Best places to live on 11:53 - Mar 24 with 1745 views | solemio | Saffron Walden is a lovely little market town, full of interesting buildings and gardens and with at least three mazes. It's in Essex, but very close to Hertfordshire, and only about 8 miles from the nearest point in Suffolk and actually has a number of Suffolk Pink houses. |  | |  |
Best places to live on 12:00 - Mar 24 with 1703 views | ronnyd | AKA Suffering Boredom. |  | |  |
Best places to live on 12:01 - Mar 24 with 1701 views | giant_stow |
Best places to live on 11:53 - Mar 24 by solemio | Saffron Walden is a lovely little market town, full of interesting buildings and gardens and with at least three mazes. It's in Essex, but very close to Hertfordshire, and only about 8 miles from the nearest point in Suffolk and actually has a number of Suffolk Pink houses. |
Sounds lovely - might have a drive there one day. |  |
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Best places to live on 12:19 - Mar 24 with 1651 views | leitrimblue | And its only a 25 minute drive to Suffolks cultural capital |  | |  |
Best places to live on 12:29 - Mar 24 with 1623 views | Ftnfwest |
Best places to live on 11:53 - Mar 24 by solemio | Saffron Walden is a lovely little market town, full of interesting buildings and gardens and with at least three mazes. It's in Essex, but very close to Hertfordshire, and only about 8 miles from the nearest point in Suffolk and actually has a number of Suffolk Pink houses. |
We pop there quite a bit from Hertfordshire, nearest Adnams shop as well! |  | |  |
Best places to live on 12:37 - Mar 24 with 1597 views | bluelagos | Saffron Walden is a nice place for sure. Looked at buying there when I came back from oversea - amongst other places. What put me off - was the countryside around it and lack of access to the coast. If only you could drop it in the Dedham vale or on Shotley peninsula then you'd have the best of all worlds. Why I'd probably place somewhere like Woodbridge ahead of it - nice town and accessible countryside on yer doorstep. Shame it's so expensive. |  |
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Best places to live on 13:15 - Mar 24 with 1552 views | giant_stow |
Best places to live on 12:37 - Mar 24 by bluelagos | Saffron Walden is a nice place for sure. Looked at buying there when I came back from oversea - amongst other places. What put me off - was the countryside around it and lack of access to the coast. If only you could drop it in the Dedham vale or on Shotley peninsula then you'd have the best of all worlds. Why I'd probably place somewhere like Woodbridge ahead of it - nice town and accessible countryside on yer doorstep. Shame it's so expensive. |
Agree that a bit water (sea or river) is important. |  |
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Best places to live on 13:19 - Mar 24 with 1541 views | Pinewoodblue |
Best places to live on 12:19 - Mar 24 by leitrimblue | And its only a 25 minute drive to Suffolks cultural capital |
Perhaps the two towns could exchange Counties |  |
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Best places to live on 13:56 - Mar 24 with 1488 views | keighleyblue |
Best places to live on 11:53 - Mar 24 by solemio | Saffron Walden is a lovely little market town, full of interesting buildings and gardens and with at least three mazes. It's in Essex, but very close to Hertfordshire, and only about 8 miles from the nearest point in Suffolk and actually has a number of Suffolk Pink houses. |
Three mazes you say? I'm there. |  | |  |
Best places to live on 13:59 - Mar 24 with 1477 views | leitrimblue |
Best places to live on 13:19 - Mar 24 by Pinewoodblue | Perhaps the two towns could exchange Counties |
Not a chance, Haverhill is way to posh and culturally rich to be part of Essex |  | |  |
Best places to live on 14:02 - Mar 24 with 1471 views | giant_stow |
Best places to live on 13:59 - Mar 24 by leitrimblue | Not a chance, Haverhill is way to posh and culturally rich to be part of Essex |
Read a lot of put downs on Haverhill on here over the years - is it really that bad!? |  |
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Best places to live on 14:05 - Mar 24 with 1465 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
Best places to live on 14:02 - Mar 24 by giant_stow | Read a lot of put downs on Haverhill on here over the years - is it really that bad!? |
Pffft try Grays, Thurrock, or Basildon. They make Burnley look appealing. |  | |  |
Best places to live on 14:06 - Mar 24 with 1459 views | dickie |
Best places to live on 13:56 - Mar 24 by keighleyblue | Three mazes you say? I'm there. |
