How is life in Norfolk? Can anyone share their view?

[bellbottom]

Hey there everyone,

I've lived abroad for 10 years. Lately I feel a crossroads ahead and feel the need for change.

A man I like talks of moving to norfolk to open an antique shop by the sea!

Im a single mum so this would be a massive step. I'm not at all considering it yet as we're not even in a relationship yet!

BUT, it has opened up the need for me to explore other options, and has made me curious to find out - what would life be in Norfolk?

Does anyone live there? How is life there? Is it child friendly? Is it exciting? Whats the age group there? What's the atmosphere? How is the cost of living? What's the general quality of living? Are people nice to one another? (I come from south London, where the vibe these days consists of general disrespect and bad-foul mouthing. I hate that!)

Hope someone can help! Thankyoooooo!

There are some great childminders here

I am surprised no-one mentioned the sailing on the Broads

Transport is ropey, multiculturalism is virtually non-existent

I ive in a village & I like it but I do despair sometimes about the insular nature f some of my neighbours lives

Thass jus' bootiful to see so many fellow Norfolk Mnetters.

Norfolk an' good we are. High five to you all.

(I'm now going.)

I'm now going - that is the most characteristic Norfolk phrase you said (at least it is in south Norfolk )

We're right on the outskirts of Norwich (East) and I love it. I can be in the centre of Norwich with 10 min drive, ten minutes the other way and I'm in the heart of the Broads. It's only around 45 mins tops to lovely beaches with a huge choice of resorts/villages.

Primary schools are generally good, high schools less so.

I think it's a great place to bring up children but North Norfolk would probably be very different.

My sister's in Aylsham though which is a nice compromise - a small market town half an hour from Norwich, 15 mins from the coast, everything you need on your doorstep and plenty of other kids around for yours to play with.

I live in Norwich which is lovely place to bring up kids, and is a lot more diverse than where I grew up on the South Coast. Our school has at least 50 different nationalities of children.

I should imagine a seaside town might get a bit bleak and lonely to live in, especially in the winter.

Aylsham is nice, as is Wymondham. North Norfolk is lovely to visit, and some parts of Yarmouth are very , very deprived.

If you are coming from London you'll find it very cheap here, the people very friendly ( compared to London) and the driving a lot more relaxed. When I go home to the South Coast I find eeveryone very money obsessed and rude rude rude, generally, but especially on the road.

I lived in King's Lynn for 18 years growing up. I wouldn't live in Lynn again as I am now used to a little town in N.Yorks. But around Norfolk there are some beautiful places to live.

I would love to live near Holt and Sheringham.

Good high schools in south Norfolk.

My twopenn'orth: I live in the often over looked south Norfolk. V different to the n norfolk coast, nowhere near as wealthy or overrun with Londoners has more of an everyday feel to it if you see what I mean. It's quite cheap to live here but it's still full of lovely countryside and pretty villages. My town has a couple of cupcake bunting type shops so someone somewhere must be keeping them going!

I'd agree with what's been said before in that roads aren't great (no motorways in the whole county) it's not hugely multicultural (but lots of Eastern Europeans now) and not exactly buzzing with the arts ...

but

We are on the Norwich - London mainline, 90 mins out of Liverpool St, Norwich, Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds and Great Yarmouth are all less than an hour's drive away. We have a fabulous local food culture around here too, lots of small producers/direct farm sales etc. People are friendly, crime rates are low schools are good. Personally I'd never go back to my urban ways (that is until I'm 70 and plan to retire to the city and become a disgraceful old lush)

Normal for Norfolk

Norfolk (well Norwich!) is amazing! The Norfolk broads make for a fun day out too.