there is a lot of great advice here and am now thinking of maybe a little bit further away from family they live in old hall, but they have said its really nice, Victor medrew am thinking semi rural but tbh not sure. Does anyone know anything about Great Sankey and Burtonwood.

Just get the ***** out of Dodge.
You're halfway there.
Just trying to be helpful .....

yeah we can't wait with the exchange rate the way it is and the cost of living here it confirms we are doing the right things but they are just a big bonus