Cape Blue

There can be only one choice - Bognor Regis!

Actually, you could worse than taking a road trip between Portsmouth and Brighton and dropping into all the coastal villages. What sort of size population are you thinking off and how much cash do you have?

times up

I lived in Swindon and surrounds and Bournemouth and surrounds and went farther west to Devon and Cornwall many times when in the UK.

If transpot out of the UK is important and I seriously consider how many times a year you will go, then you are writing off Luton, City and Stanstead airports immediately for your cheap flights.

Gatwick is south and Heathrow west of London and both reasonabily ok for access.

If you travel once a month then location relative to the airports is a consideration but if you only travel once a year then it is not. Moving to Devon would make a journey into London a nightmare in itself unless you ca get to the line which runs through Bath and Swindon to Paddington.

jmh

Devon is lovely but I'm not sure it would qualify for easy access to Gatwick or Heathrow. How about Kent? I don't know about transport links but I know people commute into London. Perhaps someone else can help on that one. I can vouch for East Surrey near where I live. Nice areas to live and extremely easy to the airports, although housing is expensive., and of course it is not near the coast.

Bevm

We took the bus/train to Devon from Heathrow, changing at Reading, and it worked fine. It goes to Exeter, Dawlish, Teignmouth, and down to Paignton, I think. Away from the coast you'd change at Exeter I think.

Longer than most places in the south east, of course, but doable.

Bev

Fishfinder

Look no further than the New Forest in Hampshire - Lymington, Lyndhurst etc. 10 minutes on the M27 and straight up the M3, piece of cake.

TraceyW

errr, yeah...me too...terrible hell hole of a place

TraceyW

p.s....wot you doing here then? Thought you were still over there?

rugbymatt

We are on the Moor, been here for a month or so now and ABSOLUTELY loving it!



But its bloody horrible, people should stay the hell away, they would hate it, absolutely hate it.................. miserable place!

HimnHer

i think you should stick to the south east............otherwise you might start talking with a fuuny accent if you go too far west........as nice as the west is,they dont half talk funny!Good luck wherever you choose,at the end of the day,its all England!

Notts_bloke

I much prefer the west country accent to the Sarf East.

Back to UK

Not to be too rude, how old r u guys?

My Mum in Law will be moving back to Folkestone. I am in my late 30's and love Folkestone and Dover.

Folkestone - property price are really reasonable. You are near the ferries to france, the eurostar and Car train as Ashford and easy to get to London !

Hebe

I come from Eastbourne - lived there nearly all of my life. Some very nice areas both in Eastbourne and in the surrounding villages but these would depend on the OP's budget and size of village. Arlington is nice and has a few good pubs as does Wilmington and surrounds.

Trains to Gatwick and London are reasonably frequent - they used to be once an hour and more often during commuter times.

katana

Definately the SW ,but then I'm biased.We came from Dorset,lovely countryside & beaches & not far to Bristol or Bournemouth airports that go all over the world.The people are friendly if you can find a local & not an outsider from london.We miss it & are hoping to go back just to make sure it's the best place to be.

Scout

Considering I'm an American from the southern part of the US, married to an English guy and currently living in SE Wales........I honestly don't think my accent could get any more confusing

Trisha52

Check the line from Plymouth to London Some nice places en-route.