Where in the country could we get a family house for around £160,000?

[WannaBeWildCosMyLifesSoTame]

Due to DH being made redundant we are considering moving as we don't need to be commutable to London any more and need to rethink our finances. Our current house is worth around £180,000 so to cover moving and free up a bit of cash to pay off some debts we'd need to buy something around the 160,000 mark.

We have family in Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire so would need to be within reasonable travelling distance of those although that may not be practical. We'd like to be in a village or small town with decent schools and access to countryside. We've looked at a few areas (I grew up in Norfolk/Cambs so know that area quite well) but wondered if there was anywhere we hadn't thought of.

This is all really useful, the sort of info that no amount of Googling could give me. Thanks a lot everyone :)

We got our 3bed semi for 100! on the Lincs/Notts border with good schools/amenities and low crime, on the main train line into London and spitting distance from A1 so easy to get to family. Hoping to extend to make a 4bed with garage worth 160 - you should have loads of choice