Reply to: If you could live anywhere in the UK...

[Diver]

For me, it would have to be Dorset, Jurassic Coast. A place where time had stood still and the locals haven't evolved, slow pace of life...But great country pubs, wonderful Coastline and Bournemouth stones throw away

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[Solent]

For me, it would have to be Dorset, Jurassic Coast. A place where time had stood still, slow pace of life...But great country pubs, wonderful Coastline and Bournemouth stones throw away

[TiroFijo]

Lets face it, if we could live anywhere in the world, it would probably be Bora Bora.

Went to Bora Bora in 1999, lovely little island!

[DaveB]

Public sector permie job? Top salary, gold plated pension and spend every day on the sick with "depression".

Sorted.

Taken by those on the inside, salaries aren't all that and the decent pension schemes are closed to new arrivals...

[DimPrawn]

Devon and Cornwall are both lovely places to live, I prefer Cornwall as it's a bit more windswept and interesting, as opposed to quaint and countrified. The down side is that decent, well paid, jobs are nigh on impossible to come by..

Public sector permie job? Top salary, gold plated pension and spend every day on the sick with "depression".

Sorted.

[DaveB]

Too true. I used to commute up to Manchester (V. early) on a monday morning from sunny South Devon and be at my desk in the City Centre for about half-nine.
They used to let me leave early on fridays too, around lunchtime, and with a decent run you could be home for teatime. Purfick!!
You can't beat it for quality of life, especially after moving here from "SWINDON"!!!

Devon and Cornwall are both lovely places to live, I prefer Cornwall as it's a bit more windswept and interesting, as opposed to quaint and countrified. The down side is that decent, well paid, jobs are nigh on impossible to come by so weekly commuting is the only real option if you want to earn decent money or have any kind of career prospects.

I did it for a while and it was bloody hard work.

[DimPrawn]

You can't beat it for quality of life, especially after moving here from "SWINDON"!!!

Traitor.

[shaunbhoy]

Many mention Devon/Cornwall,it doesn`t have to be a dream. I know of quite a few contractors who commute up from such lovely places for work on a Sunday night or Monday morning. WHen they return home for the weekend they say it`s like going on holiday each weekend, back to the seaside

Too true. I used to commute up to Manchester (V. early) on a monday morning from sunny South Devon and be at my desk in the City Centre for about half-nine.
They used to let me leave early on fridays too, around lunchtime, and with a decent run you could be home for teatime. Purfick!!
You can't beat it for quality of life, especially after moving here from "SWINDON"!!!

[SuperZ]

Many mention Devon/Cornwall,it doesn`t have to be a dream. I know of quite a few contractors who commute up from such lovely places for work on a Sunday night or Monday morning. WHen they return home for the weekend they say it`s like going on holiday each weekend, back to the seaside

[wobbegong]

Sandbanks, Bournemouth.

Poole.

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[SantaClaus]

For me it has to be right on the coast (I mean a biggish house with direct, stunning sea views). Good beaches and not to isolated.

In the south as that has the most sunshine and generally better temperatures.

Would rule out Wales being English, so Devon, Cornwall, Dorset or Hampshire.

Kent, Sussex and Essex are too chavy and too close to that tulipehole, London.

Perhaps Penzance, or near Torquay along the Babbecombe road to Teignmouth.

Something like this.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-...-11815926.html

Are you sure thats not the Fawlty Towers hotel?

[SantaClaus]

Sandbanks, Bournemouth.

[Pondlife]

for moi,

if we're talking the UK it would have to be, the Wye Valley, it has everything, water skiing, canoeing, climbing, hiking, mountainbiking
beautiful

you get a lot for your money in that area too

Milan.

Can anyone else hear dueling banjos.

[Francko]

No one want to live in a £50K shed in a rough part of London?

That was before the house price crash, now it's worth less than 30k.

Still that didn't stop sasguru from thinking himself as a rich man....

[Gonzo]

Dorset's good. I like the area around Lulworth a lot.

Tyneham is the place for you then.

Taunton would be the place for me. - Great countryside, Horse racing, first class cricket and a decent rail link into London.