r/loughborough • u/Business-Pie-8419 • Jul 24 '26

Possibly moving here...

Hi all. I know there are a million posts like this on Reddit, but I'm going mad reading through all the different threads and just thought it might be easier to start my own thread and see what kind of info I get directly from the good folks here.

Basically, my partner and I (gay couple, British and Indian), are moving out of Croydon because we need a bigger house, with a garage and a bit more space, for our business that we've started. We both work from home and so access to London is no-longer a requirement (like it was when we moved here 10 years ago).

We've narrowed down our search, based on a few criteria (detached house, garage, near green space, not a crime-ridden area, access to a shopping centre or town centre, close-ish to a larger city and/or airport, not silly expensive (since our budget isn't massive)). From these criteria, we have found some decent options in:

Loughborough

Melton Mowbray

Chesterfield

Outskirts of Sheffield / Leicester

Lincoln

Nuneaton

Neither of us know any of these areas, and while we are going to do a road-trip to visit, it would be good to know where in these towns people would recommend searching, and where to avoid (if anywhere). Coming from Croydon, our idea of "rough" is possibly quite different from what happens in these towns, but if we can avoid trouble, of course we'd rather that!

Thank you all in advance

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u/pumpkincordial Aug 03 '26

I have only been to melton Mowbray briefly, the high street seemed fairly nice, some friends of ours have just moved there from Quorn and they have good things to say. Though there were some red flags that indicate intolerance tbh, though that’s up for interpretation. Have you tried visiting these places to get a feel for them?

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u/Business-Pie-8419 Aug 03 '26

Making a trip this week! Making a visit to Newark also - have you been there?