Locations in England

[_prayforrain_]

I am a very indecisive person and cannot for anything decide on a place I want to live in England from April to September. I am doing BUNAC this April and the only thing I've narrowed down is that I am going somewhere in England instead of Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. My problem is that I would love to live in London and I think it would

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[vapourtrail]

I love Kendal - the area is gorgeous.

[dandelion]

Agreed, but if you want to travel around the rest of the country, you're far away from everything; it'll be expensive and time-consuming, especially since you won't be able to do most places in a daytrip easily. As for elsewhere in the Lakes, the Lake District lost most of its train services a few decades ago and the buses are expensive (£8 return Windermere, which does have a station, to Keswick). The small towns are beautiful but not really worth it if you don't have a car, because you'll end up a bit stuck. Personally, I'd suggest you take a holiday there, but don't live there.

[_prayforrain_]

Thanks, that helps my decision for that area because I definitely do want to travel. I was just having trouble looking past the beauty of the area ;)

[_prayforrain_]

It looks that way from photos I've seen. One concern I had, though, was transportation and there not being many frequent trains. How did/do you get there (and was/is it fairly easy)?

[tisiphone]

Cambridge is my favourite, and Bath is really pretty, but both are kind of on the expensive side.

[catyak]

I was thinking of the same two places, went to uni in one and now live near the other...

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[iceandlime]

Why is Wolverhampton on your list? There isn't really much to see there. Not really much of England to experience.

[_prayforrain_]

Haha, good question! I didn't look too much into it but kept it on my list because of its central location and transportation links.

[iceandlime]

I mean, don't get me wrong, it's not a bad place (I'm from there), but it's certainly not somewhere I'd put on a list like that.

[_prayforrain_]

Well, I definitely haven't done thorough research, I've barely scratched the surface of where I could go. For what appears to be such a small country, there are too many options. My main way of choosing places thus far has been to pick a county in a good area and randomly choose some of the cities located within it. Just from the comments I've been seeing, I'm finding there are plenty of places I haven't even run across that should be on my list!

[loganberrybunny]

I say Manchester over Liverpool because I think it's prettier and Liverpool has a worse accent :/

*Grins* Swap the two cities and I could have written those exact words!

[loganberrybunny]

Q: What's the best thing to come out of Manchester/Liverpool? (delete as applicable)
A: The East Lancs Road.

I thang yew, ladies an' gennelmen...

[loganberrybunny]

Worcester, maybe? It might be a little small for you (pop. 93,000) but it's a very nice city, big enough to have the major amenities (theatre, two cinemas, department stores etc) yet small enough to walk around the centre easily. Fairly expensive, but nothing like as dear as London or some other SE England cities.

Very good rail connections for its size (frequent direct trains to Birmingham, Oxford and London) and very pleasant walking down by the river and around the cathedral. The Malvern Hills are an easy bus or train ride away, and are excellent for walking. If you want a Midland location, I'd choose Worcester over Wolverhampton every time - and I was born in Wolverhampton!

[_prayforrain_]

Nah, that doesn't sound too small and I actually did look at it for its location but randomly picked Wolverhampton instead. I love walking so that's a plus for Worcester so I'll definitely give it a more serious look. Great suggestion, thank you!

[loganberrybunny]

The main problem with Cheltenham is that the rail station is a long way from the town centre. Worcester solves this problem by having two stations, one in the centre and one not!