Your favourite English towns?

[Pretty pink fairy]

Tewksbury and Ross on wye

 

[Seagull over Canaryland]

Helmsley in N. Yorks, handy for the Moors.

Sidmouth in East Devon, for the Jurassic Coast and all that.

Aldeburgh in Suffolk, best fish n' chips plus Adnams beer.

I hear that the Croydon area is very attractive if you are into caravaning......

 

[sydney]

whitchurch...
Looe
scarborough
bedford
arundel
chichester
tunbridge wells
worthing
skegness
hull , grimsby in order.

 

[Marc1901]

whitchurch...
Looe
scarborough
bedford
arundel
chichester
tunbridge wells
worthing
skegness
hull , grimsby in order.

Cracking choice's.

 

[Deleted User X18H]

whitchurch...
Looe
scarborough
bedford
arundel
chichester
tunbridge wells
worthing
skegness
hull , grimsby in order.

My sister has lived in East Looe for ten years now. We must go down there for a least 2 months a year in total. Beautiful place. Soon to be spoilt by a massive Weatherspoons.

 

[jakarta]

Bedford?

We are talking about the one in Bedfordshire presumably?

Hull and Grimsby much have changed a bit as well......

 

[LA1972]

QUOTE=ali jenkins;4093910]Lyminster in the new forrest is nice[/QUOTE]

Cant have liked it that much coz its in Littlehampton NOT the new forest

 

[Simster]

Lyminster in the new forrest is nice

Cant have liked it that much coz its in Littlehampton NOT the new forest

He meant Lymington, OBVIOUSLY.

 

[Lincoln Imp]

While over in England over Easter, I happened to stop in a couple of quaint, little towns which I frankly had barely heard of before - Stamford (Lincs) and Oundle (Northants).

Nice pubs, high streets with some life about them, some original, non-chain shops, plenty of green space. I thought they were bloody lovely.

It struck me that there must be plenty more underrated small town gems out there amongst our fair land.

Care to name any?

What a brilliant way to start a thread. No trip up the Ai is complete without a five mile detour into Stamford. The George Hotel is said to be England's oldest hostelry and still says it all about civilised Englishness.

 

[sussexadz121]

battersea

 

[withdeanwombat]

I have read all of these,and noticed that Portslade has been left out.

 

[User removed 4]

Had a brief 6 months in Hereford following an ill advised moment and joining the Air Force. Following training was posted to Stafford so told them to feck off and joined the navy, but always felt that Hereford and its surrounds were quite nice.

Finished training and then just decided to tell the air force to "feck off", now we both know that this doesnt happen , dont we?

 

[Gully]

Buxton. I liked Buxton.

Great call, spent a night there on a work trip to the north of England, found a very decent curry house. Tewkesbury is a good call by Das Reich, as is Evesham just a few miles from there, Cheltenham (technically a town) is also a very nice place to spend a few hours.

My personal favourite is Alnwick, nice area with some stunning beaches close by, locals were extremely friendly.

 

[jevs]

My home town of Lewes is lovely and twee. It's full of liberal sandal wearing people who run their citroen 2cv on mung beans. If you don't like bonfire, harveys or shops that sell hand woven balls of string made out of hemp, then forget it. However, the quaint little twitterns and the the towns history are great along with the 20 or so pubs, countless Asian and European eateries and general chilling out on a weekend afternoon in one of the many beer gardens.

Just don't expect to buy a t-shirt, pair of shorts or shirt for under 5 grand !!!!

On the other hand, both Burgess Hill and Uckfield have a decent array of fast food outlets, decent shops and lots of other things on offer that the snobs of Lewes don't

 

[BLOCK F]

Padstow,York,Mudeford( although not really a town),Whitby,Edinburgh(I know it is in Scotland!) to name a few.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Shamefully ignorant of most parts of England, but if I had to live in England and didn't live in Brighton, I'm pretty sure I'd live in... Shoreham

 

[Grendel]

My home town of Lewes is lovely and twee. It's full of liberal sandal wearing people who run their citroen 2cv on mung beans. If you don't like bonfire, harveys or shops that sell hand woven balls of string made out of hemp, then forget it. However, the quaint little twitterns and the the towns history are great along with the 20 or so pubs, countless Asian and European eateries and general chilling out on a weekend afternoon in one of the many beer gardens.

Probably the best description of the town I've read, though you forgot to mention that all carrier bags in Lewes must, by law, be knitted out of second hand women's snoods. I REALLY like Lewes as a town, but it's for me it's spoilt by a few holier-than-thou hippies with their heads implanted firmly up their own arseholes.

 

[jevs]

Probably the best description of the town I've read, though you forgot to mention that all carrier bags in Lewes must, by law, be knitted out of second hand women's snoods. I REALLY like Lewes as a town, but it's for me it's spoilt by a few holier-than-thou hippies with their heads implanted firmly up their own arseholes.

Spot on and if you can find the pubs and eateries that these people don't frequent....and don't mind shopping out of town for your clothes etc. Lewes is a pretty good and crime free place to live.

 

[Zamora For England]

Burgess Hill, especially the Martlets, a perfect example modern English town planning

This. Burgess Hill is a model town, all others should be in awe of such an inspiring place.

 

[tonymgc]

Weymouth is lovely, In fact the whole stretch of Dorset from Corfe Castle down to there is delightful. Apart from the army ranges!