Norfolk or East Sussex

[Nobodyinteresting]

Relocating with my husband and 4 children all under 10. Where will be the best place to move out of Norfolk or East Sussex?

We need beach access, countryside and space, although we also need good schools, sports clubs and lots of opportunities for the children. I need warmer and drier than up North 😂

We have a good budget for a family home so not too worried about cost of houses.

Thanks :)

East Sussex has what you want but is in the increasingly crowded
SE, Not bad for London Avoid Hastings as it is a dive

East Sussex would win for me, it's absolutely stunning with lovely countryside, villages yet easy access to beaches, Brighton, Gatwick and London.

Do you care if your beaches are sand or shingle? If so, the answer is pretty clear.

I would say East Sussex for what you want.
Most of Norfolk is very rural and you would need to be near to Norwich for more opportunities for your children. I wouldn't say it's warm either.

I do worry about the business of SE after being up North

Sandy beaches are much better! We love digging in the sand :)

Norwich was where we were looking TBH. Although I know that's still quite a way out of civilization!

For heaven's sake, where did his idea that Norwich is 'way out of civilisation' spring from? It's totally wrong. Norwich is the admin centre of a big and prosperous county, has a top-ranking university (especially its Creative Writing courses and its wonderful Sainsbury art Collections), a world class agro-tech research institute (John Innes) and a big teaching hospital etc etc. It also has a thriving cultural life and a long and striking archaeological and artistic history. It has wonderfully preserved old buildings - it was a UK pioneer of these, and also of urban 'heritage' such as riverside walks - and fabulous local archives and other museum collections. It is also home to a lot of sophisticated and educated and professional people and their families, and to many other people with a proud history of hard work on the land and in factories....

Its environs - such as the North Norfolk Coast - are currently over-run by people from richer areas who like to feel that they have 'discovered' (and patronised) somewhere rural and special. Yes, the natural enviroment there is great but they have totally wrecked the place for locals (and made it unaffordable for them). For several months of each year, north Norfolk is a sort of budget Notting Hill on sea.

The trope that East Anglia is backward is at least 30 or 40 years old and so much out of date. No, I don't live there but I do very much so have friends who do and did.