[Closed] BEST town in Britain?

Frome is a nice little town, I may go there to die!

London, (born there) greatest city on planet

Brighton, lived there for 25 yrs just a fantastic place to live & ride !!

Austin,TX, lived there for 3 yrs fun,fun,fun.........

york is alright to visit, but i grew up there, and its nowt special to live in.
edinbrgh is a fab place though, i plan on ending up there after uni.

st andrews is a great little town too - perfect for my studenty needs. its got cheap supermarkets out of town, its small, its very friendly (never seen any fights or 'owt), everywhere is easy to reach etc.... however i'n not live here after uni - the students would make it hell 😉

Pateley bridge has a fantastic pie shop......... 8)
and some nice riding too pretty much on the door step.

Abergavenny or Brecon
Dorking (if you have to live and MTB in the SE)
Alnwick/Alnmouth (was there last week)
St Davids

For cities
London (sorry still love it)
Newcastle
Cambridge

All good for riding except Cambridge! - but a more dynamic business place is harder to find in the UK

I was in Camden at the weekend (not been before) and that must rank as my favourite town / city area now. Amazing place!
I was there for a concert and the afterparty, but spent some time exploring the markets, cafes and bars too.

I wouldn't say London as a whole necessarily, but I'm warming to it...

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Glasgow, not so big on Edinburgh, myself

Belfast, much better than it used to be.

I also like Stromness and Kirkwall

Kendal
Cardiff
London (well certain parts, specifically S of the river)
Lancaster (why did I ever move from there? 🙁 )

Lancaster is lovely I very much like living here. Traffic is a pisstake though.

Inverness - what more could you want - close enough to the wilderness and far enough from most of the people!

^^^ Fowey

Gotta agree with that one - lovely place. Stayed there a couple of years ago (on the quiet side which just has the two pubs). Stayed in a tiny cottage overlooking the estuary and loved it.

PeterP, if a city can make both that grubby little urchin and I agree, then it has to be great! 🙂

Lizzard

I wouldn't call The Lizard a town!...@rse end of no-where village more like with the nearest town being Helston...which is also full of nothing...although saying that, does have a good pasty shop!

Swanage, life just bimbles by, nice beach & the purbecks 🙂

Although it does get a bit busy in Summer ... however the fireworks from the pier help make up for that

London - a bit love/hate sometimes but really, nothing else quite compares
Chester - beautiful city
Betws/Ogwen Valley - always happy to be there
St David's. Newgale Beach - just beautiful even when the weather's cr*p
South Coast - Poole, Purbeck - beautiful esp in summer
South Downs - as above
Surrey Hills - as above
UK is a beautiful country. And as Op says, we should celebrate it

Bangor. Co Down, Northern Ireland

Frankly, I'm staggered that no one has said Bolton yet.

+1 Stockbridge.
Wichester and Corfe. Brightons good too.

CaptainFlashheart - Member

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.

Brighton
Lewes
London
& Totnes.

All towns with good off-road cycling in easy reach that I've loved living in (or just outside of in the case of Totnes).

Peaselake for the tea and cheese straws
Corfe for the cream teas
Ambleside for home made lamb burgers and sticky toffee pudding at the end of a great ride
Glecorwyg for Tuna & baked spud after riding W2 and Penhydd all joined up
Padstein for tourist ready fish & chips and the camel trail up the estuary for wife and kid to blow off some steam
Lyndhurst for the butchers and seasonal venison
Winchester for the farmers Market
London for Emu steaks on a friday afternoon under the arches
Chapel Porth, St Agnes for the Hedgehog Icecream and the coastal path

You get the idea

oh, and to those that can only criticise this wonderful country: there are planes, trains and boats leaving everyday in all directions. Take your pick.

Another vote for Chester...... but I am biased as I have always lived there and can't imagine being anywhere else (although by the sea would be nice).
Why? It's a nice looking place, not too big, easy to get to other places and a massive variety of riding within 1hrs drive.
Bad bits..... parking is tricky, needs more shops at the moment, Delamere as of last Sunday morning has reverted back into slippy slidey covered in mud mode - hang on that might be a good thing 🙂

Mulletus, was very busy there earlier. Had to park up by Caviste and walk down to Robinsons. Obviously, this meant that to get to the car, I had to go back to Caviste....Well, you get the picture!

