Reply to: Question about nice areas to live in Surrey/West London area

[DimPrawn]

The tube stops at Wimbledon. Hence my earlier suggestion.

I think Wimbledon is a bit too expensive and a bit too close to London.

So far I'm liking Weybridge, Esher and perhaps Surbiton and also the Oxshott and Cobham areas.

Woking sounds like it's a bit grim so I'll avoid.

[OwlHoot]

Chavtowns - Woking

Chavtowns - Woking again

In Dantes Inferno he describes that there are in fact 7 levels of hell and on the bottom level you will find Judas Iscariot in a block of ice. Well that’s bollocks. You will in fact find the town of Woking.

[Fishface]

What is Woking like?

I can see it has got a big Mosque in the middle.

Is it jam packed full of peace lovers?

Should I give it a wide berth?

There are no decent restaurants in Woking.

Lots of dirty kebab/pizza/pasta/burger shops.

An awful 'tapas' place. And an italian run by vietnamese.

Lots of commuters. Lots of chavs - weekend nights in the town are hellish.

Gardeners get paid more than most IT contractors.

[doodab]

I'm going underground, underground.....

The tube stops at Wimbledon. Hence my earlier suggestion.

[DimPrawn]

I think you will find the Jam moved on some time ago, although I understand Rick Buckler might have a furniture business down that way

I'm going underground, underground.....

[singhr]

Is it jam packed full of peace lovers?

I think you will find the Jam moved on some time ago, although I understand Rick Buckler might have a furniture business down that way

[DimPrawn]

What is Woking like?

I can see it has got a big Mosque in the middle.

Is it jam packed full of peace lovers?

Should I give it a wide berth?

[OwlHoot]

I think I'll become a pool cleaner in Surrey.

Weybridge area

Weybridge - Google Maps

There's a young lady sunbathing topless next to one of those.

[DimPrawn]

I think I'll become a pool cleaner in Surrey.

Weybridge area

Weybridge - Google Maps

[sasguru]

I think this thread shows what happens when dreams come up against cold hard reality and you discover you are very poor compared to them rich southerners after all.

[SueEllen]

That was one of my suggestions too - Lived there for a while when I was a nipper.

I know it was your suggestion.

But he won't be able to afford to live there.

[PRC1964]

Wow, there's some nice places in and around there with 35 minute journey time to Victoria and big houses for less than £1M rather than £5M in other areas.

There must be a catch?

I'm not sure if it counts as a catch or as a bonus, but Woldingham School has a large number of posh rich girls.

[doodab]

Wow, there's some nice places in and around there with 35 minute journey time to Victoria and big houses for less than £1M rather than £5M in other areas.

There must be a catch?

The area itself isn't unpleasant, neither are some of the others around there e.g. Whyteleafe or Caterham, but your local "big town" is Croydon, which is a total tulip hole.

The trains are only every half an hour, and to get into the city or canary wharf takes another 20+ minutes on the tube, which makes the total journey time closer to an hour. Caterham has trains every 15 minutes into London Bridge, but they take a bit longer.

[Fred Bloggs]

It didn't come off in the end, but I was looking at a reasonable 2 bed flat in Iver, Bucks a few weeks ago. Within walking distance of Iver station which (IIRC) goes into Paddington. I thought it was a fair deal at the price and I thought Iver seemed OK-ish but I am not entirely sure about it. I didn't buy it in the end, I chickened out. Living in two parts of the UK at once just ended up seeming like hard work.

[OwlHoot]

Wow, there's some nice places in and around there with 35 minute journey time to Victoria and big houses for less than £1M rather than £5M in other areas.

There must be a catch?

Biggin Hill airport, about four miles north east of Woldingham, with the runway pointing straight at it?

Wouldn't bother me, but I dare say might give pause for thought to someone who could afford a £5m house.

edit: Removed bit about Woldingham possibly having traffic pinch points, as a close up view shows several roads from it.