Nice places to live in the U.K.?
 

Hi,
I'm currently 18 but I was born and raised in Leeds until I was 8, and then I moved to Australia. I really would like to move back after I finish university but I know that I don't want to move back to Leeds. I was thinking of Southampton, Oxford, Brighton, Derby or Bristol. Can anyone tell me which place is nicest and would be best for a young person?

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Bristol is nice as is Oxford (albeit relatively expensive). I don't know enough about Brighton, Southampton or Derby to comment but I would add Sheffield to that list and would suggest it should be in your top three to consider particularly if you're from Yorkshire.

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I think the OP should consider applying for Australian citizenship before returning to the UK if not already done so.

It is best for the OP to have his/her British passport ready before moving back to the UK. As a British passport is valid for 10 years, I see no harm for the OP applying for one just now when the current exchange rate is favorable. You can apply for your British passport using the link below -

https://www.gov.uk/overseas-passports

Once the OP returns to the UK, he/she will need to apply for a National Insurance Number ASAP -

https://www.gov.uk/apply-national-insurance-number

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Whats the reason you think your life will be better in UK than Australia. You will be leaving behinds friends, relatives and a country that you have grown up in.
You may have various types of problems in Australia, but the UK has its own problems.

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Find a job first - then worry about where you are going to live. You are doing things the other way round !

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Brighton is very much still a vibrant student town :thumbup:

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+1 for Brighton for a fun seaside town with a bit of everything. Lots going for it :)

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She hasn't written she thinks her life would be better geoff52 and even so she doesn't need to give her reasons to any of us . She just has the desire to move countries. Many of us do, for better or worse.

For young people in the Antipodes , it is very common to look to a few years and more in the NH.

All the best ElleB. You are only young once.

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I agree about Brighton, took my husband to visit it the last time we went back to UK and he loved it. I miss Sussex more than I ever thought I would....
Can't comment on the other places, except Oxford is lovely but expensive and Southampton is a working port, so always seems very industrial to me. Although there are lovely places near by, such as Hamble, Winchester and the New Forest - all very expensive!

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Brighton is my home town so I'm probably biased but having just moved to NYC I know I'm going to miss Sussex.

To the OP, Bristol area is also nice, worth a look.

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Bristol area is nice? Outside of Bristol the countryside can be lovely but then you've probably got a nasty commute and a bit quiet for young person too.

Biased of course, I'm from the other side of the Severn Bridge!

Oxford or Brighton would be my choices. Get a well paying job though!
Good luck
xx

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You have to go where the work is.

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so you keep saying.

Looking at indeed.co.uk, there seem to be plenty of sonographer jobs all over the country so I think she will have a choice of where to go. They also seem to be "tier 2" so from the very little I know, if the OP is not British they will still consider her application and be able to get a visa.

Not a bad job option actually.

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Do we actually know what job she is going to do? I work from home so it doesn't matter where the office is, I can live anywhere

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yeah, in another post she mentions sonographer work

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I think she's British (rereading the first post.)

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I'd be interested in how the OP compiled her list.

My choice, for what it is worth since I'm half a century older than the OP, would be Brighton, Bristol, Oxford, Derby, Southampton, in order of preference. But Southampton is only last because I don't know the town at all.

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Exactly, BEVS :thumbup:

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Bournemouth has shaken off its "retirement home" image and has become a mecca for young people - or so I am told!

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I think Bournemouth is still expensive though, don't football managers live there?

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This is good advice.

FWIW I wouldn't consider Southampton to be "nice".

In terms of a vibrant city with culture, I would consider Liverpool to be "nice", and definitely consider it ahead of Derby and Southampton.

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Southampton suffered badly in WWII and was largely flattened, so it's not as scenic as it once was. In terms of living there I think it's fine but not especially prosperous, although it's close to many places or easy to get to many places from there.

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No, that's Sandbanks, Poole!

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Ahh yes - got my south coast places mixed up

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Bristol or Yorkshire.

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Yorkshire is a bit of a wide brush! :lol:

Anyway my two penn'oth would be that it must slightly depend on where they are coming from. If you're coming from small town Aus then maybe country town/city would be preferable, if you're coming from Sydney CBD then Oxford (for example) may seem too small town? No idea. All Uni towns have a thriving nightlife for the under 30s. Is being close to water preferable to being in Derby etc etc etc.

Agree with everyone though, get a job offer and look at the town. Don't set your heart on Bristol and then only find work in Accrington. That would just be depressing.:lol:

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That would be one hell of a daily commute. Shortest one way journey time is 4 hours 44 minutes, according to rome2rio.com. If money is tight, you can get from Bristol to Accrington by "night bus" for £23 but that takes seven and a half hours...

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Norwich, Worcester, Parts of Suffolk....parts of Edinburgh...Glasgow south side and West end

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Depends on what activities you like doing. I you like sailing Southampton or Brighton. Are you looking at living in the cities or in the surrounding area? I like Hampshire as a county. Do you want easy access to airports or channel rail?

I would probably make a check list of your desire and then choose a place that fits.

My experience of Sheffield is a smell near the M1, bendy buses and a guy being taken down outside a supermarket and his jacket being full of bacon. He has tried stealing about 50 packets of bacon.

Oxford is close to the Cotswolds which is nice and Abingdon Flying club if that appeals to you. It also is the home of the shark house.
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We live in Winchester and I work in Southampton. A naked nympho with a suitcase of blow in hand and cash in the other strapped to a Ferrari coated with Jelly Babies couldn't make me swap those two things around.

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They built a wall around Southampton for a reason.

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Thank you to everyone for your suggestions 😊

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Norfolk is lovely we live in North Walsham but Manningtree is lovely too.

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Crewe comes top in Hot Housing Index 2016 | News - print | Property Week
Crewe?
Chester is very nice, and to a lesser extent, Stockport.
But Crewe? What is there to speak of outside of the railway station?

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Hi I have lived in Nz for 22 years and originally come from Kent. My partner is from Yorkshire and has only been in NZ for 18 months and is very homesick. We are heading back to the uk at the end of the month for a holiday and catch up of family and friends. But we are also gong back to have a open minded look at living back there. We are looking at Lincoln as we have done the rural life and city life and want a bit of both. We have my 83 year old mum coming with us so it's needs to be a nice area wherever we move to. Any thoughts about that area would be great, plus any info on pensions (not there yet!) as I have been out of the uk since 1995. And any other stuff that might help? Cheers in advance

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Hi, you're probably best asking this question on the "moving back to the UK" forum so everyone can see :)

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He has already - copied and pasted the same post. :nod:

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He is a she lol

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Well there is a lot of that around, your point? ;)

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No point just saying that I'm a girl not a boy!