Where to live in Newcastle

MackemPunk

vroombroom wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl:I thought Suddick and Hendon were the places to avoid:eek:

We had a higher class of scumbag in Pennywell compared to those places.

Southwick, where the window cleaner uses a sander, and as for Hendon, less said about that place the better.

vroombroom

MackemPunk wrote: »

We had a higher class of scumbag in Pennywell compared to those places.

Southwick, where the window cleaner uses a sander, and as for Hendon, less said about that place the better.

hahahaha excellent. My fella is from Southwick and when I first met his family I did not have a clue what they were saying. :rotfl::rotfl:

I live just up the road from Hendon:eek:

MackemPunk

vroombroom wrote: »

hahahaha excellent. My fella is from Southwick and when I first met his family I did not have a clue what they were saying. :rotfl::rotfl:

I live just up the road from Hendon:eek:

Just say Ashbroke, makes you go up in the poshness scale.

BTW sorry for the hijack OP

RacyRed

anguk wrote: »

Me too! I love it up here surrounded by countryside (I'm a hop & a skip from the C2C cycle track) but only about 15-20 minutes away from Durham or Newcastle. Cheap house prices too, you can get a decent 3/4 bed terrace for about 70-80k, I've just had a quick look and there's a couple of 3 beds that need a bit of work done for less than 50k! 3/4 bed detached new builds are around the 125k mark.

Me too! I'm out my garden gate and straight onto the fells too. There is also an hourly bus into Newcastle from the end of the street

brownbabygirl, daytime busess all over the rural areas tend to be pretty good, but forget it after 6pm and on Sundays, only busess that run then are the ones that take forever and go round all the villages.

The lovely thing about these parts is that you are never really very far from anywhere, whatever it is you are looking for. I manage quite well without a car, although there are times when I do need one.

Near here there are 3 bed 2 reception solid terraced houses in decent nick on the market for around £70k.

Oh, and you can still have open fires/woodburners here :rotfl:

seafarers_wife, Lufcgirl, anguk, nice to meet you neighbours

bulchy

anguk wrote: »

That reminds me of my OH, when I was pregnant with my kids we lived in Washington and most women had their babies at Sunderland. Not me, I had to travel to the QE in Gateshead because according to the OH "no child of mine is going to have Sunderland on their birth certificate". :rotfl:

My brother insisted his wife went to Newcastle to have my nephew, and we live in Washington :rotfl:no son of his was gonna be born a makem!!
Sue

handsewn

I'd recommend South Shields if you want somewhere a little outside of Newcastle. Probably more recently known as being where Joe from the Xfactor came from. It's not in Newcastle (in spite what said show kept saying!) But it's close enough and has some gorgeous areas to live in near the coast. A lot of areas have a nice village feel and it is close to most of the major North Eastern destinations (Sunderland, Durham, etc.) It takes about 50mins to get to Newcastle on a bus that goes all over the place, so would be a lot quicker by car.

I too have to say I wouldn't recommend the Metro. Been living near one all my life and wouldn't use it if I was paid to, had far too many dodgy experiences.

basscadette

handsewn wrote: »

I'd recommend South Shields if you want somewhere a little outside of Newcastle. Probably more recently known as being where Joe from the Xfactor came from. It's not in Newcastle (in spite what said show kept saying!) But it's close enough and has some gorgeous areas to live in near the coast. A lot of areas have a nice village feel and it is close to most of the major North Eastern destinations (Sunderland, Durham, etc.) It takes about 50mins to get to Newcastle on a bus that goes all over the place, so would be a lot quicker by car.

I too have to say I wouldn't recommend the Metro. Been living near one all my life and wouldn't use it if I was paid to, had far too many dodgy experiences.

Know what you mean - I've used the Metro for years and years and apart from the Meadowell incident, nothing bad ever came of it.

HOWEVER when the two down-and-out alcoholics get on with their cans of special brew and sit next to you, there isn;t much you can do except wait it out and jump off at the next station.

Or when the nineteen chavs get on as a group and start smnoking and flinging stuff at people who give them dirty looks.

Anyone heard the urban legend about the dead kid on the Metro?

January20

TUS wrote: »

Huh? Kingston Park has its own metro next to Tesco's ... and Kenton Bank has one @ Bank Foot. Both very close to all parts of Kingston Park!

Oh yeah it does! I forgot! oh well I get the award for the most stupid post of the day lol...... :rotfl::rotfl:

mackemdave

bulchy wrote: »

My brother insisted his wife went to Newcastle to have my nephew, and we live in Washington :rotfl:no son of his was gonna be born a makem!!
Sue

Thank god for that...You have to be the salt of the earth to be a mackem...obviously he isnt...

anguk

RacyRed wrote: »

Oh, and you can still have open fires/woodburners here :rotfl:

seafarers_wife, Lufcgirl, anguk, nice to meet you neighbours

You know autumn has arrived when you can smell chimney smoke!

I'm pleasantly surprised to see so many of us Durham lot on here.

One word of warning though if you do live in the mineral valley/derwentside area you have to be prepared for winter, we have our own micro-climate up here and get lots of snow! :eek: