Villages/towns around Bristol and Bath

[Maltesermad]

Hi, I just wondered if anyone had any ideas. I'm currently living in the south east but recently divorced and need to move to a cheaper area next summer. I'm thinking potentially somewhere within an hour of Bristol or Bath, but I don't know if I'm being realistic given my budget.

I will have £300k and I need 3 bedrooms (I have dc). Does anyone know of any good areas (nice town or rural area with cheap house prices - or is this the holy grail?!)

My dc are teens and one would need to go to a 6th form college but the other one is at university.

I would also consider other areas of Somerset but I like Bristol and Bath for the actual cities themselves and also they would be fairly central for us to visit family and friends from there.

Any ideas would be grateful received!

And a massive problem with substance abuse.

Yatton station is four miles from Clevedon and has direct trains to Bristol, Bath and London.

I wanted to recommend Chippenham as well, good links to Bath and Bristol and easy to travel. Loads to do around the area and nice schools etc.

What about Frome?

I lived in several parts of wiltshire. Born and bred. My favorite were Warminster has amazing parks next to longeat, centre parks, with loads of outdoor activities. Devises, Salisbury. I loved these places and have fond memories.
Worst places are Frome, Trowbridge, Bath, Bristol! Awful to commute to also. 🤮

🤮 Awful town. Awful services. Awful entertainment options and nothing to do centrally. Awful.

Frome’s lovely! Though I agree on Trowbridge!!!

@Momononoyoooo sadly I agree , in its favour it does have some lovely housing though , is quite cheap and it’s 6 minutes on train to Bradford on Avon !! AndOPs budget ain’t big - if I had to live in a grim bit of Bristol ( and for that budget and size it will be) would honestly prefer Trowbridge or Chippenham -

I don’t know if Clevedin might have something in budget? It’s really lovely.

I agree. It’s such a lovely little town.

We looked at loads of houses in Chippenham when we had a similar house buying brief and budget to the OP - we wanted a good school our teen could walk to, and easy access to public transport to Bath and Bristol. But in the end we moved over the bridge to Penarth - lovely seaside town, ten minutes on the train to Cardiff.