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To relocate up north

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StonwEd · 01/04/2024 12:08

From East Anglia? Has anyone done it? Am I mad?
I’ve just spent yet another lovely week in the Lake District, greater Manchester and Derbyshire. We do this often although not as often as I would like due to very low holiday allowance.
Daydreaming a bit but also not really.
Kids all moved out, own my house outright, prob will sell for around £375k.
Enjoy my job but it’s crap money and hasn’t really got prospects but it is a field I’m sure I can get another job in and I’ve seen plenty of remote working jobs that are related (and better paid 🙄)
Husband is on board with this fantasy, he has a small business so can work anywhere.
I had kids very young so have lived in my home town all my life. Never left but always wanted to.
I’m 45 and I’m finally thinking it might be time. Financially as long as I get a job, we’ll be fine, and I’m so poorly paid as it is, shop or bar work will be fine to start with.
I’ve got a fair bit of savings and I’m thinking of travelling round the north for a couple of months, stay in local b&bs and to know some areas better before we take the plunge. I’d have to quit my job obvs but it’s a risk I’m starting to think is worth it…

And most importantly, where should we be looking? Want nature on our doorstep, but easy access to a town.

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Malarandras · 07/04/2024 10:11

Oddly enough I’m Scottish and have always lived in Scotland but to me ‘the North’ is the North of England - no set ideas about what that means though - and Scotland is Scotland ie not ‘the North’. Even though Scotland is North of everywhere in England. Now I think of it that’s quite weird..

ThisNoisyTealLurker · 07/04/2024 10:38

MeMyCatsAndMyBooks · 01/04/2024 12:11

I did, I wouldn't do it again if I had the chance. The areas up north are extremely poor.

Erm really?! I’m from Yorkshire and have lived in the south before coming back north. There are some deprived areas as there are anywhere in the UK but also many affluent areas. You do know how big the north is right? How many cities, towns and villages there are? What a ridiculous comment!

catgirl1976 · 07/04/2024 11:13

You might like Lytham.

It's on the coast, lots of lovely little shops and restaurants, low crime, very pretty - green and windmill, great motorwy links, 45 mins from Manchester and the Lake District

Flaskfan · 07/04/2024 20:35

Malarandras · 07/04/2024 10:11

Oddly enough I’m Scottish and have always lived in Scotland but to me ‘the North’ is the North of England - no set ideas about what that means though - and Scotland is Scotland ie not ‘the North’. Even though Scotland is North of everywhere in England. Now I think of it that’s quite weird..

Exactly. It's like saying the whole of Wales is the west, because it's further west than places in the west of England.

Professionallytorn · 07/04/2024 21:28

How about the Carlisle area, great prices for properties, easy to get to The Lakes. Glasgow and Newcastle within 90 mins. Lots of development planned. Here is an example of a property here https://www.your-move.co.uk/property/detached-house-for-sale-cumwhinton-carlisle-ca4-id-car240114

3 bedroom Detached House for sale, Cumwhinton, Carlisle, CA4 | £400,000

3 bedroom Detached House for sale, Cumwhinton, Carlisle CA4 - Your Move

https://www.your-move.co.uk/property/detached-house-for-sale-cumwhinton-carlisle-ca4-id-car240114

Al991 · 07/04/2024 21:42

I love living here in South Yorkshire. My quality of life is so much better than it would be in the south (I’m NHS so limited earning potential). Because I live here I own a nice house, live near a park, shops etc and can enjoy myself. In the south I’d be sitting miserably in a 1 bed flat that I rented with a housemate!

lotsofpeoplenametheirswords · 07/04/2024 21:44

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 01/04/2024 14:11

Don't be so daft @MeMyCatsAndMyBooks
Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield, Harrogate, York all have wealthy areas, with property values that surprise relocators. The "golden triangle" of Harrogate, York and N Leeds (Alwoodley, Bramhope) is very much not "extremely poor". Hallamshire ward in SW Sheffield, bordering on the Peak District (Nick Clegg's old constituency) is one of the least deprived wards in Europe, and was once the least deprived (ie: highest disposable income). I don't use social deprecation stats for work anymore more so in no longer up to date. Wilmslow and Alderley Edge are serious premier league footballer land. But for you, I suggest a holiday to Goole and Mexborough, so you can maintain your fantasy.

(And yes, I live in Yorkshire, but was born and grew up in central London, SW1, so I do know what I'm missing nighttime public transport)

Oi!!! I'm from Mexborough!!! 🤣🤣🤣

Reluctantgardener1 · 07/04/2024 22:44

lastdayatschool · 01/04/2024 20:04

Anyone else think Cheshire is more the Midlands than the North ?

Nope

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