Moving to Scotland - where would you recommend based on our criteria?

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DH and I currently live in England but we both love Scotland and relocating at some point between now and retirement would be our dream

Our DC are young adults just starting out in life. No idea where in the world they will settle in the longer term but let’s assume they are most likely to be in Manchester, London or Yorkshire.

our requirements would be:

• Beautiful scenery for walking and cycling, ideally near water with opportunities for sailing
• Not too remote, a train station within half an hour or so would be a bonus, we would want to meet up with DC on regular basis so not too far North
• Small town with supermarket, health centre or small hospital etc no further than 20 minute drive away
• property not obscenely expensive; would want something nice with 3+ bedrooms for under £300K or thereabouts
• a good community, not too insular or hostile to incomers

Aberdour is great but not much comes up there.

Dumfries

@Pancakebatter yes Aberdour and Limekilns are lovely but hard to find property.
I actually had a wander round Kincardine the other day. Doesn't look like much from the road but is an amazing warren of winding streets full of historic and interesting buildings, some real gems I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't get adopted by the gentrifiers too. There are interesting places to live in Central Scotland that people on Mumsnet scoff at because the High schools aren't high achieving but that's not an issue if you are past that stage.

@wbeezer couldn’t agree more - Kincardine is so well placed on the road network for getting to so many places in central Scotland and there are some amazing houses down wee streets. It’ll be ‘discovered’ eventually.

I get the Megabus to London overnight from Glasgow fairly often.
You can get a return for £30.
Helensburgh really is great for small town, but all the benefits of Glasgow.