Property News · September 3, 2011

Let's move to: Retford, Nottinghamshire


A pleasant market town with great rail linksWhat’s going for it? Retford saved me. Or rather “Retford’s splendid rail links saved me”. I am about to move nearby for a few months (long story), while Mrs D tos and fros to London for work. Our love shall be suspended across the East Coast main line. Retford station shall be the set for our re-enactments of Brief Encounter; sweet nothings over rubbery croissants in the station caff. This is not a peculiar tale. I have met many a commuter to London on its platform. There are marriages stretched thinly along train lines all over the country, wherever (comparatively) fleet service causes couples to think the unthinkable: “90-minute commute? No problem.” Incredible what high property prices and job scarcity will do. Property prices are so alluring in Retford, and it is really rather pleasant: a market town from central casting, with a bricky old centre, a nice enough market square, the Peak District and the Dukeries a short drive away, and a rather energetic young mayor in his early 20s. Plus the bus station was “highly commended” in the UK Bus Awards in 2008. Am I getting desperate?The case against “A singularly unattractive town,” wrote Nikolaus Pevsner. But what did he know about architecture? Train links have let the town put on weight; bulked out with suburbs filled with commuters. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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