Looking to move house to semi rural location

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Hi Mums.
My husband and I live in South Manchester and are keen to move house to somewhere semi-rural to escape the noise and traffic of inner city life and somewhere safer for our kids age 10 and 7 to grow up with a nice community feel.
We have looked at so many places between Stockport and the peak District over the last few years, poynton, Whaley bridge, new mills, chapel en le frith, bollington, Macclesfield and Glossop.
We want the countryside on our door step but with good primary and high schools and activities for the kids plus a reliable train network to access Manchester for work.
We both work close to Manchester city centre and I work shifts as a nurse so need it to be a fairly short commute less than an hour's drive.
Wondering if there are places we haven't thought of that would fit our needs?
My hubby really wants to move to Scotland but I have no idea how we would do that and land jobs to be able to afford it. Has anyone relocated and pulled it off?
Thanks

Have you thought about the Halifax area? Commutable to both Leeds and Manchester.

my BIL/SIL relocated to Edinburgh from Leeds, she is a nurse and had no issues getting a new job there and has thrived since and loves it. He had secured a role which promoted the move.

Honestly I’ve been up to Scotland a lot and would happily relocate there as long as central enough to be accessible to things.

Glossop is lovely. Not too far from Manchester, and also close to the Peak District/the moors etc. Visited there many times. It's beautiful.

Re relocating to Scotland.

It's very doable. I and many others have.

• quality of green space is amazing, generally there's a good community feel, education is different but generally good schools with far less 'choosing a better school' because everyone just goes to the local one, housing is generally better value, did I mention the green space and nature?

• you can end up a long way from family, we measure travel in time not distance as you don't have many traffic queues but distances are much further, the weather is colder and wetter - and 'shoulders' of the year are worst for me, Scotland still has all the social issues you find elsewhere in the UK, depending on how much you earn and house purchase price you will pay a lot more tax on income and LBBT(stamp duty).

I moved up 17 years ago and won't live south of the border now. I'm on North edge of central belt in South Perthshire and it's best both worlds with easy access to cities and jobs, great community, great green space, superb schools, and I can be in either national park within half an hour, plus my house is affordable.

I got a job offer, planned move, and made the leap that (now ex) partner could find a job...which they did within a month. Very few schools are oversubscribed.