Bridgwater advice
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If you work in Bristol and Exeter, I'd personally move to one or other. Bridgwater and Taunton (more so with the former) aren't exactly beacons of civilisation.
Friends of mine have just moved to Exeter and really like it. I think Bristol is also a great place to live.
Work out which one you're likely to inhabit more and consider moving there. On the flip side, somewhere in the country is easily doable- Cullompton or similar are very close to the motorway and very nice.
Friends of mine have just moved to Exeter and really like it. I think Bristol is also a great place to live.
Work out which one you're likely to inhabit more and consider moving there. On the flip side, somewhere in the country is easily doable- Cullompton or similar are very close to the motorway and very nice.
It's a absolute dump. 75% council houses, the rest are ok. Crap constantly busy roads, deprived town centre, people are mostly thick and have 4 kids by 25.
Avoid. There's much nicer places around Taunton, when I used to go to college in bridgwater it took me 45 mins to get from the col to the motorway ( about 3 miles ) in stop start traffic.
Why not somewhere in Devon like honiton?
Avoid. There's much nicer places around Taunton, when I used to go to college in bridgwater it took me 45 mins to get from the col to the motorway ( about 3 miles ) in stop start traffic.
Why not somewhere in Devon like honiton?
I spent 5 years living in the area, and still visit friends down there a lot, Bridgwater is a dump, at least the old cellophane factory has gone (no more stink bomb smell!) but there a loads of lovely villages a few miles out, Puriton, Woolavington, Cossington, Moorlinch, Chilten Polden, all about 10-15 minutes from J23 M5
most of these replies are from out of date people, Bridgwater has reinvented itself over the last 5 years and the investment for Hinckly is showing ten fold. North Petherton gives you good access to junction 24 and flexibility to go to Taunton or Bridgwater. none of these areas are metropolis, when you are not using it as a dormitory what do you want from your surroundings. Avoid needing to use junction 25 at any normal hour.
thole with some flat-pack Barratt estates tacked onto the marshy fringes. I will second or third or whatever about Bridgwater, really not where I would choose in the area at all. I can't really think of anything to recommend it over anywhere else to be honest. I have family living there and I can only rate it as Ok at best. I think it is better than it was, but still the last place I'd choose within the geographic area you've specified.
I live in a village about 2-3 miles from Burnham-on-Sea and I love it around here. I find people are friendly and I have a great social life. It can get busy during summer months but that's mostly just the town centre during the day, when the holiday makers go window shopping etc. Many of the holiday makers stay in Brean, especially at night, which is rammed most of the summer, but Burnham itself is usually only reasonably busy.
Each to his own, but I wouldn't want to live anywhere else now. I have a 62 mile each way commute which I've been doing for the past 13 years, because I didn't want to move away. I also work shifts, so I often avoid the worst commuting times.
I live in a village about 2-3 miles from Burnham-on-Sea and I love it around here. I find people are friendly and I have a great social life. It can get busy during summer months but that's mostly just the town centre during the day, when the holiday makers go window shopping etc. Many of the holiday makers stay in Brean, especially at night, which is rammed most of the summer, but Burnham itself is usually only reasonably busy.
Each to his own, but I wouldn't want to live anywhere else now. I have a 62 mile each way commute which I've been doing for the past 13 years, because I didn't want to move away. I also work shifts, so I often avoid the worst commuting times.
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RedBull said:
I live in a village about 2-3 miles from Burnham-on-Sea and I love it around here. I find people are friendly and I have a great social life. It can get busy during summer months but that's mostly just the town centre during the day, when the holiday makers go window shopping etc. Many of the holiday makers stay in Brean, especially at night, which is rammed most of the summer, but Burnham itself is usually only reasonably busy.
Each to his own, but I wouldn't want to live anywhere else now. I have a 62 mile each way commute which I've been doing for the past 13 years, because I didn't want to move away. I also work shifts, so I often avoid the worst commuting times.
Got a spare room? Each to his own, but I wouldn't want to live anywhere else now. I have a 62 mile each way commute which I've been doing for the past 13 years, because I didn't want to move away. I also work shifts, so I often avoid the worst commuting times.
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