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Too much negativity about the UK right now, and I bloody LOVE the place, so lets turn it round a bit please....
Me? I like Stamford, Bristol and Guildford. All nice places. Oh, Oxford is nice too. And Alnwick where my parents live
Ambleside is nice for a touristy place. Good bike shop too. And good cake.
Used to live near Southwell, and that's a lovely spot really. And there's too many lovely little villages around to mention. You know, the ones that make good jigsaw puzzles and have great cafes.
Hmm..... On a roll now....
Seahouses
Alnmouth
Lincoln
Betws y Coed
Lizzard (Great pasties!)
Corfe
God I could go on about this for yonks....
Over to you.
Brighton (and Hove).
Harrogate
I'll cut this thread short.
Cut & paste
Wherever I live
Seahouses is a hole! Sorry, but it really is!
For me;
London - Don't care what people say, it's simply the best city on the planet.
Salisbury - Lovely place.
Stockbridge - Mainly for the butchers shop, Robinsons. As it happens, I shall be off to Stockbridge shortly, which is nice.
Northallerton
A few cities in the OP, and so top of the list has to be Edinburgh
Other close contenders are:
Kendal
Chester
Brighton
York
Glasgow (sshhh don't tell anyone I said that) and
Perth
Harrogate without a doubt, unless you're poor
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Kirkudbright
Carnoustie
[i]Guildford[/i]
FAIL
Harrogate without a doubt, unless you're poor
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'Nam
Whitby
London - There is nowhere like it and it's great, especially if you take the precaution of living in the burbs.
London
Brighton
Guildford
Chester
Dartmouth
Harrogate is an OK place to live,
not so sure it's the best place in the UK though, too many folks trying to keep it in the past,
Ambleside seems like a better place ( imho ), I stay with relatives who live there and it's great
But I think WHITBY would get my vote, loads of events happen there, great riding on the doorstep, and interesting to boot
Live in Cardiff and love it. Oh, and would live in Northumberland at the drop of a hat.
Low Newton-by-the-Sea, Sennen,St Ives, Whitby, Marsden, Hebden Bridge, Hostel on Berneray, Manchester (for shopping) to name only a few.
[i]Marsden[/i]
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actually any place which has the Tunnel End Inn can't be that bad
Another vote for ambleside. Its touristy and full of Goretex clad pensioners with walking poles who go no higher than the steps of the coffee shop but it does epitomize the Lakes for me and I love being there.
I quite like Bath as well.
Harrogate is an OK place to live,not so sure it's the best place in the UK though, too many folks trying to keep it in the past,
Who is trying to keep it in the past? I don't see any evidence of it at all. Thriving restaurant/bar scene, lots of conferences, pretty decent shopping.
And all this just 5 minutes from the edge of the Dales and Stainburn. And also 30 minutes train ride from York and Leeds.
I also really like Chester and Cheltenham. If I had to live anywhere other than Harrogate it would be Chester without a doubt.
Top 5 in no particular order:
Sheffield
Holmfirth
Keswick
York
Oakham
Manchester
Ambleside
St. Ives
Another vote for Bath actually, yes. 🙂
I agree that seahouses is a hole!
Love alnmouth though,
Edinburgh
London
Newcastle - i live there!
was in cardiff last weekend, lovely city centre
Chester seems to be popular, Mrs Surfer works there and its only about 20 mins away from me.
Suppose it is quite nice really.
Ambleside is too busy, Keswick is a bout right IMO or Threlkeld easy access to Keswick without the people.
Ullapool is good as well.
what Dobbo said. ****ing hate Ambleside.
Edinburgh obviously. I like Harrogate, Chester, York, Almouth, Whitby, Inverness, Fort William and Richmond (the one in Yorkshire) as well.
I like visiting London but no way would I like to live there.
If I could live anywhere in the UK it'd probably be Gairloch.
In the summer Cambridge is unbeatable, I'd even take it over palma de mallorca which as amazing town/city.
Which St.Ives do you lot mean, better be mine not that touristy one in cornwall!!! 😉
Ambleside is too busy
It is if you only ever go there at weekends/in school holidays.
I really like Keswick though actually. I even quite like Hebden Bridge too :gasp:
Chichester (now live there), enough there to keep me interested (biking/surfing)
Brighton (lived there as a stoodent), great fun, good biking.
Like visiting Edinburgh & London but wouldnt live there.
love Keswick but only been there when is busy
Would consider living in Taunton/Bath/Bristol as spent a fair bit of time there and really like them.
In England
Chester (I'd live there if I had the choice)
York
Cheltenham
Salisbury
Cambridge (much better than Oxford)
Shrewsbury
In Scotland
Stirling
Glasgow
In Wales
Llandudno
Betws-y-coed
Which St.Ives do you lot mean, better be mine not that touristy one in cornwall!!!
Sure they mean the nice one in Cambs, must be alright if two off here live there
Loads of places I have been in the UK are great particularly small towns and villages in the north of Scotland, England and Wales. To name a few are:
Aviemore
Venachar
Aberfoyle
Stirling
Glasgow
Ullapool
Cambridge
Stratford-upon-avon
Bath
London sucks and I have been plenty of times (relatives live near there), I wouldn't live there even if I was filthy rich, Sorry Londoners.
St Ives, Cornwall of course! In Winter preferably, the light, sea, beaches, alley ways, artists, pasties........
Positive post - nice one Mr Poddy!
Not towns, but parts of Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow tick boxes for me.
Not sure about Cambridge, it's too full of students on rubbish bikes to be in my top 5.
Woodbridge is nice, and I liked living in Bristol a lot (which is technically out of scope as it is a city and not a town). Southwold and Aldeburgh are a little bit too poncy for me to take seriously, but are still very nice places.
I think St. Anne (ok, the whole of Alderney really) tops things though. It's an ace place.
Sure they mean the nice one in Cambs, must be alright if two off here live there
there's more than one stivien on here, you been up thicket path singletrack recently? 😆
Dartmouth
Keswick
Hebden Bridge
Patley Bridge
Hebden Bridge. Its the only place I want to move to and I only live a few miles away as it is... AWESOME riding (even better than my end of the valley if thats possible), lovely shops and cafes and generally a really nice slightly 'hippy' vibe about the place. I like it...
Patley Bridge
What on earth is there about Pateley Bridge that is remotely interesting? The only good thing about it is the fantastic road climb up Greenhow Hill.
I'm another who loves this country.
Tavistock is hard to beat, pretty, not too big, lots a friends. Ace kayaking, biking, climbing and surfing closeby.
Only thing missing is a decent Thai restuarant.
Good to See my home of five years, Brighton being so popular, and my home town of holmfirth even getting a mention.
Brighton
Bristol
Fowey (cornwall)
Woolacombe
No particular order, other than Brighton being the clear winner.
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CaptFH, a certain little Cockney geezah who also loves Laaaaadan village says "I love you"
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