Terraces and cottages, £175,000-£350,000. Large detacheds and townhouses, £500,000-£900,000, though higher for humungous bling. Reiki this, hot stone that: these two towns are a haven of well-heeled spirituality, Last modified on Wed 23 Sep 2020 15.54 BST. Do you live in Saffron Walden, Essex? So why here? Semis, £250,000-£900,000. Richard Sutton-Smith “Even its dyed-in-the-wool blueness can’t detract from the area’s beauty.”, Philippa King “Ticehurst is a buzzing village: you won’t find any empty shops, charity shops or estate agents here.”. What’s going for it? Join the debate below. On the surface, they are both pleasant places, but nothing out of the ordinary. Let’s move to eastern High Weald, East Sussex and Kent: not fashionable, but fabulous It might be under the radar but it’s packed with magical old villages and market towns The Guardian - Back to home. Young buck Lord North had been living it up at the Abergavenny Estate, and was a little worse for wear. Rent and house prices are ridiculous. The nearest you’ll get? How else do you explain the congregation here of those who, shall we say, walk the path less travelled? Well connected? Let’s move to Chichester, West Sussex: it punches well above its weight, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex: ‘A refined, Regency place.’. The Hop Yard for hipsterish thrills. Schools Primaries: In East Grinstead, St Peter’s Catholic, Halsford Park, St Mary’s CofE, Baldwins Hill, Estcots and The Meads are all “good”, says Ofsted, and, in Forest Row, Forest Row CofE and Ashurst Wood. Schools Primaries: pretty much all “good”, Ofsted says, with Burwash CE, Maynards Green, Parkside, Netherfield and Goudhurst & Kilndown CofE “outstanding”. What a treat they’re missing, this area of outstanding natural beauty, without any big moves but instead gazillion square miles of deeply English landscape: wooded hills, duck ponds, oast houses and tile-hung villages, as if art-directed for Country Life. A one-bed flat, £500-£800pcm; a three-bed house, £800-£2,000pcm. Terraces and cottages, £325,000-£425,000. Semis, £350,000-£550,000. • Live in St Leonards-on-Sea? Large detacheds and townhouses, £500,000-£2.75m. Try Fika, Ghurka Chef and Goat Ledge.’, Amy Krang ‘Inspiring, with great architecture and lovely sea views.’. A three-bedroom detached close to East Grinstead station, in need of modernisation, £420,000, with garnhamhbewley.co.uk. One could say it was gentrifying, were it not built for the gentry, Last modified on Wed 23 Sep 2020 15.54 BST. Beau Nash, the 18th century rake who cut such a dash in the spa town of Tunbridge Wells, must be turning in his grave at the news that the tap has had to be turned off at the famous chalybeate spring, a likely victim of the current drought. Do you live in Ticehurst, Burwash and the High Weald? Secondaries: St Leonards Academy and Saxon Mount are both “good”. One could say St Leonards was gentrifying, were it not in fact built for the gentry. Bargain of the week Not a chance. Ancient burial site of a pagan goddess? Forest Row has two biodynamic farms. The eastern High Weald is at once in the thick of things, London on its doorstep, yet when you’re standing in a field off the B2096, you might as well be in the Gobi desert. Trains: East Grinstead gets you to London Victoria (56 mins), London Bridge (55 mins) and London St Pancras International (70 mins); two to four an hour to East Croydon. Photograph: Luise Berg-Ehlers/Alamy. A smattering of Victorian, Edwardian and 20th century. Not cheap, though mildly cheaper than many other places hereabouts. Trains: just over an hour to London Charing Cross from Wadhurst or Stonegate; 1hr 20 mins from Robertsbridge; 35 mins the other way to Hastings; Crowborough to the west is an hour and nine mins to London Bridge. There are excellent mid-Victorians east towards Hastings, around Warrior Square. Prosperous enough to support a fishmonger; demure enough to hide its large piles behind high hedges. Unlike the western Weald, sliced by the A23, gouged by Gatwick and carpeted with commuters’ suburbia, its other half south of Tunbridge Wells is somehow under the radar, spurned by today’s escapees for more fashionable spots such as Hastings. Hang out at… You won’t want for idyllic country pubs, such as the Bell at Ticehurst, the Salehurst Halt, or the George in Robertsbridge. Kipling country. What’s going for it? Clare Tomlinson ‘A vibrant community, full of creativity, independent shops and great places to eat. East Grinstead is more your well-heeled commuter town – Fat Face, White Stuff and all – though it hides at its heart the complete surprise of a beautiful half-timbered old town. For years, all talk has been of its elderly twin, Hastings, newly colonised by rat-race escapees, with their boutiques selling linocut prints or vintage eccles cakes. Well, there must be a fruity old spirit in East Grinstead and Forest Row. This seaside town has stepped out of the shadow of its twin. Driving: sluggish, both to Eastbourne (40 mins) and Brighton (1 hr if you are lucky) and north via the A21. Half Burger! Detacheds and smaller townhouses, £375,000-£600,000. Let’s move to Coventry: ‘It’s the next UK city of culture’, East Grinstead: a commuter town with a half-timbered twist. Where to buy Pick a magical old village or market town: Ticehurst, Burwash, Mayfield, Northiam, Rolvenden, Goudhurst, Cranbrook. ● Live in East Grinstead and Forest Row? Beaconsfield, Amersham, Gerrard’s Cross - we were convinced that Bucks was the answer, the M40 corridor promising copious amounts of support and help with childcare. Explore the leafy avenues rising up the hill behind. Terraces and cottages, £175,000-£450,000. A slight rise in prices towards the railway and A21. Ley lines? West, find later Victorians around Pevensey Road and Filsham Road, often with fine views. Semis, £200,000-£600,000. And balmy summer nights in Tunbridge Wells can't be beaten. So famous, in fact, that after publication of The Jungle Book, coach parties would come daily to gawp at his family home in Rottingdean. You got ’em. Work began on the town in 1826, by a prescient down-from-London-er, James Burton, a property developer who built much of Bloomsbury, and his son, Decimus, an architect. Shab remains, but also the flipside, a slightly anarchic freedom and odd shops that come from low (although risen) property prices. Heading out to Silverhill, there are excellent streets of 19th-century townhouses off London Road. hunni homes is pleased to be able to offer this delightful one bedroom flat which is located in the centre of Tunbridge Wells. The case against Don’t mention the G-word, or call it, as some property column or other (was it me?) Hang out at… Norman Road and Kings Road are where the hepcats hang, perhaps at the brilliant Kino cinema, Half Man!

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