Huntingdon and areas? Where to move to?

maginot

I currently rent in St. Ives and are starting to look at buying. I know what you mean with Chatteris, there are some very nice houses at reasonable prices there but put off by other peoples views. I suppose there has to be a reason for the lower prices!

It depends what you want, your budget and what are absolute necessaries. There are likely to be compromises, I would love to live in St. Ives but may have to move out further. Ramsey is a nice village (first Eco Tesco's) and Abbey College (secondary) is a good school.

Ramsey you are more likely to go shopping in Peterborough, St. Ives you are more likely to go to Cambridge!

dt3887

i can vouch for brampton. lived there for 3 and a half years (well, just next to it on the camp) it is a really nice little village, not much crime that i can think of, the nursery and school is nice, with the higher school in hinchingbrook. PLUS, the dragoon is a nice pub that does nice food aswell

ana1977

Hi we relocated from southend in essex 6 years ago to a village called Doddington which is just in between chatteris and march and have never looked back. We are looking to move to a bigger house but i'm adamant I won't leave the village. It's a nice community without being in your pocket. The primary school is excellent - which is why we chose the village, secondary schools there is one in march and one in chatteris neither of which I like so have chosen to send my son to the Abbey in Ramsey as a lot of other children from the village go there and the bus picks up from the top of our road! Good luck in your search!

cashorcheque

Hi! We currently live in Cambridge and my husband works at St Ivo School (mentioned above) as a teacher. It's a decent school - good with outstanding features in the last Ofsted and it gets very good results for a comprehensive (some of the best in the area, though Swavesey is even better). St Ives is not bad.

We're about to move to Godmanchester - 1.5 miles from Huntingdon and really pretty - good mix of period and new properties, two good/outstanding primary schools, and in the catchment for Hinchingbrooke School for secondary, which also has a good reputation. The village itself has good amenities (four pubs, two bakers, a butchers, a cafe, a couple of restaurants and take aways, a swimming pool) and has the river Ouse running through it with a lovely meadow, parks, etc.

Brampton is also lovely, though I don't know it as well.