Nice Uk university towns near sea/countryside

[Vintage Paw]

I also have a soft spot for Caswell.

 

[Dillinger4]

damm this thread and all its swansea love i now really really want an ice cream from joes

Innit.



Want. to. be. in. Wales. RIGHT. NOW.

 

[marty21]

I also have a soft spot for Caswell.

so do I, I used to go running from my house, down to Caswell, then along the cliffs to Langland, then back up to my house, up a steep hill...

 

[Dillinger4]

Nope.

You should! He will make you love South Wales even more than you already do.

 

[Hellsbells]

Shit, after feeling petrified all weekend at the thought of starting somewhere new all by myself after 10 years of living in London, i'm getting all over excited now
It's sounds almost perfect.

Any idea what the cost of living is like there?
And what the job market is like....?

 

[Griff]

I've never been to Wales.

or a

 

[feyr]

nothing worse than being in a stuffy lecture room, looking out the window to the beautiful view of the beach though


another plus for Swansea is that it is only an hours drive away from Sennybridge, the venue for the Welsh Recorder players society meetings

http://www.valleymusica.eclipse.co.uk/srpwales/srpwales-index.html

 

[Dillinger4]

I've never been to Wales.

or a

Definite

I feel for you.

 

[Dillinger4]

nothing worse than being in a stuffy lecture room, looking out the window to the beautiful view of the beach though


another plus for Swansea is that it is only an hours drive away from Sennybridge, the venue for the Welsh Recorder players society meetings

http://www.valleymusica.eclipse.co.uk/srpwales/srpwales-index.html

ssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh feyr. Or I might jump out of my window and walk there.

 

[Giles]

Canterbury.

Unis:

University of Kent
Canterbury Christ Church University
University of Creative Arts (formerly Kent Institute of Art & Design)

Six miles from the coast - nearest seaside village/town is Whitstable, then a little further to other seaside resorts like Margate, Broadstairs, and then Dover, Ramsgate etc.

Canterbury is a lovely town - the cathedral, lots of old buildings, river Stour, old city walls etc. Surrounded by loads of nice little villages with good pubs.

And not too far from London should you wish to visit friends etc. And it doesn't rain all the time, like in Wales ;-)

Giles..

 

[feyr]

hehehe me too

 

[Vintage Paw]

Has Caswell Bay still got that weird bit that fills up with sea before the rest of it?

Oxwich Bay has got that little river that runs down from the hills through the sand and to the sea. Usually full of little white crabs, iirc. And a weird naked man who comes down from the hills to wash in it Oxwich has the best church in the woods too. And cracking rock pools. And if you're quick you can walk across to the next bay (Three Cliffs?) when it's low tide. Then get cut off and die. Same with Caswell, in t'other direction.

 

[Vintage Paw]

Ah, and walking on Cefn Bryn is ace: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cefn_Bryn

Just watch out for adders.

 

[marshall]

Norwich, UEA.

We’ve got the uni, city college and one of the best art schools in the country, so there’s masses for yoot, the city itself is the nicest/friendliest in the UK bar none, countryside and beaches a matter of minutes away (giving Gt Yarmouth a wide berth!)…particularly recommend it if you’ve got children.

My other half has worked in admin at the uni for the last 5 or 6 years and has no complaints, just loads of friends. We’re both Londoners, but feel we struck oil when we struck oil when we moved here.

 

[Callie]

Aberystwyth is lovely but fairly isolated and it's not so easy to nip off elsewhere for a bit. The coast is amazing around that way. Never been to swansea but want to now!

 

[Vintage Paw]

Wow, who the fuck knew Bonnie Tyler lives in Mumbles?

 

[marty21]

Wow, who the fuck knew Bonnie Tyler lives in Mumbles?

I did!

I used to go to her club in the city centre , can't remember what it was called, may have been called Martha's Vineyard?

 

[Vintage Paw]

That is officially

 

[marshall]

Blimey, why so many votes for Welsh unis? Reading that nial griffiths book, grits, put me off big time.

Although the countryside did sound nice.

 

[marty21]

Blimey, why so many votes for Welsh unis? Reading that nial griffiths book, grits, put me off big time.

Although the countryside did sound nice.

I wouldn't recommend living in the city centre at Swansea, if it's the same as it was in the 80s, bit of a war zone in the evening at weekends, with valley boys heading in to drink and fight

 

[nadia]

However uni recruitment is taking a real hammering at the moment

 

[Vintage Paw]

However uni recruitment is taking a real hammering at the moment

Depends where you go.

Keele's looking for a new VC

 

[marty21]

However uni recruitment is taking a real hammering at the moment

a mate of mine who is a lecturer, is having to re-apply for his own job, as they are swingeing cuts at his uni

 

[Looby]

Bournemouth or Exeter?

Both nice but I would choose Brighton over both.

 

[marshall]

However uni recruitment is taking a real hammering at the moment

Not at the University of Easy Access in Norwich…appear to be quite a few on their intranet at mo'.

 

[BlueSquareThing]

Norwich - the uni has creative writing & art IIRC, which should mean there's plenty of cultural stuff going on the city.

Near the sea (Great Yarmouth style or desolate style whichever you prefer) & the broads.

And its definitely not a metropolis .

^ This.

(although the cultural bit might be a bit limited at times - it's a bit less than 2 hrs to London on the train)

 

[marshall]

Yeah, Norwich wins hands down.

 

[toggle]

Ok, i know this is kind of vague but i need some help...

I want to move out of London and am currently looking at admin related jobs in universities & colleges, as this is where all my experience lies. I'm not really a city person and ideally would like to live somewhere alot quieter than london (although not completely dead!), and somewhere that is by or near the countryside and/or sea.

Anyone got any ideas?
I mean, i can easily bring up a list of universities on google, but it would be great if anyone could offer some first hand advice & recommendations.
At the moment, i'm kind of clueless!

falmouth?

 

[madzone]

Don't listen to Toggle, Cornwall's shut

 

[toggle]

Don't listen to Toggle, Cornwall's shut

it's underwater atm.

guess who tried to go to sithians today...