Reply to: What's it like to live on the NE coast - Cullercoats, Whitley Bay etc?

[basshead]

But if we're talking about the best place in the north east to live then Tynedale gets my vote

[pzz76077]

At all costs avoid going for a swim in the North Sea.

Been up here 13 years now. Dipped my toes in the sea on the first weekend and after about two minutes they went blue. I'm sure another couple of minutes and they'd have dropped off. Bitterly cold isn't in it.

From the area you've mentioned, I would look round Tynemouth. For the money you'd pay there, you'd get at least a street in Blyth, but you couldn't park your car there and expect to return to it.

If you don't mind the commute (only half an hour) then I'd go for Alnmouth or Alnwick (continually voted the best place to live in Britain).

You'll find it easy to make friends up here... they're a friendly bunch.

Alnwick would get my vote or Lindisfarne if you have waders.

PZZ

[thelace]

At all costs avoid going for a swim in the North Sea.

Been up here 13 years now. Dipped my toes in the sea on the first weekend and after about two minutes they went blue. I'm sure another couple of minutes and they'd have dropped off. Bitterly cold isn't in it.

From the area you've mentioned, I would look round Tynemouth. For the money you'd pay there, you'd get at least a street in Blyth, but you couldn't park your car there and expect to return to it.

If you don't mind the commute (only half an hour) then I'd go for Alnmouth or Alnwick (continually voted the best place to live in Britain).

You'll find it easy to make friends up here... they're a friendly bunch.

[Sausage Surprise]

Can you go up as far as Alnmouth? A very nice little town on the seaside, if you like a bit of seclusion..

Now you're talking.....all this talk of tynemouth and whitley bay is a joke if you can afford somewhere around Alnmouth. Beautiful clean beaches, marvellous scenery, and the mainline railway is there if you need it.

[pzz76077]

Very nice, but too many jellyfish last time I toured the area. Great fish and chips though and pleasant local in hotels etc.

PZZ

[Amiga500]

. As for the cold, living a bit further inland may be the key. Once thing I noticed when I lived in the NE was that it may get cold, but it was a dry cold

You can get some medicine for that.

[Sysman]

Best beach in england is at bamburgh castle - you can see holy island, it's all golden sand for miles, great stuff, just freezing cold.

Agreed about the beach at Bamburgh. As for the cold, living a bit further inland may be the key. Once thing I noticed when I lived in the NE was that it may get cold, but it was a dry cold, so you didn't feel it as much as in the Pennines.

[the_duderama]

Yep, Northumberland has some very pretty spots.

Best beach in england is at bamburgh castle - you can see holy island, it's all golden sand for miles, great stuff, just freezing cold.

[Sysman]

Yes, is there anywhere on that coast that is less awful than Swindon?

Yep, Northumberland has some very pretty spots.

[Sysman]

I have a mate who lives near Hartlepool, not far from a beach. She reckons it's beautiful around there, and a match for Cheshire regarding millionnaires per square mile...

I once saw a Victorian poster in a museum "Come to Healthful Hartlepool". With ICI etc. just down the road it didn't sound likely.

[the_duderama]

Tynemouth looks the best bet so far from what I can find/heard. Looks nice.

I will be embarking on a non-contracting business venture, so work up there is not important.

Whitley Bay looks to be spoiled by stag/hen parties.

What is Blyth, Seaton, New-Biggin-By-the-Sea like?

Can't go much further up the coast than that.

Tynemouth is very nice - hence why i live there - or just outside anyways. You should be able to get a nice 2/3 bedroomed place for between 600-1000 per month, but if buying expect to pay 200k minimum.

Monkseaton in Whitley bay is nice - no stag parties etc - is the suburban type area - all pre-war semi's, leafy avenues etc, very nice if a little bit quiet.

Blyth, Seaton, Biggin are ex mining tulip holes - avoid. Tynemouth, Cullercoats or North Shields close to Tynemouth is the way forward, although avoid the centre of North Shields or any further in - these are really nasty.

[Clarky]

Tynemouth & Cullercoats, like others have said - very nice, very posh in places.

Avoid Whitley Bay for the reasons stated above!

Seaton Sluice, the beach has failed the blue flag test several times, but does have a few nice houses

Blyth, full of druggies apparently, but does have it's nicer side in places.

Seaton itself, don't know much about it apart from the big P&G plant there - enough alcohol stored on site to blow the whole town off the map should it go up....!

Newbiggin and Lynemouth, heard bad things, but never been. Also a massive Aluminium smelting plant and power station sits between the two...
I've heard Cresswell is nice, especially if you're a twitcher...!

Widdrington/Widdrington Station/Red Row - although not strictly on the coast, they are within walking distance of Druiridge Bay, one of the best beaches in the country!

All depends what you're looking for really... you could go further north and still be close to the A1/A1068 to get into Newcastle within 30 minutes?
Like others have said Alnmouth is fab, although house rarely come up for sale there. There's also Warkworth. Avoid Amble... apparently it's like Blyth but with less to do...

[basshead]

What is Blyth, Seaton, New-Biggin-By-the-Sea like?

Can't go much further up the coast than that.

I wouldn't live in any of those places unless I was well out of the towns and suburbs. Rough, heroin soaked hell-holes IMO.

[Rookie]

Seahouses is nice, and not always cold (got sunburnt eating lovely fish and chips there last weekend).

Fish and chips by the sea. Yum. Very hungry now.

[cojak]

Seahouses is nice, and not always cold (got sunburnt eating lovely fish and chips there last weekend).