Best places to live around Brighton?

[sim667]

So my partner and I are considering a move to the coast…..we’re not dead set yet, but want to have a look around down there. She wants to be by the sea, I’m a keen diver and want to back into sailing, and we Have lots of friends in Brighton…. But neither of us want to live in brighton.

pre-reqs are really that we want to be able to walk to a beach quickly, would like to be a bus ride away from brighton and retain good rail links to gatwick, London and for the moment redhill (where we currently live) as my partner might need to commute to her job here for a while whilst she settles and finds something similar down there.

Ive suggesting Southwick and Shoreham on sea, but wondering if anyone else has suggestions (I already know I don’t like portslade, and hove is super expensive)

 

[sim667]

Oh we’ve been talking quite seriously about popping out some sprogs after we’re married too, so a nice environments for kids is a definite winner

 

[mx wcfc]

I heard somewhere that Brighton people are moving to Worthing due to house prices.

But yeah, Shoreham and Southwick are the places I look at when I’m playing “let’s move to Brighton” on Rightmove. I dream of having the Welly as my local.

 

[danny la rouge]

I have a friend who moved from London to Hastings with his family, where he is very happy and got a lot more house for his money. He’d lived in Brighton before becoming be-sprogged, but found it pricy now.

I do not know his budget though.

 

[Indeliblelink]

Rottingdean, Saltdean, Peacehaven - all near beaches if you find a place near the coast road. Easy access to the South Downs for walks. Newhaven & Brighton marinas nearby. No 12, 14 & 27 buses are regular into town [even night buses] and go to Brighton station. Cheaper than central Brighton & Hove, easy to park. Obviously you're a bit further out from the action but as the buses are so regular it's easy to come and go.

 

[Riklet]

Worthing? Its becoming young and ahem cool. Apparently

 

[Looby]

Rottingdean, Saltdean, Peacehaven - all near beaches if you find a place near the coast road. Easy access to the South Downs for walks. Newhaven & Brighton marinas nearby. No 12, 14 & 27 buses are regular into town [even night buses] and go to Brighton station. Cheaper than central Brighton & Hove, easy to park. Obviously you're a bit further out from the action but as the buses are so regular it's easy to come and go.

These are where I’d suggest too and Saltdean has a lovely lido.

Not too far from Brighton and the buses are good.

 

[mojo pixy]

Hastings is like a cleaner, friendlier, cheaper version of Brighton. It doesn't have the cachet of BN but everything else you want from living at the seaside, it has

 

[ska invita]

but everything else you want from living at the seaside, it has

Heroin, coke, whizz...

I like Worthing a lot

 

[hash tag]

Hove is much cleaner than Brighton.

 

[ohmyliver]

Worthing. I used to live in Brighton during the '90s, and Worthing now seems to be full of old Brighton heads. Old mates of mine from Brighton moved to Worthing over a decade ago, and they love it. The schools that their kids go to seem to be pretty decent too.

 

[Elpenor]

Worthing? Its becoming young and ahem cool. Apparently

Only since cupid stunt moved there

 

[mx wcfc]

Only since cupid stunt moved there

 

[Throbbing Angel]

Hove is much cleaner than Brighton.

Except it's called 'Hove, actually'

Or at least that what people always say who are from Hove when you say they live in Brighton

 

[sim667]

Hastings is like a cleaner, friendlier, cheaper version of Brighton. It doesn't have the cachet of BN but everything else you want from living at the seaside, it has

Part of the reason we’re considering Brighton is because we already have a social network there, we don’t at all in Hastings

 

[sim667]

Rottingdean, Saltdean, Peacehaven - all near beaches if you find a place near the coast road. Easy access to the South Downs for walks. Newhaven & Brighton marinas nearby. No 12, 14 & 27 buses are regular into town [even night buses] and go to Brighton station. Cheaper than central Brighton & Hove, easy to park. Obviously you're a bit further out from the action but as the buses are so regular it's easy to come and go.

