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Up and coming Town/Cities in the UK??

Morata_
Morata_ Posts: 182 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
Where in the UK are there towns and cities on the up? Not the big established ones, the more unknown gems?

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  • csgohan4
    csgohan4 Posts: 10,587 Forumite
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    Ashford,Kent
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  • Linton
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    Towns near to Cambridge. The city itself is very expensive but there are attractive places with reasonable house prices a few miles away.
  • Morata_
    Morata_ Posts: 182 Forumite
    Haverhill?
  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
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    Nowhere near where I live, fortunately!

    The economically successful parts of my county are rammed with traffic, especially in summer. They're becoming expensive to buy into, having 'come up' in the last decade or so, and they're still set on that trajectory with loads of new building.

    One day, people in those areas will look around and realise they've created Guildford-on-sea, but that's fine. I'll be long gone by the time they find my bit and head here in droves to experience the 'authenticity.' :rotfl:
  • staffie1
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    Stafford - and it’s becoming a nightmare. Can’t wait to move!
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  • zagubov
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    South midlands. Around Bedford. Knew people who bought houses round there when they were cheap as chips. Still bargains to be had I would imagine.

    Very rural and also diverse and multicultural.
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  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
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    Billingford New Town.


    Still on the drawing board.......
  • moneyistooshorttomention
    moneyistooshorttomention Posts: 17,940 Forumite
    Admits to being rather surprised that anyone who knows an "unknown gem" would tell the world about it anyway - as who wants The World to descend and promptly wreck said "unknown gem"?
  • lincroft1710
    lincroft1710 Posts: 17,640 Forumite
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    zagubov wrote: »
    South midlands. Around Bedford. Knew people who bought houses round there when they were cheap as chips. Still bargains to be had I would imagine.

    Very rural and also diverse and multicultural.

    Bedford and surrounding villages have never been cheap! Nearest "cheap" place would be Rushden (in Northants), 15 miles away. Only "bargains" are in the less desirable areas of the town. Being at the end of the Thameslink electric line to St Pancras International, with trains every 15 mins or less, has kept house prices buoyant as it is a very popular commuter town.
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  • ManofLeisure_2
    ManofLeisure_2 Posts: 528 Forumite
    Morata_ wrote: »
    Where in the UK are there towns and cities on the up? Not the big established ones, the more unknown gems


    Why? Are you looking to descend upon such an area to invest in buy-to-let?
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