Nice English City in the South?

Colchester is definitely not bad, not the best, I wouldn't recommend it though lived here 17 years.

It has a castle though!
 
Mason- said:
Colchester is definitely not bad, not the best, I wouldn't recommend it though lived here 17 years.

It has a castle though!
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Plus the zoo is awesome!

Cheers for backing me up too, when was the last serious incident (Murder, mugging, raping etc.) in Colchester you heard of?

I cant remember lol!
 
Its not really in the South and really stretching the distance - but one of the nicer places if your heading out with the GF would be somewhere like Stratford upon avon.

EDIT: As above Bath would be a good call.
 
I'm surprised no-one has mentioned Brighton - 30 mins from Gatwick, plenty of upmarket and downmarket attractions, a seaside city. Not my cup of tea but lots of other people seem to like it.
 
scorza said:
I'm surprised no-one has mentioned Brighton - 30 mins from Gatwick, plenty of upmarket and downmarket attractions, a seaside city. Not my cup of tea but lots of other people seem to like it.
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I'm sick to the back teeth of it myself having grown up in the area but it's popular. Try the lanes etc for alternative shops?
 
scorza said:
I'm surprised no-one has mentioned Brighton - 30 mins from Gatwick, plenty of upmarket and downmarket attractions, a seaside city. Not my cup of tea but lots of other people seem to like it.
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Lived in B-Town for a few years. Great place! Spend ages wandering about the lanes, go down the old pier, sit on the very uncomfortable beach, have a few cheeky drinks on the sea front, tea in the Grand etc. DO IT
 
Megahurtz400 said:
Eh?

Im sure it was voted safest town in Britain not so long ago!

Apart from the Squaddies fighting on a Friday night (Pretty much a given, being a garrison town and all!) , i never really see anything else :)
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Yeah the Garrison town thing was what I was referring to :) Might be better now, but had a few dodgy nights out when I was at uni there in 2001.
 
Thanks for all the suggestions guys! The missus is feeling Bath at the moment, so unless anyone else has any better suggestions? :p We're looking to book this in about an hour so keep 'em coming! :D
 
If he lives near gatwick then I'm sure they have been to Brighton often!

Bath is a good option, it will be under 2 hours if the traffic is good :)
 
Bath, it's a bit further than you'd like but well worth a visit!

How about Windsor? You've got the castle, the theatre, nice restaurants and shops - it's worth visiting just not sure there's enough to do for a few days (more like 1/2 days max).
 
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