Woking

[Jefferson]

Cheers. Horsell looks alright, as does Knaphill. Other areas mentioned are more Guilford way but perhaps will check them out too. Perhaps I'll give the £1M+ celeb mansions a miss for the moment

I think the martian reference is to do with War of the Worlds? They first landed in Woking!

£1M+ mansions?
There's no mansions for £1M round Guildford way.

[Moscow Mule]

I grew up in Knaphill, and would never go back. Used to be a nice little village with a couple of butchers, greengrocers and several good pubs. Now it's all take-aways and estate agents, a soul-less tuliphole of a place.

Woking has several satellite villages, each with their own character, some more salubrious than others, but anywhere you go you'll either need to drive to the Station (parking is v.limited) or catch a bus, adding about an hour to your commute each day.

A few years a go, Woking town-centre on a Saturday night resembled 1980s Beirut - not sure if it's improved any since then.

All in all, I'd say Guildford has more to recommend it, but it is a proper student town now so it may have gone down-hill too.

[DBA_bloke]

They even have a Wellsian martian sculpture. Oh dear!

Concerned you think it's a reeking hole, DBA Bloke, care to elaborate?

Wandered around Woking (saw the Martian sculpture - the ONLY mildly interesting thing there) about 2 years back; was there to attend an interview, and thought I'd get there nice-n-early to take in the "splendours" of H. G. Wells' adopted town... a mistake I regret to this day.

What a place! I suspect that the Martians have invaded Woking, because the folk I saw milling about didn't look very human to me. But then I live in a nicer part of Oxfordshire, well away from riff-raff like Woking's low inhabitants, and work in a quaint town. So I'm a right snob.

I turned down the gig, solely because of Woking being a bog.

[hyperD]

For Knaphill, see Send/Addlestone

I'm afraid it's like any town with a council that's had the threat of their budget hit unless they build 1m council houses for liebour voters.

Even in the 6 years since I've lived in the area (I don't live in Woking but around 5 miles from it in a nice village) it's gone downhill like a lot of places. But you should hear the neighbours saying about Woking: "...doley tramps with stamps pushing prams with illegitimate kids and stella..."

Eventually, I'm off to the fair land of Eastern Europe like that milanbenes bloke... this country really is turning into a 3rd world shithole....

[hyperD]

Used to be a nice little village with a couple of butchers, greengrocers and several good pubs.

Graham Turners, butchers, Horsell. Last bastion of hormone free, 21+ days matured, decent service, cheaper than thin grey bits of "organic" Chavsco chicken, meat.

Chicken tastes like, well, really so tasty you don't need to add a "I feel like Chicken Tonight" aspartamed, carcinogenic, "Sunset Red™" saturated smothering of artificial flavours on it.

[Bagpuss]

I went to woking once 10 years ago. I can't remember one thing about it.

I do remember someone I worked with (at that time) lived there in a rented house. One middle of the night they were woken (or should that be wokin') by a kerfuffle outside, 3 masked men with baseball bats were bundling their bloody next door neighbour into a car.

hmmm, i hear it's gone down hill since then

[Troll]

Probably going to be moving house fairly soon

Moving from where?

[Moscow Mule]

I went to woking once 10 years ago. I can't remember one thing about it.

I do remember someone I worked with (at that time) lived there in a rented house. One middle of the night they were woken (or should that be wokin') by a kerfuffle outside, 3 masked men with baseball bats were bundling their bloody next door neighbour into a car.

hmmm, i hear it's gone down hill since then

As a PFY I used to deliver pizzas on a moped, prefered not to go to Sheerwater after being attacked in the street with a baseball bat. Stupid twat didn't wait until I was off the bike though, so I just rode off.

[MrRobin]

Bugger! It's getting worse by the minute! Perhaps I should scrub Woking from the list then... As mentioned, one of the big factors was the fast train links to the city and if, as someone mentioned, there is no/little parking and the busses are w@nk then it is not even worth persuing further...

St. Albans was the next one down on the list... perhaps I'll turn my attention there now.

Oh, I am moving from North Somerset. Grew up in Croydon though so have already experienced a sprawling chavtropolis

[Moscow Mule]

no/little parking and the busses are w@nk

I may have been a little pessimistic over the parking looks like there's a fair bit. No idea what time of day google got that picture though.

Busses are a ball-ache though