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Original poster

To ask where is nice to live but doesn't get m/any tourists

175 replies

OptimismvsRealism · 26/07/2024 19:02

Need to find somewhere asap

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passthehobnobsplease · 26/07/2024 21:51

TheDogsMother · 26/07/2024 21:06

Look at the South Downs National Park. It's very lovely and certainly has some tourists but not over run. For some reason West Sussex is not really in the tourist map. The SDNP stretches from Winchester to Eastbourne to Hampshire and East Sussex too.

Agree with this. So many lovely villages with great nature / walks on your doorstep

suburberphobe · 26/07/2024 21:54

Tourism is the biggest industry in the world. And you certainly notice it since the Covid pandemic. People are wanting to fulfil their bucket list.

I live in a tourist-heavy city. Means we don't go around town so much, and look at closer to home areas. Then those tourists come around there too. I blame AirBNB.
Taking away homes from locals.

I travel a lot too but always stay in hotels. Feels safer as a solo woman traveller, you've always got reception to go to.

Helped a woman - through FB - in an AirBNB whose "landlord" walked in while she was changing her clothes......😮

NotDavidTennant · 26/07/2024 21:55

Shrewsbury

NoSourDough · 26/07/2024 21:55

Another vote for Ely, East Cambridgeshire, a beauty spot that isn’t too touristy (it has its moments but is manageable). You could get a gorgeous property for £500k either in the City or a surrounding village.

Lemons1571 · 26/07/2024 21:57

Lots of towns in Oxfordshire / Gloucestershire / Wiltshire that are lovely market towns with no tourists - Faringdon, Cirencester, Thame, Bicester, Witney, Wantage.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 26/07/2024 21:58

Ilkley and Otley, between the cities of Leeds and Bradford and the Yorkshire Dales.

Justrolledmyeyesoutloud · 26/07/2024 21:58

Ilovemyshed · 26/07/2024 20:55

Is a dump

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Rude!!
I live near there and it is lovely - obvs has got rough parts but so has everywhere

Randomgal28 · 26/07/2024 21:59

Another vote for Monmouthshire

FernwoodRydal · 26/07/2024 22:01

OneTC · 26/07/2024 19:10

South Croydon

Thanks for this, I am from near there and I feel like I appreciate this on so many levels!

fireplacetiles · 26/07/2024 22:09

Parts of Northumberland- avoid Seahouses and Bamburgh, they get busy but otherwise it's usually quietish. We have a saying, ooh today it's B4N - busy for Northumberland- so actually not that busy.

LookingForwardToSunshine · 26/07/2024 22:13

Ringwood. New Forest and beaches nearby. Direct National Express bus to London.

Normallynumb · 26/07/2024 22:14

Salisbury

CormorantStrikesBack · 26/07/2024 22:17

Ringwood is lovely but the roads to and from there always seem in gridlock when I’ve been.

Squirrelsnut · 26/07/2024 22:17

Southam and Daventry in are surrounded by lovely countryside.

cauliflowercheeseplease · 26/07/2024 22:22

FurForksSake · 26/07/2024 21:26

Rural Northamptonshire.

Yes. Some beautiful villages around there

Rainisonmyplane · 26/07/2024 22:28

Monmouthshire

Or Westonbirt area.

Hereford up to Oswestry

Cheshire - Knutsford/Alderley

perfectstorm · 26/07/2024 22:51

Shropshire. Really stunning scenery - probably best in England (and we live in the Cotswolds, which is not as nice). Some parts get some tourists, but it's nothing too awful. Others are more or less tourist free.

IpsyUpsyDaisyDoos · 27/07/2024 06:26

LuluBlakey1 · 26/07/2024 21:23

Whitby is NOT north-east England. The north-east starts at County Durham- no further south than that.

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If it's not the NE, what is it then?

Having grown up in the NE I'd be interested to know where I'm actually from?

Whu · 27/07/2024 06:30

Rural Cheshire villages

LuluBlakey1 · 27/07/2024 06:33

IpsyUpsyDaisyDoos · 27/07/2024 06:26

If it's not the NE, what is it then?

Having grown up in the NE I'd be interested to know where I'm actually from?

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Whitby is Yorkshire.

AlisonDonut · 27/07/2024 06:39

Alexandra2001 · 26/07/2024 20:30

Limousin in central France, just come back from there, its empty but stunning, esp as you get towards the northern Dordogne

No where in England i'm afraid, my part of SE Cornwall was v un touristy but thats all changed in the last 2 or 3 years.

100%

We are just north of the Dordogne, and on the edge of a small village.

You don't get hoardes of tourists, we did see around 5 camper vans in one trip to the nearest shop last summer. We called it 'gridlock'.

Bliss!

hammering · 27/07/2024 06:39

Pandemonium123 · 26/07/2024 21:26

West Cumbria. No tourists, cheap housing, things are a bit backwards in a good way. It's like going back 8-10 years in time. Strangers greet each other, everyone has time to chat, businesses get new clients by word of mouth. The sea, lakes and mountains are on your doorstep. It's paradise here

Any towns in particular? I'm interested in the area.

IpsyUpsyDaisyDoos · 27/07/2024 06:39

LuluBlakey1 · 27/07/2024 06:33

Whitby is Yorkshire.

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That's its County, yes. Geographically, it's in the North East of England....

Bude is in Cornwall. Which is the South West, geographically.

LuluBlakey1 · 27/07/2024 06:42

IpsyUpsyDaisyDoos · 27/07/2024 06:39

That's its County, yes. Geographically, it's in the North East of England....

Bude is in Cornwall. Which is the South West, geographically.

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No- it's the North but not the North-East. North Yorkshire is not the North-East.

Starlingexpress · 27/07/2024 06:44

perfectstorm · 26/07/2024 22:51

Shropshire. Really stunning scenery - probably best in England (and we live in the Cotswolds, which is not as nice). Some parts get some tourists, but it's nothing too awful. Others are more or less tourist free.

The best in England? Behave 😂