Lacock is gorgeous, and most of the village is owned by the National Trust.

Yes I winkled it and it has been used for many, many 'filums'.

The Notting Hill reference is a bit of a stretch . I very much like the off-white of the bedroom including the floor boards but am not too keen on the kitchen in the living room or the washer in the bathroom.
Don't think I would like to be without a bathtub.
A word of warning: I have 1000 sq ft of wooden deck and it is a maintenance nightmare. I have sworn never to have another wooden deck outdoors.

Lacock is indeed lovely and though this cottage is a good price... or because this cottage is a good price in Lacock... it is probably not in very good nick.

I received this in email form today. Must be the governments plan to get young folks onto the property ladder:

https://campaigns.tdpg.com/pub/sf/Fo...q9T9CRY9UWTzgW.

Indeed!

Stayed in a B&B there ten years back and used it as a base for touring the area. The Sign of the Angel is a beautiful hotel/restaurant. Harry Potter was being shot there while we were there.

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main...lbotmuseum.htm

Good country for walks but you would need a car as it is a bit remote.

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main...ttingthere.htm

Indeed the idea of this reminding anybody of Notting Hill is pretty laughable.

Location can be quite important in Tunbridge Wells. The area where this flat is located is at the busy top end where most of the better regular retail shops are, the council buildings and the Victoria Centre (mall) is located. The hospital is also at this end.

You have to descend a fairly steep hill to get to the station and to the Pantiles (Georgian quarter) at the south end of the High Street. The nicest and most peaceful residential area is the Grove which is much closer to the station.

Camden Road, where this flat is located is a busy somewhat characterless street. It's about a twelve minutes or so good walk to get from Camden Road to the Pantiles. It would however be easier to do all of your food shopping at Tesco and green grocers around the Camden Road.

Another important residential area is behind Mount Ephraim which is on the edge of extensive parkland which stretches as far as Eridge Road to the south.

From what I understand, there is very good/over supply of flats/apartments in Tunbridge Wells.

http://www.visittunbridgewells.com/

Of course, I watch the Anglo-Saxon youths losing ground all of the time to the Asian youths who are much keener to get an education. Go to Canada where I lived and as far as the Anglo-Saxon youths there were concerned, it was hockey, hockey, hockey, and maybe a job in Wal-Mart. Britain has been importing skills for a long time that the locals cannot fill. Blame the parents for pampering them.

Like this perhaps :

https://campaigns.tdpg.com/pub/sf/Fo...q9T9CRY9UWTzgW.

Very helpful information. My house will be ready for sale soon, and I still haven't decided where I will live in England. I will not have a car, so driving around looking at places will be out of the question. Nevertheless, English towns are not too spacious to cope, different to Adelaide which sprawls 90 km by 20 km.

Thought you chaps may be interested in this site,

Home Consumer Pricing Information

http://www.whatprice.co.uk/household/

These listings are for a better idea of locations in Tunbridge Wells:

I'm showing you this house as it is situated in the Grove residential area. The actual Grove is in picture 3.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-...?premiumA=true

Lovely house if you can stand the budget. There are Decimus Burton designed houses in a ring around Calverley Park. He was obviously busy in this area as well as west of Tunbridge Wells in Langton Green.

This property is on the ground floor below the Grove and towards the Pantiles and the High Street but still convenient for the station. This is a nice alternative to what I already own in T-Wells which is about 400 yards away on the other side of the Grove.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-...-18989298.html

This property is located by the steep hill that leads from the station up to the shopping area I previously mentioned near Camden Road. Streetview shows the hill. Property in this area would give you good access to the station, parkland, shopping, the council buildings/library, Lloyds Bank and HSBC, department store (Hoopers) and Carluccios.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-...-28763896.html

Coastie, haven't you been in the Uk? How did this go and checking your friends in Oare and property in Faversham?

I did take a trip recently and I will be back over in early August, I bought a 15 day railpass, so my plans are to visit friends and relatives and travel all over the UK, ( including Faversham ).

Part holiday and part scouting, I am leaning more and more towards renting though, at least for awhile anyway.

Ok! Nothing wrong with any of that! I am over next month but unfortunately have not been able to set aside time to go to Faversham. Maybe next year.