Moving to Winchcombe?

Dickens

Yangste1007

There is also a florist, hardware shop, two excellent beauty salons, a good hairdresser, optician, dental surgery, bakers, a really good gift shop which also sells books and a dog grooming business. The nearest railway station with good direct service to London is Evesham. You can get to Birmingham but have to change. We don't bother with Cheltenham railway as it is more expensive and takes longer. We love it here.

Do you know what's happening to the Post Office service - whether it's open or not?

I keep getting conflicting information from residents, and I haven't been able to go and find out for myself!

No, I don't know. The Post Office have been advertising for someone to take it over. I think it's a franchise so whether it'll end up being moved again is anyone's guess. We use Broadway or Gotherington at the moment.

Yangste1007

Dickens

Yangste1007

There is also a florist, hardware shop, two excellent beauty salons, a good hairdresser, optician, dental surgery, bakers, a really good gift shop which also sells books and a dog grooming business. The nearest railway station with good direct service to London is Evesham. You can get to Birmingham but have to change. We don't bother with Cheltenham railway as it is more expensive and takes longer. We love it here.

Do you know what's happening to the Post Office service - whether it's open or not?

I keep getting conflicting information from residents, and I haven't been able to go and find out for myself!

No, I don't know. The Post Office have been advertising for someone to take it over. I think it's a franchise so whether it'll end up being moved again is anyone's guess. We use Broadway or Gotherington at the moment.

Sorry, when I said I didn't know I meant I don't know what's happening. It's definitely not open in Morrisons.

I’ve just found this old thread and was wondering if you’d managed to move to Winchcombe? I’m considering a move there myself in the near future and would be interested to hear how you’re finding it.

Dickens

Frizzywizzy

Hi Granva,
I know Winchcombe pretty well and we tried very hard to buy a house there. Sadly, we couldn’t sell our house in time so lost the house we were after. Anyway, I think Winchcombe is a super town, with beautiful walks, homes and friendly people. If you are looking in this area, I’d also recommend that you consider Prestbury. Look along the Burgage area, Lake Street and Shaw Green Lane. Lovely walks from there too, around the Racecourse or up Cleeve Hill. There are very friendly locals in Prestbury and it’s only a short walk, bike ride or bus journey to the centre of Cheltenham and all the facilities that has to offer.
Best wishes on your move.

... I'd recommend Prestbury too!

Just looking through this thread again, from 2 years ago it reminds me that I read an online article about Prestbury which was interesting.It says it’s the most haunted village in England as there are so many stories and sightings!👻
Just google Prestbury UK haunted village if you’re interested.

Granva

Thank you, Dickens in particular, and everyone who has replied. A lot of food for thought.

We might, of course, end up staying where we are and spending money on this house. It’s in a good position for getting older, bus into town goes past the door, supermarket 5 minutes walk away, trains to Birmingham, countryside outside our back gate, manageable garden; oh dear!

There's something to be said about what you know.
The grass isn't always greener elsewhere.
Where you live now sounds lovely, I'd stay put .
One day you might not be so active and your present home would be the best for you. You have a lot to think about.
Good Luck in what you decide.

I was going to add my piece but I see so many of you are familiar with the area. I used to live in Kineton and we spent Sundays visiting all the little villages round about. Winchcombe is steeped in history, you are very fortunate to be able to consider living there.

Oreo

Sounds nice there, but I have a neighbour who comes from Gloucestershire and she says it’t the wettest place on God’s green earth.😂
Something to think about?

Winters are cold, windy and foggy. Friends moved to the Cotswolds last year, in their 80s. They are moving back to the South Coast before the winter. Due to above, and also due to isolation- just too remote.

Well, we didn't move to Winchcombe, or any where else, for that matter!
We did spend quite a lot of time looking at the housing market there, encouraged by all your helpful information, but we found that all the properties for sale were either too big/expensive, too far out of town for non-drivers, or very old properties right in the middle and likely to be too tricky for ageing owners.
We did hear of another couple who managed to buy in the town, after looking for many months, only because they heard from a resident that a house was going to come on the market, raced to the estate agents and snaffled it before it went public. So a lot of competition for what there is, apparently. Or there was then, two years ago.
So we are accepting that that ship has sailed and settling down in our really very convenient house, and looking to spend a bit of money on making it more comfortable for our (very) old age.
Another factor, we now realise, is that Mr G's knees have given up, so that living close to good walking country would be quite frustrating now. So maybe a blessing in disguise.
Re the climate in the Cotswolds: my mother, who came from Shipton under Wychwood, used to say that people (probably she meant my father's family, who are from Lancashire) always talked enviously about the Cotswolds being nice and warm. Her exasperated reply was always that it was actually cold, bleak and wet outside the summer months. So what you say, Claremont, rings true.
So, sorry, Annette59, we can't be very helpful! hope you have better luck than us.