I got the impression the transport links weren’t as good that side

 

[mx wcfc]

Except it's called 'Hove, actually'

Or at least that what people always say who are from Hove when you say they live in Brighton

Someone I vaguely know from festivals down that way has a "Portslade Actually" t-shirt.

Damned sight more classy!

 

[Plumdaff]

Everyone's right about Worthing. I have mates with young kids there who are very happy.

I prefer Hastings, but it's much more geographically isolated, not a quick or easy commute anywhere. Worthing isn't IMHO quite as lovely as Hastings but it would suit what you want best.

 

[Looby]

I went on a first date to Portslade when I was at Brighton uni. We went to the charity shops there then back to the firkin in Brighton for drinks. Happy times.

 

[sim667]

I’ll have a look at Worthing. I know a lot of people are moving there, but I think it might be a bit far from Brighton for us, we’re kind of moving down that way for Brighton, if that makes sense.

Also I’m a member of Brighton diving club which keeps it boat in shoreham, and I’d like to be able to dive more easily. Worthing has a big dive club too, but they don’t keep their boat in Worthing, I think it’s in shoreham

 

[kalidarkone]

Bogner Regis? I have happy memories. But I was a kid.

 

[ruffneck23]

Bogner Regis? I have happy memories. But I was a kid.

Bognor is pretty nice, spent a lot of my childhood summers there ( first Baskin Robbins I ever went to..) but apparently it's not quite as nice there now.

 

[Looby]

I agree that places like Bognor and Worthing have their own merits but aren’t easily close enough for Brighton. Trains are quicker but that fucking road from Worthing is always awful.

I wouldn’t pop into Brighton regularly for drinks or whatever if I was that far out.

 

[planetgeli]

I got the impression the transport links weren’t as good that side

There are more buses through Peacehaven than it deserves. It's a shithole. My mate lives there. But it is next to the sea and the transport links are good, surprisingly good. My mate works in Brighton and doesn't drive.

 

[Artaxerxes]

So my partner and I are considering a move to the coast…..we’re not dead set yet, but want to have a look around down there. She wants to be by the sea, I’m a keen diver and want to back into sailing, and we Have lots of friends in Brighton…. But neither of us want to live in brighton.

pre-reqs are really that we want to be able to walk to a beach quickly, would like to be a bus ride away from brighton and retain good rail links to gatwick, London and for the moment redhill (where we currently live) as my partner might need to commute to her job here for a while whilst she settles and finds something similar down there.

Ive suggesting Southwick and Shoreham on sea, but wondering if anyone else has suggestions (I already know I don’t like portslade, and hove is super expensive)

The wife was dead keen on Steyning as option when we were considering that area (we’re closer to London instead)

 

[Indeliblelink]

I got the impression the transport links weren’t as good that side

If you want to be within walking distance of a rail station then you're a bit stuffed [unless you go further out to Newhaven or Seaford. Coast road can be a bit of a nightmare in rush hour at Rottingdean in evenings or Telescombe Cliffs in morning but there are bus lanes so they mainly avoid the jams. Things really fuck up if the A259 gets blocked if there's an accident at Telescombe Tye or Roedean because then you have to do a huge detour via Woodingdean or Lewes, luckily that rarely happens. If the under cliff pass is open it's easy to cycle from Saltdean or Rottingdean, it occasionally gets shut in stormy conditions or if lots of rocks have been falling from the cliff faces.

 

[WouldBe]

Calais.

 

[mojo pixy]

tbf Deauville is closer to Brighton than is Calais, and unlike Calais, Deauville is very nice.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Except it's called 'Hove, actually'

Or at least that what people always say who are from Hove when you say they live in Brighton

I saw the thread title then clicked to say "Hove, actually".

 

[technical]

Its an un-scientific sample, but i spent a weekend in Eastbourne last November and really liked it. Wouldn't know how long it would take to get to Brighton though