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Where is a website that tells me about the location of a place?

Hijabee
Hijabee Posts: 49 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
Hi ive been recommended by someone to post on here, basically I want to live in towns near burnley, but I want some statistics or something that will tell me how good the town is

Any websites?
THanks.

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  • GlynD
    GlynD Posts: 10,883 Forumite
    You should actually get all that on Wikipedia if you type in the names of the towns you want to research. My advice would be to take a drive round in the evening after dark as well and see who, if anyone, hangs around the streets you're thinking of living in.
  • hazyjo
    hazyjo Posts: 15,475 Forumite
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    Blimey, there's a lot about Burnley and surrounding areas on here at the mo!

    I'd just ask on here. Better off to get verbal opinions than go by statistics on a website.

    Alternatively, you can get a very vague idea of the average whatevers on here: http://www.upmystreet.com/burnley.html - hover over the tabs at the top for more info. Obviously places vary so much, it'll be impossible to give you accurate information, more of a general overview.

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  • Benji
    Benji Posts: 640 Forumite
    Try http://www.upmystreet.com
    It has a physical description, but also links to education, crime figures etc etc
    Life should be a little nuts; otherwise it's just a bunch of Thursdays strung together.
  • poppysarah
    poppysarah Posts: 11,522 Forumite
    There's a plug in for chrome for rightmove that gives links to the stats for places

    Property Wizza.
  • Hijabee
    Hijabee Posts: 49 Forumite
    Thankyou guys!
  • angelsmomma
    angelsmomma Posts: 1,192 Forumite
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    Hijabee wrote: »
    Hi ive been recommended by someone to post on here, basically I want to live in towns near burnley, but I want some statistics or something that will tell me how good the town is

    Any websites?
    THanks.

    I live in Oswaldtwistle, Accrington.

    Nothing would persuade me to move to Burnley which is about 20 minutes away from me.
    Life is not the way it’s supposed to be. It’s the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.
  • Rachel_123
    Rachel_123 Posts: 174 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    rightmove have just started this, similar to upmystreet http://www.rightmoveplaces.co.uk/
  • hcb42
    hcb42 Posts: 5,962 Forumite
    GlynD wrote: »
    You should actually get all that on Wikipedia if you type in the names of the towns you want to research. My advice would be to take a drive round in the evening after dark as well and see who, if anyone, hangs around the streets you're thinking of living in.


    Just dont do it this week.

    I have a friend who has lived all their lives in Burnley, currently live just outside nr Earby, another colleague who lives in the outskirts in a beautiful rural area. I guess it depends where....you can only know by going although upmystreet can be useful for raw data as can wiki.
  • The_Palmist
    The_Palmist Posts: 789 Forumite
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    check police website as well.

    I have found car insurance websites to be a good indicator as well.
    Nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. - Alex Supertramp
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