Planning a move to Sussex

[WonderingAway]

Hello!

Just looking for a bit of advice and a nudge in the right direction.

My mum and I currently live in London and looking to move to Sussex. We're planning to visit next month to look at some areas and hoping for some suggestions. We're currently thinking of areas in West Sussex but are open to other areas.

We would like somewhere with a nice high street or close proximity to one and open spaces to walk.

Thanks!

Horsham if you liked those places although it's bigger

Crikey. If anything, it just shows how personal these decisions are. At this stage it may be worth just going through the following list to see what works best. Don't forget Emsworth in Hampshire. That will be easy to knock out while assessing Chichester.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_settlements_in_West_Sussex_by_population

What did you decide in the end OP?

We decided we're going to rent for a year in Lewes - still gives us easy access to London and Brighton with a larger town feel. And then planning where to buy from there (probably a smaller village)

Not sure if you are sorted, but seriously look at LINDFIELD (not Lingfield)
Just outside Haywards Heath and a fantastic little high street, places to eat and close to lovely countryside. Good shopping and loads of restaurants in HH.
Hope you find your forever home.

I imagine renting in Lewes is very expensive .

@WonderingAway where did you end up moving to? What were your top 3 in the end ?

I can comment well having lived all over London and Brighton too. Can confirm Worthing is a great place if you want:
-A lovely quiet beach-
Beautiful countryside and walking nearby-
Friendly community, quite diverse and queer friendly
-Very good cafes restaurants pubs and bars (both traditional and also natural wines bars and small plates etc, craft breweries for a bit of pizazz)
-Two great cinemas and theatres
-Good schools
-Leafy parks
-Decent town centre with walkable shops
-Three train stations(!) and an easy enough commute straight to Victoria/East Croydon/Clapham
-Decent parking (especially compared to Brighton)
-And affordable homes! I bought my three bedroom house in a good area for only 30k more than my one bedroom flat in Brighton-For us it's been a no brainer and we love it, we're in our 30s and lots of our friends are following suit.
-Best areas: Check it out in person. Personally we're near the station on a leafy nice street, Tarring (West) is also desirable. But the best way to ascertain is to go and walk around

I can comment well having lived all over London and Brighton too. Can confirm Worthing is a great place if you want:
-A lovely quiet beach
-Beautiful countryside and walking nearby
-Friendly safe community, quite diverse and queer friendly
-Very good cafes restaurants pubs and bars (both traditional and also natural wines bars and small plates etc, craft breweries for a bit of pizazz)
-Good schools
-Leafy parks
-Decent town centre with walkable shops
-Three train stations(!) and an easy enough commute straight to Victoria/East Croydon/Clapham, and Brighton of course
-Decent parking (especially compared to Brighton)
-And affordable homes! I bought my three bedroom house in a good area for only 30k more than my one bedroom flat in Brighton-For us it's been a no brainer and we love it, we're in our 30s and lots of our friends are following suit.
-Best areas: Check it out in person. Personally we're near the station on a leafy nice street, Tarring (West) is also desirable. But the best way to ascertain is to go and walk around.

Now you're just spamming yourself. Give it a rest please.

Gosh you've posted the same on 3 threads. Are you a Worthing estate agent?

I wondered that too!