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Originally Posted by Alice
Well just on the development and where I can find the listings of avalible houses.
I think the problem I am having is that I would actually like to move to a village, somewhere that is pretty quiet and although not in the middle of nowhere but somewhere that is nice and quiet but with good links to main roads, as my boyfriend will have to occasionally have to commute to London and Oxford.
I grew up in a pretty old market town and now I live in a busy city centre. I dont like living in the city but I would like to be able to access things like, theatres, restaurants, cinemas and shops etc in a relativly short car ride so a large town or city near by would be useful. I think somewhere small and quiet would be much more our thing after living in smog and noise.
Thanks for your help Will
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So you want the best of both worlds - a nice country village, but easy access to a city's facilities? You'd be better off with somewhere like Leamington/Warwick/Kenilworth, as you've got Warwick Uni Arts centre close by (On the outskirts of Coventry) as well as the growing facilities/shops in Coventry - theatre, cinemas, ice skating, etc. Leamington itself has some decent facilities.
Rugby is pretty boring, and the Coventry -> Rugby corridor seems to be getting built up.
Be warned: the area is very expensive. Nice bits of Coventry are way off the scale, as is most of Warwickshire. There are places like Wolston on the outskirts of Coventry - easy access to motorways and city.
The good think about Coventry is that it's not an oppressive conurbation on the South side, so you can live in the countryside and be close to the city's facilities. North, West and East it's a bit built up.
225K - think you might struggle - you may have to look at the new estates springing up in the region, as the small villages are very expensive. Avoid North Warwickshire, it's very pikey.