Moving from Cambridgeshire to York

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Hi,
Just after some advise..
We currently live in Chatteris Cambridgeshire, we moved up here from a beautiful Buckinghamshire village but we outgrew the house when we had two kids and the house sold so fast we literally had 2 months to find somewhere to live. The properties in the area were ridiculously expensive so decided to gamble and move up here where we bought a lovely big house, the problem is its been a year and we haven't settled. Its the most boring place I have ever been to. Nothing for the children to do except a small park and everywhere is a good 30- 40 min drive away so we're selling up asap! We simply couldn't bare the thought of the kids growing up round here.
We are thinking of moving up to North Yorkshire as we love it up there, the only thing I am worried about is the kids when they get older if it will be boring for them. We are looking at York and surrounding areas. We need to be near a town or city yet still be in a rural-ish area which has pretty surroundings. If anyone had done a move like this up there, I would really appreciate the advice. Thank you :)

Knaresborough might be worth a look? It's a gorgeous town with a primary and secondary school, lots of open space and if you go slightly out from the town centre the properties have a rural feel. There's a train direct to York. Or if a town feels too big, Bishop Monkton is a lovely village with a primary school, and is 15 mins drive to Ripon, a city (with a direct bus), and just over that to Knaresborough.

What kind of budget do you have?

As long as you stay the A1 side of York you have easy access to get places.
Leeds isn’t far, Newcastle and Manchester are both easily accessible too.

Slightly further north Northallerton and Thirsk are great locations and closer to a beach but further from Leeds. Both on the main line train to York and London and Edinburgh. And both probably get more house for your pound than close to York.

alternatively Beverly and surrounds is lovely and Hull is up and coming as an area from an investment perspective.

Ah yes, let’s start pricing Hull locals out of the area as ‘an investment project’. 🙄