Lincolnshire, where is nice

Primrose53

freya5 - i read a very interesting book about a woman who was born and grew up in an old railway carriage in The Fens.

I will give you the name and author if you’re interested. I think you would enjoy it.

Thank you that would be lovely, as a avid reader. Not M Dickinson by any chance?

Billinghay is nice ,very quiet, easy access to Lincoln or sleaford,and hax the best doctors surgery!

After living in Derbyshire for many years, we decided to move down market and take funds out of our property due to hobby's occupational pension company going bush(that's another story).
Moved to a village just outside Lincoln city, good bus service 1000 friendly folk in the village and to be honest we have never looked back best thing we ever did property wise.
I did in fact take advice from collogues I worked with as they were from this area. I was told the best places to live and the areas to avoid. We are 1 hr from the coast so have the best of all worlds as it's perfect for taking the grand children to the beach in summer.

Another vote for Louth. It's a lovely town that still has a market with a weekly auction and some lovely independent shops.

Louth has a small hospital with bigger hospitals in Boston, Lincoln & Grimsby. It has an independent cinema and a thriving amateur theatre.

A few miles away is Donna Nook which is a breeding ground for seals .

Bus transport is better in Lincolnshire than many other areas. It has had a demand responsive service, Call Connect, for many years which covers most of the county.

freya5 - i read a very interesting book about a woman who was born and grew up in an old railway carriage in The Fens.

I will give you the name and author if you’re interested. I think you would enjoy it.

Just seen your update JW1960. Have you thought of Suffolk? Pretty villages, coast within easy reach if you go more to the west and I’m sure lots of new builds hopefully meeting your wish list and price range.

Primrose53

Freya5

Primrose53

We visited the Wolds years ago and I was pleasantly surprised. I know the Fens quite well but they are too flat and treeless for my liking.

We have friends who live a few miles from Bourne and from their garden you can see nothing for miles. Just flat fields. In the winter the wind howls across those fields.

When they moved there their kids were just into their teens and they said it was like stepping back in time. The local kids all looked at them suspiciously and all the lads had haircuts like german tin helmets. They seemed very old fashioned.

Depends what you want of course, but being mean and stereotyping the people who live there will not be conducive to having helpful neighbours.

These were just observations they made, obviously they didn’t say anything. In fact after a while they revived the village hall which was almost totally unused and brought a bit of new blood into the village. They are still there after over 30 years
so the villagers must quite like them.

That's good to hear and glad they settled in, I'm Linconlshire born and bred. Although have lived and stayed in many other countries in the world, Lincolnshire is home.

Freya5

Primrose53

We visited the Wolds years ago and I was pleasantly surprised. I know the Fens quite well but they are too flat and treeless for my liking.

We have friends who live a few miles from Bourne and from their garden you can see nothing for miles. Just flat fields. In the winter the wind howls across those fields.

When they moved there their kids were just into their teens and they said it was like stepping back in time. The local kids all looked at them suspiciously and all the lads had haircuts like german tin helmets. They seemed very old fashioned.

Depends what you want of course, but being mean and stereotyping the people who live there will not be conducive to having helpful neighbours.

These were just observations they made, obviously they didn’t say anything. In fact after a while they revived the village hall which was almost totally unused and brought a bit of new blood into the village. They are still there after over 30 years
so the villagers must quite like them.

Good friends of ours used to run the Post Office in North Scarle a small village. It’s an unspoilt little area with a village hall well frequented by the community and a little pub.

Its a pleasant area in the parish of North Kesteven one of many small villages. A peaceful area thats about five miles from the Whisby Nature Park a lovely place to visit.

Lincolnshire still has the 11+ system, grammar and secondary modern schools, a big draw for some families.

It worked for us when bringing up a family - good schools - and we had local family connections but I wouldn’t move to Lincolnshire, or at least the areas you mentioned, in retirement. Perhaps strange thing to mention, but nowadays I’d be thinking about my politics! Conservative MPs and councils, high council tax and pretty dire services.
If you’re a pot hole complainer, look elsewhere!

