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Moving to Newcastle

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JDED1723 · 09/04/2017 18:34

Hi
We are looking at moving to Newcastle, we have two little girls, 5 & 6.

We currently live in a leafy suburb of Manchester on the metro line. Our house is two minutes walk from school and the local park...we really want to find somewhere to live in Newcastle that has a similar feel....any ideas?

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lanbro · 09/04/2017 21:24

Loads of lovely places but budget is important, massive difference in what you can get for your money in a very small radius! I live just outside town (Newcastle!), in Walbottlr and it's so handy for everything! Village feel within easy reach of loads of amenities, lots of lovely villages up the Tyne Valley which are similar, Wylam, Stocksfield etc. There was a Location, Location on recently showing some of the areas talked about, try and find it on demand.

I love living up here!

PotteringAlong · 09/04/2017 21:31

I'd give another almost neighbour hail for living in low fell too!

dailymailarecunts · 09/04/2017 21:32

Ianbro we are neighbours..... I went to the primary school there Grin

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Hobblethwaite · 09/04/2017 22:18

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JDED1723 · 10/04/2017 06:59

DorothyMichaels....

Which park in Heaton are you referring to? Just so I look at the right area?

Are there many students on the streets nearby...and which street is the cafe on?

Thanks everyone...this is really helping our search 👍

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MiladyThesaurus · 10/04/2017 08:14

High heaton has paddy freeman park (which joins to jesmond dene). There are unlikely to be many students around there. There are shops and cafes though, lovely houses and great primary schools. The secondary school issue is unlikely to matter at all since your children are little and any school will be completely different by the time you need to worry about secondary.

There's also heaton park (which joins to jesmond dene via Armstrong park). You are much more likely to have students for neighbours there. It's a very studenty area, but that's reflected in the huge number of cafes etc. There are some really lovely houses though.

Maxwellthecat · 10/04/2017 08:57

Jesmond dene which Paddy Freeman Park backs onto is stunning and has a petting zoo which is great for kids. There is a co op on newton road and a really nice cafe next to that, there's also dean and Daniellas which is Very easy walking distance away.
If I was looking I would be wanting a house between the high school and the hospital but nearer the park than the coast road. The houses vary a bit here but you will be mostly looking at houses with gardens and good value for money.

We have a starter home here which we bought 5 years ago, it is 2 bed with a large garden and drive, big loft and nice neighbours. We got it for £109k, obviously this was 5 years ago and we live in one of the ex council estates which reduces the price. Then you have some really beautiful houses nearer the dene which are bigger and more expensive but still cheaper than gosforth or jesmond and you have the in between houses further up nearer the hospital.

It really depends on budget really.

ScarlettDarling · 10/04/2017 09:18

Another shout out for Heaton here! Heaton (around St Gabriel's area,)High heaton and Cochrane park all offer affordable family homes really close to great amenities and lots of schools. If you look at Cochrane park you could get a large 1930s 3 bed semi for less than 200k. They're easy to extend too as they have attached garages to build over and large gardens at the back. High Heaton is a bit more expensive, but not by much, and St Gabriel's area a bit more expensive again, but you'd still get a lovely 3/4 bed semi for less than 300k.

The primaries are excellent and although Heaton Manor has had a dreadful Ofsted lately, those of us who know the school well really do feel it will be turned around very quickly.

We have gorgeous parks (Paddy Freeman, Jes dene, Heaton Park,) oodles of gorgeous coffee shops ( has anyone tried 'Monsieur Crepe'? We love it!) It takes no time at all to get into the city centre (5 mins on the bus and the buses along the coast road run every few minutes.) There's a huge Sainsbury's right in the area as well as Adventure land, a lovely soft play for little ones. You also have Silverlink retail park just a 5 minute drive away with lots of good shops, loads of parking, cinema and restaurants.

Come and have a look around op and let us know what you think!

Maxwellthecat · 10/04/2017 09:38

waves to Scarlet

Also I know I mentioned this before but another draw for me to high Heaton is the links to the cycle paths. I work in the city centre and can cycle to work in 20 minutes without ever having to go on a road. You are also linked to the cycle path that goes all the way from wylam to Tynemouth which is a really flat and easy family cycle path.

trashcanjunkie · 10/04/2017 09:42

We live on the quayside in Newcastle, which is ten minutes walk from Heaton and we love it! so many different things to see and do, lots of like minded people. Check out the 'Star and Shadow' cinema, which a good way to get in touch with a large community group which is quite active.

