We are considering Newark and the surrounding areas - it has to be there or Grantham really as DH needs to get into London on most days.
Rutland is gorgeous, we drove through there a couple of times last week on a bit of a fact finding mission and i looked at a couple of houses in the Oakham area. It is more expensive than lincs or notts but i suppose there is a reason for that? (not sure?)
I thought that Newark would be good because of the fairly fast rail link into London - is Grantham or Newark nicer? which is bigger and has more facilities ( nice restaurants, shops, cinema ect)?
I live in Devon currently and don't know anything about these areas, it looks nice and there seem to be some really nice villages plus the houses are affordable, much more so than where we were thinking of previously.
There is so much to think about - school ( state ) and how much there is to do - don't get me wrong i am not talking about big city life as i currently live in a village about 18 miles from Exeter and i can get my fix there a couple of times a month if i want to but i don't want to be too isolated and a bigger village would be preferable with a good primary really.
Oh i just don't know where to start but i really would be so grateful if anyone that lives in the area can tell me where to avoid and where is really nice to live - preferably no more than a 15/20 min drive into Newark train station.
We are looking at an area we know nothing about and i really need some help and advice!