Where's the best place to live in Wiltshire?

[BB]

Lots of lovely place, some require lots of lovely money too! Depends on what you want really. Just have a good look round before you decide. 8-)

BB

[Loops]

Corsham!

Nothing to do with it being just down the road from the h&c of course... 8-)

[Jon_W]

Trowbridge.

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I joined the forum today. Moving to Wiltshire from Hants in the next couple of months. So, where's the best place to live in Wiltshire? 8-)

Stew

Hi Stew

They are all wrong ;D ;D :P

Salisbury and here's why -

Very nice range of housing
Great shops and lovely town centre
Beautiful location
Great leisure facilities
Schools with some of the highest Ofsted ratings in the county
Main line railway station with quick access to London
Stones throw from Thruxton
Closest to the coast
On the Hampshire border - handy for family and friends[/list]

and THE most important factor no one has mentioned - it is surrounded by THE BEST biking roads in Wiltshire. No contest ;D ;D

[Kevinb]

I've lived in Trowbridge all my life and now work in Devizes so would say Devizes or Marlborough ;D

As others have said it depends on what you want (and can afford) town, village or close to motorway?
I live on the outskirts of Trowbridge so only a minute from open countryside. We try not to use Trowbridge for shopping though as there's nothing here, prefer Bristol

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[quote author=LDS link=1362428184/0#0 date=1362428184]I joined the forum today. Moving to Wiltshire from Hants in the next couple of months. So, where's the best place to live in Wiltshire? 8-)

Stew

Hi Stew

They are all wrong ;D ;D :P

Salisbury and here's why -

Very nice range of housing
Great shops and lovely town centre
Beautiful location
Great leisure facilities
Schools with some of the highest Ofsted ratings in the county
Main line railway station with quick access to London
Stones throw from Thruxton
Closest to the coast
On the Hampshire border - handy for family and friends[/list]

and THE most important factor no one has mentioned - it is surrounded by THE BEST biking roads in Wiltshire. No contest ;D ;D
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Nicky, as a matter of interest, do you work for an estate agents in Salisbury? :P ;D :-*

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[quote author=Nicky link=1362428184/13#13 date=1362473036][quote author=LDS link=1362428184/0#0 date=1362428184]I joined the forum today. Moving to Wiltshire from Hants in the next couple of months. So, where's the best place to live in Wiltshire? 8-)

Stew

Hi Stew

They are all wrong ;D ;D :P

Salisbury and here's why -

Very nice range of housing
Great shops and lovely town centre
Beautiful location
Great leisure facilities
Schools with some of the highest Ofsted ratings in the county
Main line railway station with quick access to London
Stones throw from Thruxton
Closest to the coast
On the Hampshire border - handy for family and friends[/list]

and THE most important factor no one has mentioned - it is surrounded by THE BEST biking roads in Wiltshire. No contest ;D ;D
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Nicky, as a matter of interest, do you work for an estate agents in Salisbury? :P ;D :-*[/quote]

No ;D ;D ;D

Don't live there and most certainly not an estate agent

[Conehead]

[quote author=monday21 link=1362428184/15#15 date=1362473278][quote author=Nicky link=1362428184/13#13 date=1362473036][quote author=LDS link=1362428184/0#0 date=1362428184]I joined the forum today. Moving to Wiltshire from Hants in the next couple of months. So, where's the best place to live in Wiltshire? 8-)

Stew

Hi Stew

They are all wrong ;D ;D :P

Salisbury and here's why -

Very nice range of housing
Great shops and lovely town centre
Beautiful location
Great leisure facilities
Schools with some of the highest Ofsted ratings in the county
Main line railway station with quick access to London
Stones throw from Thruxton
Closest to the coast
On the Hampshire border - handy for family and friends[/list]

and THE most important factor no one has mentioned - it is surrounded by THE BEST biking roads in Wiltshire. No contest ;D ;D
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Nicky, as a matter of interest, do you work for an estate agents in Salisbury? :P ;D :-*[/quote]

No ;D ;D ;D

Don't live there and most certainly not an estate agent


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I live in Salisbury and it is a nice place with a few good roads leading every direction. The only problems are high rent/purchase prices for houses and even higher for shops and thats why a lot of the shops are closing down. You will need a tractor to negotiate the roads in the city centre as full of potholes that never seem to get fixed.
Otherwise what Nicky stated. Schools are great.

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I live in Salisbury and it is a nice place with a few good roads leading every direction...... You will need a tractor to negotiate the roads in the city centre as full of potholes that never seem to get fixed.
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Ahh pot holes the delights of Wiltshire roads, and yep judging by the amount of crap on the roads quite a few of our fellow residents do indeed drive tractors and not just to miss pot holes ;D

[Geordie Stu]

Lived in Trowbridge 13 years after moving from Newcastle via Basingstoke (Horrible place Basingstoke)

In answer to your question. Trowbridge