The best place to live on my own in the UK?

yes, sure

Manchester..

It has a great city.. Bustling Night life.
And is very close to the Countryside..

What places interest you ?

ramsbottom beautiful place and not far from manchester

I was told the other day: do not even try think about that area, too dangerous...

Have you ever Been there..???

maybe somewhere close to the sea or lakes, and with disertification in countryside,


no, I have never been there

Cumbria - Lake District

Then how can you Make a Crushing statement like that..?

Small parts of manchester. ( And remember Its a BIG Place. ) Have dangers.
Like any other Major city.

But close to the city.
Or outskirts like Buxton. ( A Beautiful Place )
And Trafford.

Are safe places to live.

I'm Rightfully proud of my hometown.. :))

it was not my statement,
thanks for your explanation, looks like someone was wrong

Then you need the Lake District, which is near the west coast and one hour from the east coast. Or as mentioned earlier, Newcastle-upon-Tyne on the opposite side of the country.

You would be within reach of Scotland, Cumbria, Northumberland, North Yorkshire. These areas can be vastly different.
Compare: the Borders with the Lake District or Lindisfarne with North Yorkshire.

The lake District was recently voted "the best view" in the UK, in a tv program poll.

Wow! that sounds really fantastic. Soon I'll try to find out more.
Thanks for that.

if u stay in the city of newry u have the beauiful mourne mountains. newry is the fasted growin city in northern ireland belfast is an hours drive away and u can cross the border to dubin is just an hour drive away aswell :P


you have a very nice view in your profil,
thanks for your info

Luton's a good place... don't have to pay london prices to live... but can travel to london everyday if you wanted to - easily.... takes 20 - 30 mins on train :)

the only people u need to stay away from there is man city fans :P
if u stay with manchester united fans u will be fine :)

They all live in London or anywhere else apart from M/c :p


Salt of the earth.....dont listen to the paddy!


Me too :) Wonderful place to live if you take the time out to discover all the great places - Holcombe Hill, Burrs Country Park, Hyndburn Clog, Jumbles Country Park, Moses Gate Country Park, Pennington Flash County Park

The above are just a small % of places to visit, all free and natural.

but its full of OAP and nursing homes!

whatever :-p

sorry BW, I admit the beach is nice, but it does have a reputation as a retirement place. I spent NYE there once, stayed in a very boring hotel and went to some pubs where there were some very dodgy individuals, so it put me off. I still think the Wolverhampton roundabout is the best bet, and its very economical.

youre right - it does have that reputation but no longer deserved imo... the centre of town gets a bit mad at the weekend and no oaps in sight... loads of quieter places to go for the more sensibly mature among us and there are plenty of country pubs just a short drive away

That's Eastbourne.

Dissing ne 'ome town (well from age 10) isn't on. LOL

yes you are right about that one too. a mate of mine lives there..he is a psychiatric nurse and is raking it in on the night shifts at the numerous homes there. Just hands out a few pills and watches TV all night, while the care assistants do all the crap jobs.

Yes - went there for a week on a conference once. Maybe that's why I think Bournemouth is cool - I'm comparing it to Eastbourne !

me too

Damn - nostalgia has overtaken me. I'm sitting here remembering the Alice Lisle and Red Shoot Inns now. Fine pubs out Ringwood way. The Red Shoot used to do the best sausage butties in the known universe.

Ok Im sorry I slagged off Bournemouth.. I take it all back.. mind you Bournemouth would seem nice if you grew up in Liverpool :)

There is no hope for me.... I have known it for a long time now

Anyway as a grockle you are entitled to slag off seaside resorts... it's expected behaviour