Juan, peut-être, mon vieux, peut-être......

I agree with those who said Seahouses is crap.
Alnmouth & Alnwick are both lovely.
Harrogate is good too.
Durham, where I'm from originally, is a great little city. (although there are some proper iffy places nearby)
Boroughbridge, where I am now, is also a smashing place to live, as long as you don't want a hectic lifestyle!

Boroughbridge, where I am now, is also a smashing place to live, as long as you don't want a hectic lifestyle!

Aberystwyth - A bit studenty for some, but I really like it.
Tenby - Nicest sea-side town I know of
Ambleside
Aviemore
Cardiff, great city and some great riding around the area.

I happen to love my home town of Llandovery as well.

Had to park up by Caviste and walk down to Robinsons. Obviously, this meant that to get to the car, I had to go back to Caviste....Well, you get the picture!

MM, might have to look that up for the summer....! How about you get the Three Cups to sponsor as well!

London, dont think I could leave but if I had to it would be Edinburgh.

also
Bath
Hove (OK then Brighton too)
Ambleside
Fowey, agreed but not to live.
Cambridge

and Dorking! How bloody nice is Dorking? Great riding too but the town itself its lovely.

Pateley bridge has a fantastic pie shop.........

Actually two fantastic pie shops in 100 yards!

Holmfirth yer right. Deanhouse more like.

We were looking at the Three Cups but they didn't seem too interested. It's still a lovely pub for afternoon drinks in the garden by the stream though. Best pub in the town imo.

Garstang in lancashire.Five minute walk from anywhere in the town and your in the countryside.The cities of lancaster and preston are only 12 miles each way away.And better still 40mins drive your in the lakes

Bristol. Marked by IKB magnificent structure.

Very well appointed for MTB'eeerrrrs.

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MM, you could try asking the Peat Spade, they're decent sorts! If not, why not ask Caviste, could get some lovely stuff from them....! (Assume you're local?)

I want to move to Bristol, close to quannies & south wales for biking, an hour and half drive from good surfing, Bristol gets my vote.

Lynmouth, Bath, Betws, Croyde.
Why Salisbury has any votes is beyond me. Totally pointless place and packed with traffic as it's used as a thoroughfare

GlennG,

Good lad. Come along and join us.

I love Ulverston (where I live).
Also on the list are Kendal, Ambleside and Aviemore.
For some strange reason I hate Keswick, but don't really know why!

Hadn't thought of the Peat Spade. Was there a few weeks ago for a meal as well! I'm localish but our chairman is Stockbridge born and bred.

Backhander, could it be because of the great pubs, the superb bike shop, the truly stunning cathedral, etc. etc. etc?

Dont see it CFH. Too ugly, loud and modern for me, each to his own though...

For those bigging up Bristol, care to sell it to me? I'm working there at the moment, possibly for the foreseeable future and am half sort of maybe considering beginning to possibly think about moving there.

Folks seem to rave about it, but I just don't get it. What is it that I'm not getting?

Oh, and if I were to think about moving there, which are the good/bad bits?

IHN, I live in Bristol and I like it. It has everything of a big city and has easy access to green areas and hills like wales/quantocks/cotswolds/mendips/exmoor etc etc.
Cornwall and devon close(ish). Decent airport (so much that I haven't flown out of london for years). I am turning into middle age and like the quiet life on the outskirts. Loads of culture too apparently if you like that kind of thing!
EDIT: sh1t wendyball teams though!
Bath is very nice.

Salisbury? Ugly? Modern? Are we talking about the same town?

[i]Boroughbridge, where I am now, is also a smashing place to live, as long as you don't want a hectic lifestyle!

And you don't live too close to the river[/i]

Naa, i'm up by the big corner shop with an 'M' on it!