In asking what your favourite things about the town you live are?

[karenbokaren]

Some Monday cheer.

Mine are- nobody locks their doors ever, even people who dislike each other will help each other and when you go out to the shop or post office you'll see at least 5 people to have a good chat to.

It's London and I love to because of the endless possibilities. Love that people come from all over the world to visit my city. Obviously there are massive downsides but this thread isn't about that.

The Castle! We have a proper Castle ruin in our area and I am in love with it! It brings lots of tourism, which is a double-edged sword in the summer, but it's such a gorgeous place.

When we were looking for a house we looked a few villages within a thirty mile radius and ours is the only one that made me think "yes" as soon as we drove here. Everyone chats, our neighbours are lovely and we have miles and miles of woodlands all around. We can walk the dogs and get the DC out on their bikes in under two minutes from our doorstep, and because we're out in the countryside we have lots of wildlife (foxes, hedgehogs, bats, owls, you name them we have them).

The schools are good. People are friendly. We had hoped the kids would have friends after a couple of months but we didn't think we'd get friends that fast too.

Well I'm in North London so it's not exactly the safest area BUT there are lots of baby/toddler groups, I could find multiple sessions every day, all within 10/20 min walking distance. I'm lucky that my neighbours are good people, always offering help. If any of us throw parties there isn't any moaning we all have a "sod it and enjoy your life" attitude. All the kids play out together on our road, sounds like little things but if you were to go by the news, we are a knife crime ridden community and no one can leave the house. Which isn't true.

Mini Waitrose at the bottom of my road . Diversity , always busy , parks to walk the dog in , River Thames , places to dine out , museums . And the list goes on .....

God I'd kill to live within 2 hours of a Waitrose.

Manchester is a really diverse city with excellent public transport, great shops, loads of restaurants and a very thriving arts and music scene.

We live in an area about three miles from the city centre and we also have a huge, rolling green park with woods and a lake right on our doorstep, which is brilliant for walks and for running, and most importantly a kosher deli a few doors up from our house which among other things does the most amazing bagels.

The only thing I don't like is that we're at the opposite end of the country from our parents, as I'd love to be near them - but we couldn't afford to move back to London (where we're both originally from) now.

Lots of friendly people who own horses and let you take photographs of them.

Most people are ridiculously friendly and anything tends to go in terms of how people dress, at least amongst adults. It’s got a lot of music history , transport at least from where I am is good and there are lots of places to eat or drink and there’s often good buskers/kids entertainers in the city centre.

Also the Chinese chip shops

Stroud in Gloucestershire
We have a really nice farmers market on every Saturday. We're a 15 minute walk to the town centre and surrounded by beautiful countryside. Short drive to larger towns and cities for shopping.
Nice schools and plenty to do for kids.
If I could move it closer to a beach I'd never want to move.

@mildshock I love Stroud. Grew up nearby and went to college there. What's that awful student pub called?

Five minutes to the beach, 2 minutes to a country walk. People tend to be friendly and help each other

Bath, beautiful buildings, surrounded by typical English countryside for walks . It is visited by people from all over the world and has a lively annual arts festival and other events throughout the year.
Theatre Royal and Ustinov have a good variety of productions, the Little Theatre has interesting films.
Bath Rugby matches are in the centre of town so can have a good meal and enjoy a wide range of bars afterwards. Farmers market on a Saturday has plenty to choose from. Good schools and universities.

The town centre is absolutely thriving, it's packed out every weekend and there are loads of independent coffee shops, bars and restaurants - all of which are doing really well. Several have expanded to the next town or got bigger premises. Always stuff like food festivals going on.

It's half an hour from London but fairly small and has loads of green spaces and nice walks around it.

It's not too posh and not too rough, just right.

The people here are really nice.

There's always baby moorhens in the canals.

(Hertfordshire)

Norfolk...beautiful forestry..gorgeous beaches...safe for my teens...not much congestion on the roads...i would not live anywhere else....especially London (shudder).

I love Stroud. Grew up nearby and went to college there. What's that awful student pub called?

Is it the warehouse? I don't know many of the student pubs, but that looks the most "student friendly" place.

We didn't move here until after we had kids so tend to frequent soft play more than pubs these days, unless it's for a Sunday lunch we can't be bothered to cook ourselves

Less than 20 miles from two beautiful cities. Lovely, well maintained and very well used park. Fabulous countryside everywhere. Friendly, 10 mins walk to Waitrose -sorry karenbokaren

The sea. I love that we live by the sea!

The sea is something we haven't got and I miss it

I can't think of anything and I've lived here all my life. It's not far from London or the coast I guess. And we have a Waitrose now. Sorry Basingstoke.

15 minutes to the sea, moors or city depending on the direction you go in and a main line train station where the 'fast' trains stop for travel to larger cities

Stafford-we have markets every wed (worlds best doughnuts just outside of work)
Are neighbours are friendly and we live on a quiet street
Have easy access to a lot of nearby towns
Tesco/Asda just down the road to us if we need anything that we’ve forgotten in Aldi
Bloody good charity shops
Alton towers is down the road

With in 2 mins walk I'm on the beach , beautiful quirky mix of buildings , very multi cultural , 10 mins drive to beautiful open countryside , loads of great independent shops , cafes and restaurants , good ( by my standards ) transport links .