Name changed.
Where in the UK, ideally England or Wales, can we move to for about 700k, where we can get a detached house/bungalow with no near neighbours on a no through road or a very quiet one?
We're used to living rurally so driving on single track roads, farming activity and smells and being miles from shops etc. is fine. No children at home so schools aren't a concern. We love hiking and do a lot of it where we live now. We want to have a cat again so no busy roads. I would also like to be within 15 miles of somewhere large enough to have a book club and/or a yoga class but it's not vital.
I'm fairly sure we can't get what we want here (Hampshire) but Isle of Wight is a possibility (we have family there, and visit often) although a lot of what I see there even at 750k has a small plot size with other houses much too close.
Otherwise I think we might have to go north or to Wales to get that sort of seclusion at that budget but the weather is putting me off a bit.
Please could you suggest some good areas, that you know well? We won't be ready to move until next year as we need to do some work on the house to make it sellable, so please don't go to the trouble of posting Rightmove links unless you really want to.
Thanks in advance.