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Primrose53

We visited the Wolds years ago and I was pleasantly surprised. I know the Fens quite well but they are too flat and treeless for my liking.

We have friends who live a few miles from Bourne and from their garden you can see nothing for miles. Just flat fields. In the winter the wind howls across those fields.

When they moved there their kids were just into their teens and they said it was like stepping back in time. The local kids all looked at them suspiciously and all the lads had haircuts like german tin helmets. They seemed very old fashioned.

Depends what you want of course, but being mean and stereotyping the people who live there will not be conducive to having helpful neighbours.

Sorry, meant to write we can't afford to buy what we want in our current location, not we can!

Norfolk is lovely but quite a bit more expensive.

Thank you so much for your replies. They have made me a bit unsure but I suppose that could be good in a way. The reason we thought about Lincolnshire is because of the good house prices and we thought as we are getting older a new build might be good because of the 10 year warranty, lack of maintenance and no need to rip out the kitchen and bathroom as soon as we move in. We can really afford to buy what we want in our current location. we always said we would like to move nearer to the coast.

Moving to an area you don't know and where you don't know anyone, and where there is poor transport for when you can't drive anymore- can be exciting. It can also be a recipe for a big disaster.

Do have a look at Louth. Its quite popular and a lovely place to live. I believe Barbara Dickson, the west end star and, Rodney off Emmerdale both live there. There are plenty of places to eat and shop, plus a nice market.
I think there is a new development currently being built by Snape properties. I think its called Westfield park

I see that nobody hs mentioned Boston, where I live....................and I`m not surprised! We moved here from Greater Manchester in 1977, and it was lovely,we loved the open fields, there weren`t an awful lot of shops, but what there were were good, plus a brilliant market twice a week. But now there are more and more shops closing and being replaced by phone or charity shops, plus a myriad E.European shops, how they make a profit I`ve no idea.

We visited the Wolds years ago and I was pleasantly surprised. I know the Fens quite well but they are too flat and treeless for my liking.

We have friends who live a few miles from Bourne and from their garden you can see nothing for miles. Just flat fields. In the winter the wind howls across those fields.

When they moved there their kids were just into their teens and they said it was like stepping back in time. The local kids all looked at them suspiciously and all the lads had haircuts like german tin helmets. They seemed very old fashioned.

I have friends who used to live in NE Lincolnshire. One evening, after it had taken all afternoon to go cross-country, I went due east along the motorway and down the A1 to get back to Cambridgeshire!
Having said that, the Wolds are lovely.

Stamford is close to where I live in Rutland and is indeed, a lovely town with some good shops and lots of historical interest but increasingly congested though like many places and huge numbers of new houses being built or planned for the outskirts. If you are needing easy access to London, the A1 is very convenient.
Some of the places you are looking at are quite rural and villages are very pretty. Please bear in mind the location and not only consider the new build sites but how easy access will be in snow and ice; the location of surgeries and hospitals from your chosen home; bus services (non-existent or severely reduced nowadays) and what happens when you aren’t able to use a car. Developers often promise things that never materialise (as my SIL and DD nearby have found). Also be aware that there may be applications for solar farms nearby in the offing.
Wishing you good luck with your search and relocation!

We live in one of the Cliff Villages ( a row of very pretty villages with stone built houses, along the A607). They are called the Cliff Villages because they are located on the Lincoln edge so you get some landscape variety. Convenient for Lincoln and not too far from the A1 at Newark or Grantham. Recently mentioned as one of the best places to live according to a recent newspaper articles. Choice of two U3A groups. Depending on which village you choose there is even a half-hourly or hourly bus service to Lincoln or Grantham. Not bd for a rural setting.

I love Stamford too- would be a lovely place to retire to. Most of Lincoldnshire would be too flat and too isolated for me.

If Stamford too expensive, any surroundign village as long as it has good public transport, a shop and a good pub. Nearby Rutland is lovely too.

Another vote for the Lincolnshire Wolds, beautiful round there and some lovely villages. Louth is nice Hippie20 shame though about some good shops closing recently.