Aunt Agatha Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 There seems to be a few of us from/living in/moving to Tyneside or Northumberland. I'm pining a bit at the moment and would love to get a thread going to ask questions and chat if anyone is up for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikey Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Sorry im from the other end! Beautiful part tho.......my great auntie lived that way in a lovely little cottage by river Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunt Agatha Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share Posted March 18, 2014 The other end is lovely too! I've had many a happy weekend in Brighton :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sustain Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I would be keen to hear about great places to live in semi rural settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nic1171 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I was from Sunderland! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w1johnston Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Hi Aunt Agatha, as mentioned on a previous post I currently live in Killingworth North Tyneside, have lived in this patch all my life, I also work all over tyneside and Northumberland so if you have any questions I can help with give me a shout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunt Agatha Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share Posted March 18, 2014 I would be keen to hear about great places to live in semi rural settings. I've heard good things about Heddon on the Wall - a very popular semi-rural location in Northumberland. It's nine or ten miles from Newcastle if my memory serves me correctly. nic1171 I should have said wearsiders welcome too :-D Thanks w1johnston. At the moment we have Morpeth, Corbridge, Hexham, Alnwick and Tynemouth on our hitlist but I'm really keen to hear of other towns and villages with a nice vibe, commutable to Newcastle. Good schools are important, somewhere to get a decent coffee (for DH) and access to some nice independent shops would be ideal. It's a long time since I lived in the region and I suspect that some places would have gone downhill while others will be nicer than I remember. If I mention Alnwick my Dad says "Alnwick's rough on a Saturday when all the lads come in from the surrounding villages" - I think he might be a bit out of touch since Country Life voted it the best place to live in Britain a while back and it's all food festivals and gardens nowadays! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bouncy Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Hi, I'm from Newcastle upon Tyne! Tynemouth is lovely, has all the things you describe! Might be a bit lively weekend nights tho!! I was there in Tuesday for a meal, it was lovely, the beaches are great too! My husband works in Alnwick and he always says how lovely it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caramac Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I'm here too. We've only been here nearly three years, but getting to know it better! Happy to help anyone if I can :smile: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w1johnston Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I agree that Tynemouth may be the nicest of all you have listed and it has Kings School which used to be a well to do private school. I have heard it is now open to people that live in the catchment area, the only thing with that is that the house prices have shot up (or so i have been told) and i would imagine rent is reflected by this also and it wasn't the cheapest of area's to begin with. Alnwick is lovely but i personally would not like to commutte daily from there to Newcastle and back again. The A1 is still single carriageway for a lot of that journey and if you get stuck behind a lorry or worse a tractor it can be frustrating, not to mention the roadworks or accidents etc. Have you considered Cramlington? It isn't too far from Newcastle, has lots of restaurants, pubs, schools, shops, a shopping centre, a cinema, council leisure centre with pool, railway station and they are in the process of building a hospital with A&E facilities. If you do like the look of Hexham and Heddon there is also Haydon Bridge. Not sure what the schools are like there though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petals Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I like some of he villages in Durham as well. Anywhere that is commutable and can avoid the car park road in peak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caramac Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 We drew a semi circle from Morpeth in the north, Hexham in the east and Durham to the south and looked at houses in that area. We ended up in Hexham because we found the house we liked best and, as we'd lived here before, it was more familiar. You're really spoilt for choice in this area (NE) though - so many lovely towns and villages to choose from! My oh has to drive to Sunderland via Newcastle every day and it takes an hour and a half. If he doesn't have to take the girls to school it takes an hour. The A69 is a really easy road and, as long as you hit the A1 roundabout at the right time, it doesn't take long to get into town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunt Agatha Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 Hi Bouncy you could be right re Tynemouth at the weekends, it does get pretty busy! It's so lovely though and I love the beach and Priory. w1Johnston I have been reading about the new combined Priory Kings School and it sounds like a great school but massively oversubscribed no doubt. My Dad is from Tynemouth and went to Priory, it would be lovely to continue the tradition. I am beginning to think Alnwick might be a bit far out, we'd like to keep the commute as short as possible really. I have to admit I don't know anything about Cramlington but it sounds great from what you say - I'll do some research, thanks! I have been to Haydon Bridge - I think it's semi-rural? I was suggesting Heddon on the Wall for Sustain who fancied semi-rural, it might be a bit too quiet for us. Petals I hadn't even considered going south and looking around Durham but I should because there are some lovely places and a bit cheaper than Northumberland too I think. Caramac I think I'll follow your example and draw a semi circle using very similar points of reference. If we can get a couple of big ticks in the schools, commute and "bit of a central hub" boxes I could compromise on a lot of the things on my wish list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunt Agatha Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 Anyone know what Rothbury is like these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfndirt Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Tynemouth, best place I have ever lived..... (with the exception of managing 6x weeks in Jan Juc here, until the commute nearly killed me). Crackin boozers, really good beach, good metro into the toon, pretty well laid out too..... Man I miss that place. Was where Super Gran was filmed - enough said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunt Agatha Posted March 20, 2014 Author Share Posted March 20, 2014 Super Gran's flying bike is (was?) hanging from the roof inside the Land of Green Ginger :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helz980 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 There's always Bellingham!! Lol. Haydon bridge is ok but but of a ghost town now due to the bypass. I went to the high school there & I did ok. My sil teaches there too. Rothbury is a tourists dream in summer but tbh the roads for commuting in winter wouldn't be nice (says me who used to commute from Bellingham to Newcastle for ten years) theres corbridge but it's expensive. Just name a place & I'll let you know what's its like....I probably know someone who lives there!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunt Agatha Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 Bellingham is lovely but a bit far out for us. Thanks for the info on Rothbury. I love Corbridge and it's on our wishlist but we may be priced out. Morpeth, Tynemouth and Hexham are our frontrunners at the moment. We had a big chat about priorities and we think catchment area for good schools has to come first. I hate that as it seems so damn middle class! LOL. I'm up to date with Morpeth and Tynemouth schools but what would be the good primary and secondary schools in Hexham? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helz980 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Bellingham is lovely but a bit far out for us. Thanks for the info on Rothbury. I love Corbridge and it's on our wishlist but we may be priced out. Morpeth, Tynemouth and Hexham are our frontrunners at the moment. We had a big chat about priorities and we think catchment area for good schools has to come first. I hate that as it seems so damn middle class! LOL. I'm up to date with Morpeth and Tynemouth schools but what would be the good primary and secondary schools in Hexham? I'll PM you Hun xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunt Agatha Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 Thanks luv! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunt Agatha Posted March 27, 2014 Author Share Posted March 27, 2014 Location Location Location are in the Tyne Valley - Lifestyle Channel in 15 mins!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helz980 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 I thought yey!! Then realised it was newcastle not Tyne valley as in my area....but it was great to see the toon! Ade in Britain was in Northumberland that was on on sat night xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunt Agatha Posted March 31, 2014 Author Share Posted March 31, 2014 Yeah it was advertised as Tyne Valley but turned out to be the Toon. It was nice to see the beach at Tynemouth as well. Is that the second series of Ade in Britain? I watched the first one when he met the Unthanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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