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To ask where in the Midlands or North would you would live if…

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movvrjm · 29/12/2023 10:30

You have a toddler and can move anywhere? Budget around 550k. I am very remote at the moment and don’t like it but also don’t like being very central to a city. I’d like to be close ish to one though.

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enchantedsquirrelwood · 30/12/2023 11:53

Seeing someone recommend Tamworth made me think of Lichfield, too. Nice small city but not sure what the schools are like.

LumpyPumpkin · 30/12/2023 12:09

Whitley Bay, Tynemouth, Seaton Sluice.

EffieeBriest · 30/12/2023 19:24

@Bippitybobbityboing pricing out locals as usual.
Of course, OP has half a million to spend, she can move wherever she likes which is obviously going to be to the most desirable parts of the north. Some of us locals don’t have half that amount and are constantly outbid, often by second home owners who ‘just love York’ or wherever. Yes it happens. No point being bitter but it rankles when there are countless threads like this.

DriftingDora · 30/12/2023 19:44

Harrogate, North Yorks.

Ladybirder · 31/12/2023 19:47

happened to me countless times @Bippitybobbityboing . I met the people who outbid me on 4 different houses as they ended up neighbours- they were all from
london who could work at home post pandemic and were moving up north as houses up here were so cheap! One house I was outbid £50k - 20% over the asking price. It’s really annoying but Nowt you can do- I still love where I live!

callainblue · 01/01/2024 00:50

Ocelotstripes · 29/12/2023 20:34

So Cheshire and other areas surrounding Manc are lovely (we have good friends in lots of the areas mentioned) but I am going to risk getting flamed here and say there is a high percentage of a certain type of person that populates these areas and when we were in the same position as you we discounted these areas for that reason 😬.

Also you need to have a think about what you would like/what do you need for your 550k because it will vary greatly - it won’t go very far in Cheshire.

The Wirral is a great shout, I love Liverpool such a nice city. I’m from Leeds and find both Leeds and Manc very aggy.

York also great shout, fantastic state schools and lots of lovely suburbs that have a community in their own rights but are walkable into town.

I’d definitely consider the pretty market towns surrounding Harrogate, so in order of personal preference Knaresborough, Wetherby, Boroughbridge and Ripon, lovely and enough there in their own rights but short drives or train journeys to Harrogate or York and close enough to Leeds for a bigger city day trip either on the train or driving, also all near stunning countryside and brilliant kids attractions. You’ll also find smaller villages surrounding all these towns which are very lovely.

Stocksbridge and Dore in Sheffield are nice - good schools, Stocksbridge is more like a small town and Dore a big village but both lovey and close to countryside. Sheffield’s a pretty underrated city but I really like it’s got some cool areas because of the Uni.

What do you mean?

KarenNotAKaren · 01/01/2024 00:52

North Yorkshire - Harrogate, Knaresborough, Ripon or York. Amazing places, brilliant schools and low crime (on the first 3 at least)

Firawla · 01/01/2024 00:58

If you go just the other side of Chester over the Welsh border you can get an amazing amount of house for your money, there are some villages with beautiful views, but you can be in Chester in 15 min and Liverpool and Manchester in under and hour, as well as the beach in 30 min

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