U'll get a lovely pork scratching (even the hairy ones yum!) from where they are made and the beer is awesome
A lot of people I know in Shropshire commute to Brum. Both rail and car networks are excellent apart from the infamous M6/M5 jct but if the traffic is good you can get into the centre in 40 minutes. If you live near the M54 you have the Shropshire hills at your disposal and you are only an hour's drive from the North Wales trail centres.
ourmaninthenorth - Member
Lichfield - houses look cheap...not..!
Try looking in Burntwood,10 minutes down the road & houses are at least 50K cheaper on a like for like basis.oh & it's much nicer too imho 😉
U'll get a lovely pork scratching (even the hairy ones yum!) from where they are made
I don't think he'd want to live in Tipton. 😉
Wouldn't catch me living in Burntwood. I've heard about the locals..... 😉
Neil, once you get the initiation ceremonies out of the way we're not that bad,honest...
So when are you moving to Sleepy Hollow then
yep bit of a weird location problem there, K'ford doesn't exactly have the best access from Brum and if you move too local to K'ford you'll then have issues getting to J2 later.
I commuted in to K'ford from Brum for 3 years it's possible but get ready to sit in (slow but moving) queues, I now live in the countryside outside K'ford and commute using the M5, and it's not much better getting to the M5 juntion.
That said, I thought I'd never find some-where I'd want to live other than my original south of Brum village location (Ullenhall), i was wrong it's lovely over here and better/more riding.
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Location wise I think maybe some-where like Bromsgrove (south of J3, as per Scruff post) may be worth looking at, it'd give you the best of all world, easy-ish access to K'ford, next to J4 to commute to J2 and easy access into Brum (it's not that bad a place) & in the countryside.
emac65 - Member
Neil, once you get the initiation ceremonies out of the way we're not that bad,honest...
So when are you moving to Sleepy Hollow then
January....
K'ford is Nice
You can get the countryside within a mile ...Some nice bike routes out into the country.
Is the Job your Dream?
The Black country is ok .....
Kingswinford, thats not Brum its what the posh people call Dudley isnt it? StratoBiker's advice is good. I grew up in Belbroughton which is surrounded by really nice countryside and 30mins from Birmingham City Centre. Birmingham as a city is as nice/horrid as Manchester depending on how you view cities. I know I'm biased but the western fringes of Brum are the nicest. From good riding straight out of the door from Belbroughton/Clent area or Kidderminster, close to Wales for proper great riding. All in all maybe not as good as Manchester for riding but not as bad as you may think.
Wouldn't catch me living in Burntwood. I've heard about the locals.....
Now now, the high schools only get firebombed very rarely!
Lived in wordsley as a kid(Next to K'ford) and now back at Bromsgrove for the last 10 years ( after 13 years here there and everywhere). I like the area, 100 metres from my door it's nice countryside. Bromsgrove is Junction 4 of the M5 so no probs there for driving to work, or if the centre of Brum, about 50 mins.( riding there is 1hour 15mins.) Also good riding @ Lickeys( 10 mins by car), Clent( 20 Mins) and the wyre.(30 mins).
Hope this helps...
Wouldn't catch me living in Burntwood. I've heard about the locals.....Now now, the high schools only get firebombed very rarely!
Yes,but look how nice they are now...... 8)
