Property News · April 12, 2013

Let's move to Harwich, Essex


This pretty port town is packed with lovely old buildings. And they’re actually affordable…What’s going for it? Harwich is one of those places you probably think’s a right old hole. Port town; end of the universe; glum as an empty shipping container; nothing between it and Esbjerg. And you’ve watched enough episodes of Wallander to know all about what goes on in port towns: naughtiness.And then you actually visit. There is a dreary porty bit around Parkeston, attractive only to those, like me, with a penchant for concrete, non-places and drabness. But Harwich itself is a revelation. It’s been a prettier, Captain Pugwash kind of port town for centuries. Its little peninsula at the mouth of the rivers Orwell and Stour is still packed with 18th-, 17th-, even 16th-century buildings, like the delightful Guildhall, that make it seem more like Rye or Lymington, only without the price tag. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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