Moving to Southampton

[Neednewlife]

I’m moving to Southampton this year. Please could you kind people advise me the nicest areas to live in which are within walkable distance of West Quay and work opportunities? I’m bringing one older child who will need to find work, as will I. The other one has plans to travel the world 😳 My maximum budget is £300K. Ideally it would be for a three bed in a central area. I just don’t know where to start. TIA 🙏🏼

The secondary is fine! It was really terrible about a decade ago (and I mean really terrible). But it’s on the up now and more and more local kids are going. It’s where my kids will go too.

PM me if you want. We are a university family.

@Girlscout1910

You are quicker to walk or cycle from bishopstoke to Eastleigh rather than drive. Bishopstoke has a good infant and junior school with an easy walk/bus or cycle to a good secondary. Eastleigh town centre and the train station are an easy walk. You have the river, the woods and the fields as well as multiple playgrounds, takeaways, the Toby and small shops. We moved to bishopstoke to be close to the train station

It does look very green on the map, but my train station would be the airport station, as the train to London would stop there if I'm correct. That would be the fastest option for me. Wondering how accessible that station is by bike. Anyways, as I see on google map, that station is accessible through the west/Eastleigh as there is an airport on the other side. So complicated!

There is cycle path from Bishopstoke to Eastleigh and then a designated route through town to parkway station. It’s about 15 mins or 2 miles from the bottom of bishopstoke. There are london trains from Eastleigh but they’re slower than from parkway