Where to live in Leicestershire?

[BOOamireally]

We are contemplating a move to Leicestershire as we are both currently commuting from Warwickshire - me to Leicester city centre, and the hubby to Looughborough.

I am not really sure where to start looking!

Can anyone living in Leicestershire please recommend somewhere nice to live? Good state school catchments, nice shops/ restaurants? We currently live in a smallish town so would probably prefer the same or a nearby village either an established nice place or an up and coming nice place!!!

a couple of votes for the Melton area - what's Melton itself like? (not necessarily to live but to pootle round the shops in, go for a gastropub-type meal etc)

I don't know much about Melton except for Twin Lakes park which would be great for your DCs and the fact that there always seems to be a traffic jam for through traffic to the east

OK this is my first post. My advice as i live in the area you are wanting to move to is to look just off the A6 at the villages. You will find it's a doddle to get to loughboroug and liecester and the main bus route runs through these villages. I think it's about every 15 or so mins.

The only downside is that when it floods and it does some of the slip roads are unuseable so you have to find another route. But don't let that put you off you just get to know the area better.

As for schools the nicer the village the better the school stats pretty much.

Also if you like to just nip to the shops for a bit of retail therapy Thumaston has a shopping center that has just added a M&S food supermarket and topshop in outfit. Not to mentoin TK Maxxaroony! perfect it's soooooo close and free to park. OK I know it's not the high cross but it's alot nearer.

Ooh great! Hello sambalina and welcome - do you have problems with house flooding or is it just the roads? I should have asked earlier if there is anywhere I should definitely not go house hunting

There was something on the local news this morning about flooding in that area, I wasn't listening fully but I think it was about defences not working as well as hoped.

Afaik its only the roads and fields that flood not houses but it would be inconvenient.

In that area Rothley has some nice houses.

Tis the roads that flood. Not the A6 as long as iv'e lived here and thats only 2ish years. It's the some of the roads you take leaving the A6. They tend to be the ones near the canals and like. Alot of the field get all covered too it can look pretty awsome.

I noticed you want gastropubs. the best places round here are Woodhouse Eaves ....very nice area..... and great for food. Also Quorn which is a gorgeous village with loads of places to eat. Althoug i dont get the chance to get out with three sprogs 5 and under. Can't do with the stress of taking them anywhere too nice yet

I found this thread on Google. In a bit of a predicament because the GF landed her dream job in Birmingham. We've been dating 3 years, but not living together (in part because her job took her all over the country - and she was never in one place long enough). We see each other every weekend.

I work out of Lincoln. I run my own business. Things are going well with it - but its still early days, so can't really move too far from the area. I've also incurred significant (but manageable) debt setting the business up... so cant really afford to move.

She wants to live in Birmingham city centre as there is lots to do and its near a decent rail line (for me). I've worked out I'll be spending up to 5 hours on a train, or 4 hours in the car.... So she has persuaded some of my friends to put me up one night each week. But I cant take them up on their offer - its unfair on them - and a sure fire way to lose friends.

She doesn't want to travel more than 30mins each way... and I don't really want to travel more than 1hr 15mins. Having played about with google maps - suggested locations are in Leicestershire along the A42 (although her commute will go up to 45mins each way... as 30mins just didn't fit). Really stumped on where to go / what to do here. Can anyone recommend nice places to live along this route? She starts the new job in 30 days... I have suggested Nottingham, as its then an hour for both of us on the train - but she hates trains....

Leicester is good. It is 45 min to Brum on train about the same driving. Direct trains to Lincoln central but longer than your journey now. I can't remember exact train line it is on but check if the same line as Beeston? Equidistant between Leicester and Notts and affordable. Are you renting/buying?

Are you both in office every day?