Get lost! |  | |  |
Best places to live on 14:08 - Mar 24 with 1454 views | ronnyd |
Best places to live on 13:15 - Mar 24 by giant_stow | Agree that a bit water (sea or river) is important. |
They have the Slade at the bottom of the Common. |  | |  |
Best places to live on 14:38 - Mar 24 with 1407 views | leitrimblue |
Best places to live on 14:02 - Mar 24 by giant_stow | Read a lot of put downs on Haverhill on here over the years - is it really that bad!? |
Not at all Ull,s. If yer gonna do a road trip to Saffron Walden then might as well pop onto Haverhill on your way past. PM me before you go an I'll give yer me mums number, sure she will make yer a cup of tea or 2 |  | |  |
Best places to live on 15:15 - Mar 24 with 1362 views | The_Flashing_Smile | The north west must be desperate if Liverpool's the best. Crouch End's decent but expensive for what it is. We looked into it but still think we got better for less money in Crystal Palace. |  |
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Best places to live on 15:18 - Mar 24 with 1355 views | noggin |
Best places to live on 12:19 - Mar 24 by leitrimblue | And its only a 25 minute drive to Suffolks cultural capital |
It's not that close to Leiston. |  |
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Best places to live on 15:23 - Mar 24 with 1346 views | factual_blue |
Best places to live on 13:15 - Mar 24 by giant_stow | Agree that a bit water (sea or river) is important. |
And, let's face it, norfolk is welcoming more and more of the sea with each day that passes. |  |
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Best places to live on 15:31 - Mar 24 with 1324 views | noggin |
Best places to live on 15:15 - Mar 24 by The_Flashing_Smile | The north west must be desperate if Liverpool's the best. Crouch End's decent but expensive for what it is. We looked into it but still think we got better for less money in Crystal Palace. |
Yeah, I wanted to live in Chelsea but found a nicer place for less in Blackburn. |  |
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Best places to live on 15:47 - Mar 24 with 1262 views | DJR | The overall winner, Wadhurst in East Sussex, is nothing to write home about. |  | |  |
Best places to live on 15:48 - Mar 24 with 1260 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
Best places to live on 15:31 - Mar 24 by noggin | Yeah, I wanted to live in Chelsea but found a nicer place for less in Blackburn. |
I know you're only joking, but Crystal Palace was voted best in London last year, or the year before, and is comparable to Crouch End. Both have a sort of villagey vibe, sort of separate from London but still a part of it. |  |
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Best places to live on 15:52 - Mar 24 with 1228 views | leitrimblue |
Best places to live on 15:18 - Mar 24 by noggin | It's not that close to Leiston. |
And that's another good reason to move to Saffron Walden |  | |  |
Best places to live on 15:55 - Mar 24 with 1212 views | giant_stow |
Best places to live on 15:23 - Mar 24 by factual_blue | And, let's face it, norfolk is welcoming more and more of the sea with each day that passes. |
True story: my brother just bought a chalet in Hemsby. |  |
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Best places to live on 15:59 - Mar 24 with 1192 views | DJR |
Best places to live on 15:15 - Mar 24 by The_Flashing_Smile | The north west must be desperate if Liverpool's the best. Crouch End's decent but expensive for what it is. We looked into it but still think we got better for less money in Crystal Palace. |
I think that is a bit unfair. The centre of Liverpool and especially the waterfront is amazing. And according to Wikipedia, Liverpool has the second highest number of art galleries, national museums, listed buildings, and listed parks in the UK; only the capital, London, has more. And let's not forget Crosby Beach and Anthony Gormley's Iron Men, which I visited last week when at the in-laws in Crosby. https://heretotravel.com/iron-men-crosby-beach-liverpool/ EDIT: if you visit Crosby Beach, look out for the quicksand. [Post edited 24 Mar 2023 16:04]
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Best places to live on 16:03 - Mar 24 with 1162 views | giant_stow |
Best places to live on 14:38 - Mar 24 by leitrimblue | Not at all Ull,s. If yer gonna do a road trip to Saffron Walden then might as well pop onto Haverhill on your way past. PM me before you go an I'll give yer me mums number, sure she will make yer a cup of tea or 2 |
Thats very kind ! |  |
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