Where do you go that's quiet?

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As the title says, looking for ideas that aren't full of PEOPLE.

Shops, roads, trains, swimming pools are all full of noise and people.

Where do you go for peace and quiet?

A walk in the woods

My town has a private library, about £6 a month. It's usually quiet, it has comfy chairs and a great selection of magazines and books.

Some times you just need to adjust the timings of when you visit places.

A mile-long beach which is never crowded, even in high summer. Both because it’s so big but also because it’s too dangerous for swimming. Or a beech wood, though there timing, as a pp suggested, is key.

My son is autistic and we avoid peopley places.
As a PP said, timing can be everything.
We would go to public parks at 9am on Sunday.
Woods are a favourite- don’t always have to walk far. Drive and park at the edge. Go in a little way and it’s another world.
Noise cancelling headphones reduce the stimulation of busy/noisy places and make them more manageable.
We joined a small local hotel gym with pool and visit the pool at quiet times.

Country walks.

The beach, I'm lucky because I live opposite one.

Local woodland areas or nature trails or the library

My house
A walk in the woods

Strong themes here! I do have a local woods but just a bit bored of it. Maybe I need to brave driving to the coast. Would be nice when I get there but the faff puts me off.

@Ineffable23 swooning at the thought of a private library. Something to add to my list of 'what to look for in a place to retire to'.

I’m in Oxford, which is surprisingly stuffed to the gills with quiet wood and meadows to amble through.

But also, even at the height of the tourist season there are rooms at the Ashmolean that get very little footfall, so you can sit and gaze at your favourite mahogany head or pre-war street view for hours and hours with little disturbance.

Home
The woods across the road from where I live
Plenty of public footpaths around the farms and moorland.

Like others I have local woods and also a common to walk around. The latter with good paths so can be used all year round.

Woods. Meadows. Big lake near my house (no dogs allowed because of local wildlife). My leisure club pool at lunchtime is never busy sometimes me and DH are the only ones in there!

I walk in local woods, off the big paths onto the deer tracks. Climb the local hills. Or walk on the local heath or around the lake. Lucky to have them all nearby.

In my head.

A library, if you can find one.

@NovemberMorn my local library is full of noisy, distracting people. I've been trying to study there for the last few weeks and the farters, mobile phone chatters, zoom callers, sniffers, snorters and crisp munchers are driving me bananas.

Whilst the woods is nice, at the moment by ours it's too waterlogged. Add many dogs and bike riders when it is walkable, sometimes it's not peaceful at all.

I find having to go to leisure or retail venues either very early or very late to avoid queues, not always ideal but otherwise can be in the masses.

My town also has a lovely private library. I go to the beach or climb a small hill ina local country park where I can see the sea from the top.

All the historic ruins, empty during the cold months. Some of the more picturesque church yards

OK, you convinced me at 'farters'. 😬

The beach in winter, even better if it's raining.

A walk in the countryside.

We go everyday with Ddogs and depending on the route we take you can be certain of meeting other walkers or not - as the mood takes you.
Nothing like getting back to nature to let you forget about everything.