A move to Lincolnshire - a good place to raise your family?

[mummyneedssomesleep]

Hi,

I have a young family and we are thinking of a move to Lincolshire.

The areas that I know a little about are Spilsby and surrounding area.

I would appreciate information from anyone who lives in Lincolnshire. Where are the best areas to raise kids?

Thanks

Apologies to Rupert Brooke:

Do Scampton pilots still swoop like metal swallows over every roof and barn?

Do ladies of leisure chatter and watch behatted fashion models strut, while their children sip milkshakes in the cafe in Binns?

Do coal trains still trundle noisily day and night through Barnetby?

Do green double deckers wander the country roads, carrying farmers' wives to Lincoln for their Big Day Out?

Do children still run around playing tag in their swimsuits at the Normanby Hall lido, nagging for a ride on the tractor train?

Do cattle still line the grids on Tuesdays like beauty queens?

Do schoolchildren still draw the five sails of Alton Mill after school trips?

And is there Elsham honey still for tea?

I am thinking of the same - moving to Lincolnshire!!

What are peoples opinions of Alford? Looks like a nice town, not sure if too quiet. Would be looking around this area although Woodhall Spa looks nice.

Would like a nice small town with enough to do but not too big a town that will be too busy.

Oh yes, it's Alford Mill, not Alton.

Would you want to live anywhere where a windmill is the main source of excitement????

There should be a Lincolnshire survivors' club IMO.

Do you live in Harmston Mrs Pnut? I was born in Harmston ...

The next village up Mumsnut

I would have moved to Harmston but it doesn't have a shop. I need the opportunity to walk and buy wine should the need arise.

I have lived here, just a mile or two south of Lincoln for 18 months and I love it.
Very quickly made brilliant friends, lots of places to go for a night out, cheap pubs, cinema, independent restaurants, fab local food, lots to do with the kids, near the sea, not too far to the A1, M180, M62 and great schools.
Even though Lincoln is a city it's still incredibly small and sleepy compared to everwhere else (I've lived all over...in Brum, London,York, even Basingstoke, Wolverhampton and Stoke are way larger than Lincoln).

Having said that, we spent 2 months Horncastle way and found it completely different, bit too out in the sticks and 1950s. No supermarkets, and the choice of ground coffee was very limited...

That would be my thought too. Once you get outside about a half-hour bus ride from the city you start to travel back in time, which can be charming, or kind of like Cold Comfort Farm.

Mumsnut, I was born in Nocton (RAF hospital) which is how I suspect a lot of people end up in Lincolnshire, otherwise there would not be much turnover of population!

Mrs P, I have very happy memories of Harmston, Coleby, the A1 bus, etc ...

I lived on the lincolnshire/yarmouth border for 7 years ....it is very isolated everything is a distance away as our dc grew older we could see that life was going to get very mundane and so we moved again.

Do your research properly bcos as we discovered it can be quite rough!!!

i live in horncastle and the primary school is fantastic but that is all, there is bugger all here and its not even attractive! I want to move to woodhall spa as much nicer area.

The bad bits? It's miles from anywhere, not on the way to or from anywhere.
The good bits? Well, it's miles from anywhere and not on the way to or from anywhere!
Lincolnshire is the land that time forgot. It means that employment can be a bit of a problem (especially in seaside resorts which rely on seasonal work) and you'd struggle to find a nursing bra or a pair of Gina shoes unless you go to Lincoln... and even then that's a bit hopeful!
The good thing is that this remoteness and abandonement by the rest of the UK means our house prices are low, our standard of living is high, the countryside is never more than 5 minutes walk away and we still have proper butchers, bakers and greengrocers on our high streets.
It's conservative with a small 'c', provincial, and very old-fashioned but if you search, you can find pockets of real culture. We're based in Louth and we have regular gigs, concerts, exhibitions, theatre events, a film club, a great children's centre... and if want more excitement, Nottingham, Sheffield, Leeds, Cambridge and Hull are only an hour or so away.
My husband and I both travelled the UK but drifted back to Louth when we wanted to settle and have a family of our own. We spent our own teenage years here and it was a safe place to do your growing up - I could waddle home pi**ed aged 17, go to parties in barns, walk 8 miles to the next village to get a pizza... knowing that nothing much bad would happen to me. There is always someone to look out for you and a real sense of community. We hope our little girl will have as free and fun a teenage experience here as we did.

Nothing at all wrong with Boston. People are same as all of uk. Most immigrants are decent folk. Come and see for yourself.