Where I live

My house is an end of a terrace of 7 houses, built in 1894. We are on a canal bank, the canal, or river, as we call it, is immediately opposite our front door, and we are about 200 yards away from the main road, 5 minutes by car to the town centre. When we moved here, in 1985, ours, and next door, were the only cars along here. Now it`s a job and a half fo folk to park, there are cars along the fronts of the houses, and on the river bank, which was once green, but now muddy.
The town, which people once used to come to on coach trips for shopping, especially on market days, is sadly depleted for shops, a bit of a ghost town now. We have a very high E. European population here, and when shops do get taken on again, they become E.European food shops, phone shops or charity shops.

I live in a Salt Town near the M6. Not smart, not anything really but growing. The canal boats and canal walks are popular. Lots of community stuff going on. A few quirky shops, good schools and good pubs...

I live in a seaside town on the edge of a national park. My house is a bungalow in a street with bungalows down one side of the road only. There are no odd numbered houses in our street as the houses on the other side were never built. Our windows look out across the road and up on to the moor. We know everyone in our street and many people in local streets by name.

We live on a hill and it's a 5 minute cycle downhill to the beach for a swim. Uphill all the way back takes 20 minutes. Almost everyone has at least one dog...it's good walking country.

We are 40 miles from the nearest big town and transport links are almost non existent. Our district has the poorest social mobility of any area in Britain. There is a fantastic farmer's market in town each week and most people are in clubs, societies or volunteer in the community in some way. Community spirit is very strong. People love the cheer and bustle when the holiday makers arrive in spring and heave a sigh of relief when they leave us to it in autumn. It is not smart, posh or chichi here at all but it is a beautiful, friendly and gentle place to live. I'm older and love it here but can see why the young people leave only to return when they have little ones of their own.

Same place as you Grannyactivist!

I live on the outskirts of a once flourishing historic market town south of London on the road to Canterbury and the coast. It’s fairly run down now but in its heyday a King of England married by proxy in our local church on the way back from France in the middle ages.
My house is also Edwardian with about 10 others of differing sizes and styles along the road leading to 30 hectares of common which has been useful during Covid to have a walk and enjoy the flora and fauna. In fact it’s surprisingly lovely and would be peaceful were it not for the sound of thundering traffic nearby. There are no houses opposite it’s open land with a golf club.

I have lived here fir many years but only know my neighbours either side. Some of the houses are empty due to people dying or moving away. Most of us are older with only one couple with a child but plenty of children pass by on their way to school. It’s a pity they leave so much litter behind them. We often go litter picking along the road and the common. It’s actually quite enjoyable. I do hate litter.

The town is about a mile away badly affected by competition from very large shopping centre nearby; I don’t go often. London about 15 miles but station a mile away with no public transport and train takes up to an hour so though on my doorstep I rarely go. My idea of a good day out is the seaside, an hour or so away. Oh yes, I really do like to be beside the seaside.

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