Corsham, Melksham, Warminster, Westbury and Calne

carolbee

looking to relocate to Wiltshire and planning a recce next week of the above places.

Anyone live in these places that can give an insight. Budget of £300k

thanks 

AFF8879

Warminster is lovely. Good value and a small but well equipped town centre which has everything you need but never gets too busy (at least compared to the south east!). Westbury has great train connections to pretty much everywhere in the country but it’s a little bit more rough around the edges (but still pleasant enough).

carolbee

Thanks, I’m in the South East at the moment!

charlotteo1988

Don’t go to Calne. So many more places that are better. Nore Chippenham or Swindon. 

mcpitman

charlotteo1988 said:

Don’t go to Calne. So many more places that are better. Nore Chippenham or Swindon. 

Lol, we used to live in Calne, but i'm going way back to 1982/3.

It was pleasant then, not so sure about now.

AFF8879

Also one thing to note in general (I don’t live in Wiltshire myself but my parents live in one of those towns so I visit regularly) - driving in Wiltshire can be a nightmare. Lots of narrow country roads, hardly any roads have street lighting so driving in the dark is always tiring due to having to concentrate so hard…. Plus Wiltshire has no landmarks, it’s basically just nothing but fields so without a sat nav you will have no hope in hell

carolbee

thanks all, Devizes is our first choice as have family there and know it a little, we like it there

shorty31

AFF8879 said:

Warminster is lovely. Good value and a small but well equipped town centre which has everything you need but never gets too busy (at least compared to the south east!). Westbury has great train connections to pretty much everywhere in the country but it’s a little bit more rough around the edges (but still pleasant enough).

I work in Warminster and agree with this.  If you wanted to share more info of what you were looking for could possibly help more.  Some of the surrounding villages offer good value, great if you want outside country walks, not so good if you want easy to walk to places to eat etc.  

carolbee

Thanks, have quite a definite list. 2/3 bedroom bungalow. Lounge overlooking south facing garden, off road  parking. Able to walk to library, local shops, nice places to walk and cycle.

got 3 days in early Feb to visit

You did ask! 😀😀 

Thanks all

caprikid1

"Nore Chippenham" Nothing wrong with Chippenham some of the best state schools in the country. Having spent time in Swindon and Bristol I would say light years ahead.

There are lots of small towns in the area and it really depends what you are looking for in terms of a town centre, closeness to Bristol , London, Bath , countryside , facilities. I would say £300,000 is not a massive budget anywhere in wiltshire, Melksham may compromise many things you look for but there will be some good value properties. Devices whilst ok is not connected that well in terms of roads and rail IMHO.

grumiofoundation

caprikid1 said:

"Nore Chippenham" Nothing wrong with Chippenham some of the best state schools in the country. Having spent time in Swindon and Bristol I would say light years ahead.

There are lots of small towns in the area and it really depends what you are looking for in terms of a town centre, closeness to Bristol , London, Bath , countryside , facilities. I would say £300,000 is not a massive budget anywhere in wiltshire, Melksham may compromise many things you look for but there will be some good value properties. Devices whilst ok is not connected that well in terms of roads and rail IMHO.

I agree, we used to live (rent) in Chippenham. Has what you need in town centre, good train links, easy access to countryside.