Anyone around Bristol?

[shirlthegirl43]

Hi folks, there is a possibility we may have to move to the Bristol area.

Madmax has been offered a job with Orange in Bristol and I would like to know a bit about the area.

Anyone able to help please?

[Glutton4...]

High crime rate (from vehicles) in certain areas, according to ex-colleagues, sorry, I don't know which areas . But that can be said for any place nowadays. A lovely place with plenty to do, according to friend who grew up there. A great and interesting place to visit - from me who used to visit friends who lived there! Hope someone else comes along soon.


Wales is prettier!

[coomber]

hi shirlthegirl, i'm bristol born and bred!!! what do ya wanna know

[FionaH]

I lived there as a teenager and still have a niece there. Great city with lots to do, fab countryside very close. Yeah there is crime but where isnt there? Darn good cider too!

[shirlthegirl43]

Thanks for the responses folks. Really want to know a good area to live where there is lots of greenery (I am a country girl and don't do town or city life), but close enough for Madmax to travel to work at Orange easily. Are there places with big gardens or would I need to find a lottie? What are my chances of being able to bring my chooks?

[Two_Sheds]

Really want to know a good area to live where there is lots of greenery

have a go with Google maps and stuff Shirl. you can also see here for some nearby properties: Property for Sale in BS32 4QJ | UpMyStreet

upmystreet.com gives you basic info about the area too, like crime figures, age of population etc.

[Mikey]

I can think of two lovely places chook, Chepstow and Caldicot, and you get the best of both worlds, close to Bristol, yet still in lovely Wales countryside.

[shirlthegirl43]

Which are you in Mikey?

[shirlthegirl43]

Thanks for that link Two_Sheds. I will have a good scan of that today, in between putting my trees back upright - blooming wind keeps blowing them over.

[smallblueplanet]

Feck my maple's just gone over!

Whereabouts in Bristol is Orange? Wiltshire's very nice.

[shirlthegirl43]

Not sure where Orange are based, will ask Madmax later and add it to the thread.

Hope your maple is in a pot same as my falling over trees!

[Mikey]

Which are you in Mikey?

Neither I'm alf way between you and there. Used to do a lot of work around magor and caldicot, and they are nice picturesque villages/small towns.

[smallblueplanet]

...Hope your maple is in a pot same as my falling over trees!

Yeah it is, just gone and righted it - gets right breezy at times in the Vale.

How 'long' is Max prepared to travel to work, there's some lovely countryside around Bristol I reckon, even seaside on the Somerset coast?

[shirlthegirl43]

Yeah it is, just gone and righted it - gets right breezy at times in the Vale.

How 'long' is Max prepared to travel to work, there's some lovely countryside around Bristol I reckon, even seaside on the Somerset coast?

Not too far or he may as well travel from here

[Burgerboy]

I work in Bristol and commute from the Forest of Dean. I am guessing it is Orange at Aztec West as the company I work for does all there security and I started in the industry working there.
The Forest is only about a twent five minute drive(depending on time of day) 24 miles from me, and you will find the house prices quite a bit cheaper than Bristol. The only down side is paying for the severn bridge.
I am now based at are area office just behind Orange and I estimate with the bridge and diesel it probably cost £180 a month to commute.