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Best and Worst places to live in Norfolk???

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  • meatsweats
    meatsweats Posts: 15 Forumite
    There are some nice villages around the Swaffham area (although Swaffham itself isn't as nice)
    North of Thetford is also nice, the other side of the forest.
  • wymondham
    wymondham Posts: 6,356 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Mortgage-free Glee!
    Wymondham is bootiful! ....... you guessed it I live there!

    The only issue with people moving into the area is you need to have lived here for several generations before the locals will accept you! :)
  • mufi
    mufi Posts: 656 Forumite
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    wymondham wrote: »
    The only issue with people moving into the area is you need to have lived here for several generations before the locals will accept you! :)

    Only really accepted after evolution has conspired to give you six digits on each hand and foot.

    High six.

    Mufi
  • Sublime_2
    Sublime_2 Posts: 15,741 Forumite
    mufi wrote: »
    Only really accepted after evolution has conspired to give you six digits on each hand and foot.

    High six.

    Mufi

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
  • WhiteHorse
    WhiteHorse Posts: 2,492 Forumite
    mufi wrote: »
    Only really accepted after evolution has conspired to give you six digits on each hand and foot.
    It has been said that in Norfolk the only thing flatter than the landscape is the top of the inhabitants heads. :D
    "Never underestimate the mindless force of a government bureaucracy
    seeking to expand its power, dominion and budget"
    Jay Stanley, American Civil Liberties Union.
  • mufi
    mufi Posts: 656 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper
    WhiteHorse wrote: »
    It has been said that in Norfolk the only thing flatter than the landscape is the top of the inhabitants heads. :D

    On a similar note, when I first arrived here from London in 1973 my then boss told me that the inhabitants were just like the scenery: dull, flat and uninteresting.

    Experience has taught me that he was a little harsh on both counts. But only a little...:D
  • RedfordML
    RedfordML Posts: 907 Forumite
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    Anyone have any links to school league tables in Norfolk for 2010, (both primary and upper) can only seem to access 2009...
  • MySweetMarie
    MySweetMarie Posts: 14 Forumite
    I must say, I am thoroughly enjoying reading everyone's posts! Thank you for your help in trying to make our eventual move down to Norfolk a tad easier....we must read and research everything possible beforehand to find out where is 'nice' and which areas to avoid. Since we live so far away from East Anglia, it's difficult and for now must depend upon the google maps to 'ride around' the various towns and villages. I adore those quintessential English thatched cottages and we don't want a new build. Any suggestions?

    What we are looking for are nice villages (ones preferably with tearooms) and pretty little market towns or High Streets that don't have gambling shops or that sort of thing. My children are grown and they live in America so good schools are not a must for us. But we would like a little bit of countryside, yet not being a million miles away from lovely shops and places where we could show our visiting friends and family from the States. I so wish I could find out exactly where to live once our house sells because I am getting more and more confused by the minute and it is frustrating.

    Thank you so much for all your help.
  • RedfordML
    RedfordML Posts: 907 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Like yourselves we are looking at re-locating to Norfolk (for different reasons - school no 1 etc) however I did put a thread up regarding Norfolk:

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3068458

    May, maynot be of use to you msm.
  • Matt1977
    Matt1977 Posts: 300 Forumite
    Don't know Thetford personally but a friend comes from there and she hated living there.
    Generation Rent
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