where can i find a multicultural area on the outskirts of london, with a low crime rate, good schools, friendly people and good transport links!

[PetVA]

Hiya 😊

I have a daughter currently age 7 and we are looking to move just outside of London within the next two years....So I am currently just looking for ideas.🤔

I want my daughter to grow up in an area where it won't be " spot the black girl " but where the secondary school are decent and the crime rates are lower than inner city London. We are mainly considering Hertfordshire because we have family in North London and want to be close to them.

Just to add we are looking to do a Home Swap and we are open to ideas..... any help would be much appreciated

Thank you in advance!!

I would suggest Hayes/Northolt.

Uxbridge/Ickenham were lovely to live in when we were there 2 years ago. I'd move back In a heartbeat if it wasn't for work and elderly parents!

I love Uxbridge, too!

Probably too far for you but North Wiltshire is on the M4, so an hour from London, and has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.
Multi cultural enough I think for what you're looking fir.

Cambridge

Some of the villages around Watford

Uxbridge etc nice as well
Ruislip
Pinner

Thank you for all the suggestions so far will note them all down and take a closer look!!!
London has just become so congested, expensive and the violence is getting beyond a joke!

Be nice to see some greenery and wake up in nicer surroundings!!!!

Another vote for Uxbridge - we left four years ago due to a work move and had only lived there for two years, but we loved it. I still miss it which is weird as I come from very rural Herefordshire! My DC's, who were all in their early teens when we lived there still reminisce about it and youngest DD has mentioned going to Brunel Uni which is in Uxbridge.

Uxbridge seems like the way forward

Would you look East?

I'm so jealous I want to move there too! Good luck finding somewhere to call home

I am open @OVienna

Aw Thanks @3littlebadgers

South Woodford, Wanstead, Woodford Green, North Chingford

Take a look!

North wiltshire IS totally lovely, but there is no way it's small towns could be described as 'multi-cultural' sorry! Maybe Swindon...but that doesn't really tick your other requirements!

I disagree.
North Wilts has a big population of Poles, Italians, Czechs, Nigerians, Irish, East Europeans in general, Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis.....
They don't all live in Swindon.

Watford! Ticks all of your boxes. St Albans or Tring or Harpenden tick quite a few of your boxes but are pricier. What’s your budget? How do you arrange a (permanent?) house swap?