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Unless you're going to bank a substantial figure from selling a property where you are and moving to a cheaper area, stay put! There's plenty of good riding easily accesssed from Birmingham, with some good spots practically on your doorstep like Cannock Chase and the Malvern Hills.
If you must move then in your line of work, somewehere around Pontefract and Castleford is where you'd want to be based so still a good drive from any good riding. Close to the M62, A1 and M1 you'd have plenty of options workwise within 30 mins drive of your home but 30 mins each way after doing a 15 hour shift soon takes it's toll! I'd imagine the hourly rates would be shock to the system too.
I'm Halifax born and bred, The town centres typically 'pound shops and pubs' as are most Northern towns these days but its nice enough once you get on the outskirts, great riding in any direction and good links to manchester/leeds. Yeah North Yorks is nicer but you need to be a gazzilionaire to buy decent property out that way.
As said everywhere has its good bits and bad bits 🙂
Huddersfield here, which I have to say has been great for me. North Yorkshire is as others say more desirable, but one advantage of being more centrally located is the easier access you get to a wider variety of areas - peaks/ north wales, lakes and dales are all within easy reach for me...
Guisborough is for middle class refugees from the rest of teesside that think Yarm and Ingleby Barwick are a bit too common and suburban (i.e. don’t have woodburners).
I grew up in G'bro, and my parents still live there. Never seen a woodburner. What they have is hiking and mtb'ing right from the front door, the services of a small town and within reach of a larger town. When I was 18 I couldn't wait to leave but now I'm a lot older I see the attraction.
(It's not in Yorkshire, btw 🙂 )
North Yorkshire! It has it all. And the A1 if good road links needed.
OP - if North Yorkshire, take a look at Reed Boardall just outside Boroughbridge for possible work.