{"id":2327,"date":"2016-01-22T23:30:08","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T16:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-farnham-surrey\/"},"modified":"2016-01-22T23:42:24","modified_gmt":"2016-01-22T16:42:24","slug":"lets-move-to-farnham-surrey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-farnham-surrey\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Farnham, Surrey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nA handsome market town, straight off an old tin of Quality Street, it\u2019s resisting the urban sprawl now blighting much of SurreyWhat\u2019s going for it? Once upon a time, Surrey was lovely. This is the original Stockbroker Belt, where you escaped the Great Wen to live the rural dream. These days, its countryside \u2013 Surrey Hills excepted \u2013 is essentially one great suburb, while its towns, once cute as a button, now gasp for air under ringroads and malls. Then you visit Farnham: Officially the Nicest Town in Surrey. It\u2019s the kind of place you can imagine Jane Austen \u2013 who lived one town down the Wey Valley \u2013 popping in to for candle wick and a flat white. It looks straight off the old Quality Street tins, all bow-fronted shops, cupolas and greengrocers with stripy awnings. The only disappointment is that its citizens wear Fat Face and JoJo Maman B\u00e9b\u00e9, not bustles and top hats. Sad face.The case against\u2026 It once had a radical side \u2013 William Cobbett was born here \u2013 and still has a thriving cultural scene, much courtesy of the Maltings, but it\u2019s an upper-middling chain kinda place: think Prezzo, Zizzi, Brasserie Blanc. Twee. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2016\/jan\/22\/lets-move-to-farnham-surrey\" target=\"_blank\">Let\u2019s move to Farnham, Surrey<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; A handsome market town, straight off an old tin of Quality Street, it\u2019s resisting the&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-Bx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":143256,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/from-another-galaxy-hunt-makes-few-friends-in-surrey-town-with-100k-remarks\/","url_meta":{"origin":2327,"position":0},"title":"\u2018From another galaxy\u2019: Hunt makes few friends in Surrey town with \u00a3100k remarks","date":"March 30, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\r In Godalming, chancellor\u2019s words chime with concerns about housing but fuel perception of Tories being out of touch\u201cI felt like I must be from another galaxy when I heard it,\u201d Merve Topalo\u011flu says of the chancellor Jeremy Hunt\u2019s suggestion that collecting \u00a3100,000 a year is \u201cnot a huge salary\u201d.\u201cI\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":90094,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-dorking-surrey-perfect-if-youre-looking-for-the-easy-life\/","url_meta":{"origin":2327,"position":1},"title":"Let\u2019s move to Dorking, Surrey: perfect if you\u2019re looking for the easy life","date":"June 1, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r A nostalgic market-town jumble of bow-fronted antique shops and Georgian-style bollardsWhat\u2019s going for it? 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