Retiring to Northumberland- Nice areas?

Jackie1813

elsien said:

Also depends on what your definition of affordable is. 

Around £200K /£250K for a three bed house, would be good.

youth_leader

I recommend Allerburn Lea in Alnwick.  Tucked away behind Alnwick Gardens, you can walk through to Alnwick town.  Does get noisy when they have celebrations at the castle, but most houses are double glazed.

Jackie1813

youth_leader said:

I recommend Allerburn Lea in Alnwick.  Tucked away behind Alnwick Gardens, you can walk through to Alnwick town.  Does get noisy when they have celebrations at the castle, but most houses are double glazed.

Thanks for your time.

Stratus

Draw a line from Amble to Stannington and focus your search to the north and west of there. South and East of that line is the old coal mining region and generally less desirable.

Gers

Jackie1813 said:

elsien said:

Also depends on what your definition of affordable is. 

Around £200K /£250K for a three bed house, would be good.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/map.html?locationIdentifier=REGION^29&maxBedrooms=3&minBedrooms=3&maxPrice=250000&numberOfPropertiesPerPage=499&radius=10.0&propertyTypes=&includeSSTC=true&viewType=MAP&mustHave=&dontShow=&furnishTypes=&viewport=-2.86781,-0.75843,55.1572,55.6599&keywords=

This shows all the three-bededd houses for sale at around £250K within10 miles of Alnwick.

thearchitect

How about north of Berwick?

MrsPorridge

Just be very careful if you are moving from somwhere which has decent public transport and shops etc., to somewhere which potentially is "closed" during the winter.  It would be a good idea to rent first to check it out.

Jackie1813

MrsPorridge said:

Just be very careful if you are moving from somwhere which has decent public transport and shops etc., to somewhere which potentially is "closed" during the winter.  It would be a good idea to rent first to check it out.

Hi , Thanks we already  live in an area with very little public transport, , nearest shops 7 miles away and we get cut off if it snows.

Jackie1813

thearchitect said:

How about north of Berwick?

Thank you, I will take a look .

youth_leader

Berwick is a nightmare if you need hospital treatment, RVI in Newcastle.