Like Bath but Up North

[AllTheDucks]

As with the title... we currently live in west Cornwall but with all the children now heading to university, we know we need to move as it's such a pain in the arse to get to and from here (and takes forever).

We'd like to live somewhere within an hour of an airport but that also has a bit of culture - good bookshops, restaurants, shops, theatre etc. We like Bath but really, it's still a bit south-westy and we'd prefer a change, prefereably in northern England near moors etc. Can anyone think of a place I'd like? All I can think of is Harrogate but have heard the traffic etc is awful.

Lincoln is a great place to live. Lots going on culturally and lots of history

Harrogate, York, Ilkley.
Not Hebden Bridge, which is absolutely nothing like Bath (is crusty, hippy, 'alternative' rather than refined, genteel, cultured).

@Thistooshallpass24 hey Asa Bath resident we've got all that too !! but lots of nicer things to balance it off

@Crikeyalmighty there nothing cultural at Selby, a pretty church, a leisure centre and an old style department store. I forgot they also have an eco refill shop
Still nobody would choose to relocate there, if you've sold a property in Bath you have money, you wouldn't be thinking Selby

My suggestions OP as a Bath resident would be Harrogate ( traffic about like Baths) York ( my pick) Beverley, Chester and maybe somewhere like Alnwick.

One thing to note is that up north can be expensive - so what is your budget?

@Thistooshallpass24 I know- I've been- perfectly pleasant but not really I think what OP is after!!

There is some lovely villages around Wetherby close to Leeds Bradford Airport or Just over an hour to Manchester Airport. You can get into Leeds, York and Harrogate

I agree. We're about 40 minutes from the centre of Newcastle but live in a very rural village in the wilds of Northumberland. We often go to concerts in the Glasshouse in Gateshead and also theatre in Newcastle. We're also only about half an hour from Hexham which has an independent cinema, theatre and shops, several excellent restaurants and very good transport links to Newcastle and Carlisle.

We're about 40 minutes from Newcastle airport and about an hour and a half from Edinburgh which has loads of flights. We're also in the middle of some beautiful countryside and 45 minutes takes us to (in my opinion) some of the most beautiful beaches in England.

Thank you everyone - didn't expect this many replies so soon! I'm off to Google a few of them. I've been to Lancaster when dd was looking at Unis and think it will be a bit too wet.. had enough of that. Budget is high, so that's not a problem.

Just for fun, look at the games room in this place... anyone's Star Wars loving DH / DP will be very jealous :)

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/148810379#/?channel=RES_BUY

Lincoln surely doesn’t count as north?

Everywhere is up north if you're starting in Cornwall...

Harrogate, knaresborough, ripon, ilkley, Leeds (but the more rural parts). I live in Leeds and love where we are

Chester springs to mind, lovely city, near to airports and great countryside.

Why would you not live there?

Durham
Ripon
Alnwick - although it's a traffic nightmare but probably no worse than Bath.

York or Chester both remind me a bit of bath. Harrogate is also nice but kind of in the middle of nowhere

Middle of Yorkshire, not nowhere!

It may not tick all your boxes, but I thought Stamford (Lincs) felt a lot like Bath, it has a theatre, is just over an hour to E Mids, Bham and Stansted airports, and very quick into a London.

Harrogate was my first thought....

I immediately thought of York. Or Chester?

St. Andrews has always reminded me of Durham but on a much smaller scale.

I've never been bath or know anything about it but I did think that being called bath and being a soap town was excellent until I saw your update 😂

Norwich?

Inverness.