Kings Lynn

Shadows1990 · 5 Jan 2011 at 06:11

Rofl, never thought I'd see King's Lynn and the surrounding areas come up on OcUK!

I work in King's Lynn Mon-Fri, and it isn't great. The population is split between foreigners, trolls and the occasional 'normal'.

I too am looking to move closer to Lynn, but as others have said, the rent is too much for somewhere with such little going on.

edit: I live in Upwell, between Downham Market and Wisbech by the way.

Teledude · 5 Jan 2011 at 08:34

Whats Wisbech like??

Commute from March or Watlington looks ok and the Mrs loves some of the houses there

Shadows1990 · 5 Jan 2011 at 08:45

Wisbech is an absolute dive. I try to avoid going there as much as possible to be honest.

Watlington isn't too bad of a place, but a bit remote

I've been thinking about moving there myself.

Don't really know much about March, but whenever I go there it isn't a pleasant experience..

Abraham · 5 Jan 2011 at 09:03

aproctor said:
Anywhere close to Peterborough will make life fairly easy for you.

GNER (or whatever it is called now) is 50 mins from Peterborough to London.

If you fancy the cheaper (and slower train) aim for near Cambridge, Godmanchester and the villages around Huntingdon are ok (apart from Chattaris).

How's the train from cambridge slower when it's 45 mins to Kings X?

My recommendation would be Cambridge, if you want to be in a village stick to the south so that you can get a train from Audley End or Whittlesford (although won't be as quick as the kings X express).

daz · 5 Jan 2011 at 09:28

Cambridge itself though is much more expensive than the surrounding area, I think he was hinting at.

Abraham · 5 Jan 2011 at 09:31

daz said:
Cambridge itself though is much more expensive than the surrounding area, I think he was hinting at.

Aside from real city centre and Hills Road it's still going to get him a hell of a lot more for 300K than most of SE london.

G-MAN2004 · 5 Jan 2011 at 09:39

Not sure why'd you possibly want to live there.

[TW]Fox · 5 Jan 2011 at 09:40

What's the point in benefiting from lower house prices if you end up spending your entire week either at work in London or spending 4 hours a day travelling too or from London?

Teledude · 5 Jan 2011 at 09:45

daz said:
Cambridge itself though is much more expensive than the surrounding area, I think he was hinting at.

Voila

Seen some lovely houses in Wisbech for sub 200k

Teledude · 5 Jan 2011 at 09:46

[TW]Fox;18146113 said:
What's the point in benefiting from lower house prices if you end up spending your entire week either at work in London or spending 4 hours a day travelling too or from London?

Because then I have all weekend to relax in a nice house further into the country with the mrs and our dog

Abraham · 5 Jan 2011 at 09:46

Teledude said:
Voila

Seen some lovely houses in Wisbech for sub 200k

But if you're south of Cambridge or in central P'boro you'll be able to get your commute (at least the into london bit) for not much over an hour.
And you'll still be able to get somewhere nice for a reasonable price.

daz · 5 Jan 2011 at 09:50

The key thing is that unless you're going to live very close to your work in London, then your commute is likely to be approximately 45 minutes to an hour on average anyway.

If it just so happens that your work is near to a good mainline railway station, or a tube stop or two away, you can still have an hour's commute but live out in the [relative] countryside.

I can see why this is attractive - I had friends in West London (Hounslow) who commuted to university (Kings) every day - it took them an hour and a half door to door. There was another guy doing a PhD - commuting from Cambridge - it took him slightly less!

Teledude · 5 Jan 2011 at 09:53

daz said:
The key thing is that unless you're going to live very close to your work in London, then your commute is likely to be approximately 45 minutes to an hour on average anyway.

If it just so happens that your work is near to a good mainline railway station, or a tube stop or two away, you can still have an hour's commute but live out in the [relative] countryside.

I can see why this is attractive - I had friends in West London (Hounslow) who commuted to university (Kings) every day - it took them an hour and a half door to door. There was another guy doing a PhD - commuting from Cambridge - it took him slightly less!

Nail. Head. Done.

Anywhere I can view season ticket prices online? From P'Boro, Cambridge etc?

AGD · 5 Jan 2011 at 09:54

I had to draw King's Lynn in pictionary this year. No one guessed it.