Moving to Norwich - please can any locals offer advice

Fredthefrog

Hello, apologies if this is wrong place to post but I have seen some older threads which have received some really helpful answers, so thought I'd give it a shot!
We are hopefully going to be moving to Norwich from Suffolk and would really welcome some advice from anyone who lives there on the following...
I would love to be quite near the City, either a bus ride or 30/40 minute walk with a few local amenties (cafe, grocers or supermarket) nearby, but my oh wants to live somewhere within walking distance of fields, woods etc with the dog. Would really like an older property rather than a new build and have a daughter starting school next year so looking for a nice school too. Our max budget is £300k.
So my question is, is it possible to find a part of Norwich that can offer all these things?? I have been looking at Thorpe st andrew as a possible, but not sure about walks with the dog, parks etc? We know the city centre well but not the outskirts, so I'd be really grateful for any advice.
Thank you in advance

Kell4life

Brundall, Wymondham, East Harling all have good facilities and are not too far from Norwich. Do you want a town or village? Do you want to be near a train station?
You should be able to find a nice 3 bed for a budget of 300k.

Justice13075

Don't do it come to Cornwall instead

Fredthefrog

Thanks for your reply. We have ummed and ahhed about town versus village - oh would like to live in the middle of nowhere but needs fast internet and I like the anonymity of city like! I'd like edge of town or ideally walkable to Norwich city centre (even if a long walk) but with fields nearby .. If there is somewhere like this that exists?

Fredthefrog

Haha - well we could potentially live anywhere and I do love Cornwall but it's taken long enough to make this decision and Cornwall probably out of our price range

Parties03

Hi I live in Norwich!

It's a great city. Within your budget there are houses available in the city centre and walking distance from there, it just depends what you want. In Norwich itself there's loads of Victorian terraced houses, outside of it for the same price you can get a cottage/ new build with garden and more space.

Norwich is pretty green, there are loads of parks and things for dogs. If you live on the west of the city there's the UEA with a big lake and Eaton Park or nearer the station is Whitlingham Broad. One thing I love about the city is it doesn't feel too busy or big. I'm in the 'Golden Triangle' and there are corner shops, cafes, eateries, schools and stuff nearby and I'm a 3 minute cycle/7 min walk from the centre of town.

Out of the city 5 minutes drive in any direction you'll get to more rural areas with fields or broads and about 40 mins drive will get you to the coast.

Transport is reasonable; buses and trains all come into the city.

Your best bet is to call estate agents and tell them your requirements and they could suggest areas you may like. Good luck - I LOVE Norwich and Norfolk and living here is great !

9ja4life

Spixworth, Horsham and Taveham are nice areas not far from the centre. Nicer more expensive places are Cringleford, Hethersett.

vansboy

Norwich is just a huge moving car park, from what I've seen, as far as traffic concerned.

How about towards coast instead, Cromer maybe

Town inland, Attleborough is ok

VB

gregsayer

eaton and cringleford are nice, direct bus links, eaton has small shops and a waitrose, cringleford (roundhouse park) has shops undercontruction,
you can get to the town centre from eaton in about a 40 min walk.
further out, mulbarton and hethersett are really nice villages, 10mins drive from Norwich.


cromer is a nightmare to get round during summer

jackieblack

Possibly a little further out than you might be thinking, but my brother lives in Framingham Earl/Poringland. I'm not sure how long the bus takes into the city (I would guess around 15-20 mins) but it fulfills all your other criteria.

Fredthefrog

Thank you very much for all your replies.
We have been torn between the whole town v village living for quite a long time now and so as we need to make our minds up soon, I thought the edge of Norwich could possibly be the comprise. I don't drive which kind of limits the choices I think... I like the idea of walking to local amenties - shop, cafe, parks with easy access to the centre of Norwich, my OH would happily live in the middle of nowhere as long as it had good broadband!