Maxwellthecat · 10/04/2017 09:46

To be honest Newcastle is quite small and most of it is really nice, all of the places people have mentioned I would be happy to live.

Maxwellthecat · 10/04/2017 09:48

Scarlet I love Monsieur Crepe, they are lovely in there!

Maxwellthecat · 10/04/2017 09:50

Sorry I keep thinking of things!
The oesburn is a half hour walk from high Heaton too, which has oesburn farm and seven stories which is a great day out for the kids and lots of lovely pubs for the adults.

dorothymichaels · 10/04/2017 10:56

Hi OP
I was quoting what you said about where you live now, sorry I should have made your bits stand out!

My favourite bits of Heaton are the streets West of Chillingham road between there and Heaton road but north of Simonside. Also Beatrice road and streets around there.

North of the A1058 the nicest houses are Jesmond Park West (the most expensive ones there too) and up to past the Freeman hospital.

dorothymichaels · 10/04/2017 11:01

This is where I would look. But that's my preference!

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dorothymichaels · 10/04/2017 11:03

Scarlett I love Monsier Crepe too. I like it way more than D&D's

dorothymichaels · 10/04/2017 11:04

My favourite Heaton Cafe is cafe one twenty on Heaton road. I was in True on Chillingham road on Saturday and it's nice too. Lots of gluten free and veggie/vegan stuff.

Maxwellthecat · 10/04/2017 11:18

Heaton park is lovely too, the playpark is great for young and older children and there's a heap and cheerful Italian restaurant that has outside chairs for the summer. My favourite place is the sky Apple cafe on Heaton road, it's a veggie restaurant and is amazing. The butterfly cabinet is also good for breakfasts.
To be fair everything is quite close together you can easily get to Heaton road from High Heaton so it depends what vibe you're after, if you want more house for your money and quiet from the students go high if you want a more bustling vibe live nearer Heaton Park.
To put it in perspective I just did a 10k run that was Paddy freeman park, jesmond dene, Armstrong park, heaton park and back.

Armstrong Bridge which is inbetween the dene and the park had a good festival once a month too.

MargotLovedTom1 · 10/04/2017 11:18

Great Park (Gosforth) is hideous IMO - it's a vast, bleak and soulless concrete jungle with townhouses crammed together right on the road (no front gardens to speak of) looming over you. There are barely any trees, so it's certainly not 'leafy', and it seems to attract younger 'Footballers' Wives' types of families, with giant white cars all over the place.

I know I sound snobby and bitchy but I just have a really visceral reaction to the place: it makes me feel empty and depressed.

Maxwellthecat · 10/04/2017 11:20

*food festival not good.
Honestly autocorrect is the bane of my life!

Maxwellthecat · 10/04/2017 11:29

Hahaha I've just seen Dorothy has left out the council estate on her preference on the map (the crescents).
It's actually a really nice estate and if you have a low budget I wouldn't be put off living there as you can get an amazing deal on a house, and it's very quiet and friendly. Most of the houses are owned by young couples or older people and the houses are well built. Most of them are privately owned now but there are some that are still council, you can tell which ones are council because they all got new roofs about two years ago.

Depends on your budget obviously that's the bottom end but it's still a good option.

dorothymichaels · 10/04/2017 11:37

I didn't leave it out for snobbery, honest, It is a nice estate and I have quite a few friends who live there! It's just not where I would look as we are lucky enough to have more to play with.
I'd avoid great park too. No amenities, rooms in houses too small.

Ellapaella · 10/04/2017 11:39

I live by the coast (north of the river). Great place to live, 5 mins walk from the beach, great restaurants and bars, very good schools, loads of kids playgroups, soft play etc and 20 mins into N'castle on the metro. It's a real family area, lots of couples with kids here.

Maxwellthecat · 10/04/2017 11:41

It just made me chuckle dorothy
I agree if you have a bigger budget there are nicer houses in the area.

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