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2nd February 2018, 20:53 | #1 |
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Local knowledge sought from Northumberland/Newcastle area members
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My sister and her hubby have decided on a life-change. They will downsize from existing home, quit current jobs and move away from Lincolnshire. They are keen to move north and are currently looking at the southern end of Northumberland/Newcastle area. Think they would prefer a small town or village, as they like open spaces for walking the dog. Good public transport links would be good as they only have one car and will both be looking for work. Looking at estate agents ads is one thing, but it doesn't tell you what the area is really like. So, suggestions of places to considering or ones to avoid? Thanks
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2nd February 2018, 21:44 | #2 |
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Depends on budget really, I live just overthe border from Northumberland ,in Tyne and Wear, but grew up in the Tyne Valley area of Northumberland, The Tyne valley is beautiful, with good walking area and good transport links to both Carlisle and Newcastle. The main town is Hexham, which has a leisure centre and pool, bus station and railway station . There is one supermarket just out of the main town, but the one department store has a food hall. Also plenty of pubs and restaurants. Moving further east, is Corbridge, more of a village than a town, more expensive too, and very cliquey, and snobby. Then comes Riding Mill, posh houses and one pub,then there is the village of Stocksfield, my home village. This has more affordable properties, a newsagents garage/minimarket, also a repair garage where you wont get ripped. Good walks and fields/woods, at the west end is the railway station, and next to that a post office/convenience store. There is also a newsagents chemist and another post office at the east end of the village, its on a bus route, and has 3 pubs 2 within walking distance of the main road, a third you would need to drive to, but that one is more of a gastro pub.
Further east is the town of Prudhoe, which again on the bus route to Hexham and Newcastle, the train station is about a mile north of the town, downhill to get there but uphill to get home. The town has all the usual shops news hairdressers, a couple of clubs and 4 pubs, a library, petrol station and MoT garage, with another next to train station,with attached motor factor, a hardware shop, and a co op superstor, amd a leosure centre with pool. Property in Prudhoe is alot cheaper, but there are some posher houses available in the estate next to the castle. Suitable for all really, it has a thriving community. The you move further east towards Newcastle with the villags of Crawcrook,and Ryton, these are in the borough of Gateshead which is the sister town of Newcastle just across the river. This is a brief description, if I can be of more help, please feel free to pm and I will give tou my mobile number for any further questions. Lived in the area for 50 years, so think I’m just about qualified to advise.
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2nd February 2018, 21:48 | #3 |
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Cramlington is a very nice small town, a bit to the north of Newcastle, it posts a shopping centre, leisure centre, with pool, petrol station, supermarket, and the property tends to be on the cheaper side, but tou get quite a decent size and type of house for your money. Can tell you areas to avoid, but by pm only, as wouldnt want to offend other members who may live there.
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Sorry, I don’t have detailed local knowledge for you, but I can say how much I enjoy visiting thar part of the country, not least because of the people.
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3rd February 2018, 17:24 | #5 |
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Aside from the suggestions, when you find somewhere potentially suitable that you want to investigate further, you might looking at the address and surrounds on Google Earth's Streetview.
I love the area too, but best to have an English/Geordie dictionary to hand - I'm still struggling to understand Jean at times
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Geordie is OK but once you get into the Sunderland neck of the woods..... I was born a Geordie, spent years in Berwick which is part Geordie but when I was a supervisor on the railway there used to be a Newcastle driver who hailed from Sunderland, he seriously needed subtitles.
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I lived and worked in Lincolnshire for a few years, home was a three-bedroom semi in the village of Welton just to the north of Lincoln itself. A nice place to live and when compared to some of Lincolnshire's more sparsely populated areas it was relatively well-served. But even so without a car I could imagine that life might be difficult at times, for me it was essential and I was young fit and healthy. I think that much of Northumberland will fall into the same bracket. Depending on where in the North East you move to house prices may not necessarily be as cheap as some might presume. In fact during my time in Lincolnshire I found it to be much better value to Sunderland in that respect. |
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Morpeth is nice and upmarket, if a little further north. But, i believe it has a train station so short trip to newcastle
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