AIBU to ask - high end delis and bijou cafes - best place to live?

[Corsa1995]

Ok money is no object - me and my partner both work from home so (UK) location is no object. What we both absolutely love are high end delis, bijou cafes. twee cake shops, I'm sure you get the picture !

Where in the UK is best for this Mumsnet ?

Southwold? And you get the sea, although a lot of tourists in summer.

Lots of places in London, ditto tourists.

The Cotswolds, ditto tourists.

Most small tourist towns. Ilkley springs to mind if you want to head North.

Thank you! I'm not familiar with Southwold at all!! A bit more familiar with London and Cotswolds !!

Thank you - hadn't realised that !

Topsham, if you fancy south Devon.

Ooh lovely - I've heard of that - been to Torquay not Topsham

Malton

Pretty town on the Exe estuary, very foodie, good retail and Exeter on your doorstep. Expensive housing though.

@Corsa1995 Torquay and Topsham are very different. Topsham is much more bijou!

Lots of nice neighbourhoods in London, Kensington, Chelsea, belgravia, Nottingham Hill, Battersea, Wandsworth, Richmond, Kew.....

Aldeburgh in Suffolk.

Ooh lovely !!

Northcote Road in Clapham

I've never actually been to Suffolk but want to explore !!

Summertown North Oxford

Burford (Oxfordshire)
Bourton on the Water (Gloucester)
Most of Oxford
Battersea, Wandsworth, Clapham, Kensington, Notting Hill
Central Edinburgh

Ludlow in Shropshire - at one time (possibly still the case?) it has the highest number of Michelin starred restaurants outside of london. Lots of lovely delis, butchers, bakeries, a brewery, farm shops etc.

If you want ‘urban’ DIdsbury south Manchester.

2 independent butchers, fishmongers, greengrocers, a cheesemonger and loads of delis / cafes, a pattiserie, French bakery / viennoiserie . Fairly green.

Its definitely not Cotswolds pretty so depends what you are after.

Burford is gorgeous - Huffkins is awesome, Mrs Bumbles, the butchers etc. Nice pub restaurants too. Also a country walk to the Maytime. Parking is rough though as very few places have off-street parking.

Bourton is too much of a nightmare with tourists in my opinion, I wouldn’t live there for all the tea in China! In the summer months, you can’t drive through, tourists photograph your front door, block your drive, it’s teeming!

With respect to the Cotswolds, Cirencester is a decent shout, Northleach winebar is exceptional and the cafe (the black sheep? Something like that?) is nice. The Wheatsheaf is very well regarded but is inconsistent in my opinion. Stow also has a Huffkins and has lots of other nice places too.

Elsewhere, Godalming or the smaller villages around Guildford might be worth investigating too.

Hebden Bridge
Harrogate
York.
Golden Triangle in Cheshire.
Other bits of Cheshire
Bits of Trafford.
West Kirby, Hoylake, Heswall in Wirral.
Stratford-upon-Avon
Whitstable

I’ve also lived in york and it does have a lot of cafes, markets, small food places etc but more of a historic/boho vibe than super classy, not sure what is your vibe!

And it has Betty’s, the most twee of all cake shops!

Bridport, Sherborne, Frome, Ludlow, Arundel, Whitstable, Haslemere, St Albans, Stroud all spring immediately to mind. There are loads more.

Cirencester, basically any Cotswolds town.

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