Any suggestions for areas around Bristol?

grumiofoundation

buzzyzoe said:

grumiofoundation said:

buzzyzoe said:

yllop1101 said:

For places pretty close to Bristol (15-25 mins drive) with a villagey type feel I would look at Long Ashton, Barrow Gurney and Dundry. Clevedon Town is also lovely (Google street view 'Hill Road' to see the lovely end of town!).

For places a bit further out, Marshfield, Castle Combe and Chipping Sodbury are pretty traditional villages between Bristol and Bath. Chippenham is a nice market town where you will get more for your money, with a train station that will get you to Bristol in under half an hour and London in just over an hour.

I live in Bristol centre and love the city. A place like Southville is central but has a more villagey feel with a little local high street, but you won't be getting a semi detached there for your money, more like a 3 bed with no parking!

Hope my post helps, happy house hunting! 

Thanks so much We went to look at Barrow Gurney and Dundry and really liked them both. 

Chippenham could be a good option as it's easy to get back to London which might be useful. Thanks so much again, some new places for me to think about  

I used to commute Chippenham to Bristol and was relatively painless (as painless as any commute by train can be...). And pretty easy access to London.

Chippenham is quite nice, as above can probably get more for your money than elsewhere. Easy access to cotswolds for nice walks. 

If you want a more rurally feel (list gets closer to bristol with roughly decreasing size and probably increasing house prices!) there is a direct train to bristol from Trowbridge (~1 hr) -> Bradford-on-Avon (~50 mins) -> Avoncliff (~45 mins) -> Freshford (~40 mins) and they all look like nice places (having walked though along canal). (Edit: see bradford-on-avon mentioned in OP). 

Keynsham is another place with easy train access to bristol along the avon between bristol/bath.

Another option is over the border in Wales, severn tunnel junction and newport offer direct services to Bristol. For newport would have to live bit out from the station to get a more 'villagy' feel. 

Thanks, that's good to hear about the commute! It's difficult to test out the commutes at the mo for obvious reasons! Nice walks would be another great bonus  

We loved Avoncliff - the canal was so beautiful but I think you (understandably) get a bit less for your money there, but maybe it would be worth it to be in such lovely surroundings.

Keynsham is super convenient so that's definitely an option too. 

We've been looking at Chepstow but I will have another look into the Severn Tunnel Junction area and a closer look at Newport Thanks again!

Chepstow is very nice. Although there is no direct train to bristol, you have to change at STJ (and annoyingly seems to always be a 30min+ wait).

freesha

Look at North Bristol suburbs (Mangotsfield, Emersons Green etc). Or Portishead? Beautiful there

springmagpie

buzzyzoe said:

springmagpie said:

The areas around Nailsea and Backwell are pretty. Also some of the smaller villages around Portishead are nice. 
There is a train station at Backwell which is a 20 min journey into the centre of Bristol. 

Thank you! The commute from Nailsea and Backwell is great. I'd love to spend a bit more time there as it seems like a nice area with lots of good amenities. 

I live in nearby Weston which has pretty parts such as Sandbay and Worlebury hillside, Nailsea and Backwell would be my preferred area to live, a nice mix of a village feel but with good transport and amenities.