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

119 replies

Corsa1995 · 31/03/2023 09:48

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 ?

OP posts:
Mummyoflabradors · 31/03/2023 14:19

Bruntsfield/morningside /Stockbridge in Edinburgh.

KimberleyClark · 31/03/2023 14:23

Pontcanna in Cardiff.

Queenofscones · 31/03/2023 14:25

Bath, Harrogate, Padstow, St Ives, Cambridge possibly. Lots of nice little Surrey towns with posh farm shops and delis. Not many places that will have really high-end patisserie shops. You'll need Paris or Vienna for those.

There's no need to use exclamation marks at the end of every sentence, by the way. They're meant to be used very occasionally when you want to emphasise something.

Twoweeksandcounting · 31/03/2023 14:25

Holt in north Norfolk.

Keepthetowel · 31/03/2023 14:28

York, Liverpool, you can get an amazing house in Liverpool on London money.
otley,

converseandjeans · 31/03/2023 14:29

Padstow
Cirencester
Bath

rabbitsandrhubarb · 31/03/2023 14:29

North NorfolK coast - Holt, Wells next the Sea, Burnham Market
in Suffolk - Southwold/Aldeburgh/Snape/Woodbridge

KimberleyClark · 31/03/2023 14:30

KimberleyClark · 31/03/2023 14:23

Pontcanna in Cardiff.

Meant to add, Pontcanna made the Sunday Times list of the top 30 most fashionable places to live in the UK.

ForestofD · 31/03/2023 14:32

Echo other posters- both Cirencester and Cheltenham. Cheltenham travel links better than Cirencester though.

pussycatinfluffyslippers · 31/03/2023 14:40

@UnsolicitedOpinions I especially like "Pound Bakery"...you can get 2 sausage rolls for a quid there! Shock
I couldn't make the pastry for that. Smile

Floridarider · 31/03/2023 14:44

Bath / Cheltenham

ActDottie · 31/03/2023 14:45

Surbiton or Teddington

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 31/03/2023 15:29

Shortbread49 · 31/03/2023 14:04

Who said Copmanthorpe it only has one cafe there are no delis bishopthorpe road area on the other hand 🙂

Me! I meant Bishopthorpe! Sorry!! No offence meant.

crosstalk · 31/03/2023 15:50

Norwich. North Norfolk is great to visit but very expensive to live in so esteemed restaurants and cafes struggle for staff. Unless you like sailing and swimming and coastal walking.

Shortbread49 · 31/03/2023 16:07

Ha ha none taken I live in Bishopthorpe yes nice cafes

Shortbread49 · 31/03/2023 16:08

Although copmanthorpe is better for takeaways

yogaretreat · 31/03/2023 16:26

Muswell Hill?

PookieHook · 31/03/2023 16:44

Slough. It has a Greggs AND a McDonalds

Borgonzola · 31/03/2023 16:48

Jericho, Oxford.

massivenamechnage · 31/03/2023 16:49

Keepthetowel · 31/03/2023 14:28

York, Liverpool, you can get an amazing house in Liverpool on London money.
otley,

Otley?

very poor transport links
pubs and charity shops but not much else

SoHereWeAre01 · 31/03/2023 16:57

Definitely Northcote Road, SW11... it's in Battersea, not Clapham

tealgate · 31/03/2023 17:04

Arundel, West Suusex
Ludlow, Shropshire
Notting Hill
Barnes

DancingWithBroccoli · 31/03/2023 17:09

Well OP! .. this thread shows pretty much anywhere fits your bill!!

I think you might to give a few criteria! Do u want to be nearish a city? In the mountains? By the sea? Do you have children? Are you planning on having them? Do pets feature? So you want to be near or far from some night life?

TheObstinateHeadstrongGirl · 31/03/2023 17:11

Harrogate

coloursquare · 31/03/2023 17:24

Northcote Road is turns into Clapham Junction which is definitely not lovely little coffee shops and high end delis!