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Maxwell Smart
Joined: 29 May 2005 Posts: 607 Location: London Town
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bagpuss
Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 10507 Location: cambridge
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Barefoot Andrew Downsizer Moderator
Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 22780 Location: In the 17th century
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tahir
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 45612 Location: Essex
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bagpuss
Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 10507 Location: cambridge
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tahir
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 45612 Location: Essex
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cab
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bagpuss
Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 10507 Location: cambridge
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 07 10:44 am Post subject: |
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bagpuss wrote: |
Bishops Stortford is nice, again less than a hour outside london |
Not a fan of Bishops Stortford. Its okay, but the proximity to Stansted Airport would put me off.
To be honest, Maxwell pretty much described Cambridge in his post. Character, great market and farmers markets, interesting shops (more of them than you'd think if you explore Mill Road and Burleigh Street), good schools... Only problem is that its almost stupidly expensive to live really close to the station. At the other end of town its only expensive though.
Worth costing up Cambridge, Maxwell. |
On a bike even in North Cambridge or Fen Ditton you aren't that far from the station
Its also worth looking at Saffron Walden, Royston and Sawston, they don't have quite as good rail links to London but still fairly good and at least Royston is much cheaper than Cambridge |
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tahir
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 45612 Location: Essex
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Behemoth
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cab
Joined: 01 Nov 2004 Posts: 32429
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 07 10:48 am Post subject: |
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bagpuss wrote: |
On a bike even in North Cambridge or Fen Ditton you aren't that far from the station |
Four miles or so from where we live in North Cambridge, about the same from Fen Ditton. Probably a little under that. And as its flat as a pancake its a very easy ride. The ride in from North Cambridge is, in my opinion, far more pleasant than the ride in from Fen Ditton.
But for that matter it ain't far from Shelford, Girton or even Histon and Milton.
The only downer with that is cycle parking; rack after rack of cycle racks at the station, but try finding a place to lock up if you're running late. If I was a regular cycle-train commuter, I'd get a folding bike.
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Its also worth looking at Saffron Walden, Royston and Sawston, they don't have quite as good rail links to London but still fairly good and at least Royston is much cheaper than Cambridge |
What would you rekon to Ely?
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Mrs Fiddlesticks
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bagpuss
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Maxwell Smart
Joined: 29 May 2005 Posts: 607 Location: London Town
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bagpuss
Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 10507 Location: cambridge
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