Nice village - easy commute to Norwich?
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andy400 said:
As per the title really. Looking for nice villages near Norwich - 20 mile radius perhaps, consider further if extra nice.
Norwich and nice in the same sentence does not compute...but anyways look at this place:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surlingham
Holt (22.8 miles according to Google): http://www.visitnorfolk.co.uk/explore-norfolk/holt...
It has a VERY nice feel. Not like Wymondham, Attleborough, etc.
Convenient for the N Norfolk coast, too (Cley, Wells, etc).
It has a VERY nice feel. Not like Wymondham, Attleborough, etc.
Convenient for the N Norfolk coast, too (Cley, Wells, etc).
If you have to commute then some of the really nice villages are a pig due to the roads.
Beecles is nice and pretty good to get into Norwich.
We live in a little village just north of diss and we are only 2 miles from the a140 and I would advise you look at the roads as well as the villages and more importantly which side of Norwich you will be working as crossing the city at rush hour is painful.
Beecles is nice and pretty good to get into Norwich.
We live in a little village just north of diss and we are only 2 miles from the a140 and I would advise you look at the roads as well as the villages and more importantly which side of Norwich you will be working as crossing the city at rush hour is painful.
andy400 said:
As per the title really. Looking for nice villages near Norwich - 20 mile radius perhaps, consider further if extra nice.
Wymondham (pronounced windham)seems nice. So does Swaffham, which is a bit further out. Or maybe Wroxham.For proper teeny weeny fillages try Swarsden, Mulbarton or Bracon ash. They're near Hethel too! Oh! Or Hethel!
Don't listen to the haters, Norwich is fantastic. Why're you moving here? If you want to know anything give me a PM.
Du1point8 said:
If you end up moving there would you keep an eye on my grandparents please? - Lovely little village, but mostly elderly people.Rockland St Mary (next village on from Surlingham) is very nice too, more of a mix of ages aswell - New Inn Pub there isn't bad either.
I have a friend who lives in Worlingham (near Beccles) and she seems to really like it.
I am not sure about someones suggestion for Hethersett - I lived there for a very short time and really like it, but that was before the hospital moved to Colney - I fear that Hethersett is now a commuter village.
Just outside of the city you have Cringleford - quite a posh village.
Then there is always Wroxham - some beautiful properties backing on to the river, but I wouldn't live there as it is incredibly touristy.
If I can help any further please drop me a PM - Norwich isn't a bad as everyone makes out it to be. I was always very happy living there - though Scotland is far nicer!!!
Biggriff said:
We live in a little village just north of diss and we are only 2 miles from the a140 and I would advise you look at the roads as well as the villages and more importantly which side of Norwich you will be working as crossing the city at rush hour is painful.
Great advice... I work to the South West of Norwich and had a 25 mile commute to work when I lived in Eye (just South of Diss - lovely place!) last year... On the North side of the city centre now and it takes me nearly as long to do half the mileage - would be even worse if I didn't start early or had to drive into the city, rather than away from it!T84 said:
The amusingly named 'Bungay' seemed nice when I visited it last year.
It also has the additional amusement value of being greeted by the "Bungay Shopper", where a conveniently positioned bus shelter covers up the "Bun"...http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&...
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