that people are just people?

There are middle class arseholes, working class arseholes and upper class arseholes. There are also the same classes of lovely people everywhere. You should widen your horizons - you may be surprised at what you find.

My village. Won't name it as outing, but ticks most of your boxes.

Jaywick.

Ely

Looks like a certain poster has found chatgpt

I know it was done as an alphabetical list thing.....but Grantham?!?!

😂

Bradford on Avon

Isle of Man? Ticks all of your boxes

Lyndhurst

Exactly! It's cheap for a reason.

Lindfield or Cuckfield

Or Lewes

Thame in Oxfordshire? Or Witney?

Lewes in East Sussex?

Agree with pp, Thame is lovely.

Holt in Norfolk.

Otley or Ilkley in West Yorkshire

Ripon
Saltaire
Skipton
Malton

I wanted to put Gillingham in Dorset but I thought people will think I meant Gillingham in Kent. So I chickened out and put Grantham which I got confused with Stamford. I know Grantham isn't Stamford, and it is not an easy mistake to make in the same way as thinking Gillingham in Kent is not the same as Gillingham in Dorset, albeit the other way round, or at least so I thought. So having thought further I do wonder what people think of Grantham? If you think it really is not a nice town then let me know your thoughts. Otherwise I will be thinking you don't really know Grantham that well or might be mixing it up with Stamford or Oakham or Melton Mowbray or Boston or Chatteris, but not Holt which is in North Norfolk.

Wells in Somerset - very pretty tiny city with a massive cathedral. Weekly market and some boutiques, cafes etc. Private school in the centre of town. Easy to get out onto the Mendips for walking or the seaside. Clarks village in Street or Bristol for retail therapy. Good range of concerts in Cedars Hall.

Having spent a few years in Taunton, I would not recommend Wellington! Full of newbuild housing estates and nothing left in Taunton. Somewhere not too far from Exeter might be OK