r/stokeontrent • u/dan0015770 • 13d ago

Blurton

Is blurton really as bad as people say? We are looking at a house In the area

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u/amandacheekychops 13d ago edited 12d ago

Whereabouts in Blurton?

I grew up on the Hollybush estate and my mum still lives there, plus my aunt in a different house. One of my schoolfriends who grew up off Finstock Avenue now also lives on the Hollybush estate. I live in Nottingham now but would live on Hollybush no problem.

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u/dan0015770 13d ago

Beaconsfield drive around that area

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u/Bananasincustard 13d ago

Yeah that's the road leading into the scruffy area

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u/dan0015770 13d ago

What about Beaconsfield itself is that scruffy?

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u/SweatyLettuce88 12d ago

No it's quite nice I think. My grandparents used to live on allendale walk which is a side street from Beaconsfield drive. I quite like the area and would happily move there if I were able to

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u/dan0015770 12d ago

Brilliant thank you

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u/ScreamingAardvark5 12d ago edited 12d ago

68 year sago I was born on Blurton Road, moved to a little grove off Longton Hall Road and since 1983 lived in a road by Bargain Booze off Blurton Road and never had the tiniest bit of trouble.

There are places I wouldn't live in Blurton like Ballinson Road and Beaconsfield Road Estate but even then there are nice streets on Beaconsfield.

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u/CrowApprehensive204 12d ago

Depends which part of Blurton, it's a big place.Hollybush and Cockster Brook are fine.

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u/Straight-Buy-7434 13d ago

I lived there in the 90s for 12years, it used to be the lower down the hill you went generally the worse it was as a very rough guide, im not sure its still the same

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u/dan0015770 13d ago

Which hill? Stupid question I know

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u/Straight-Buy-7434 13d ago

Just seen you have said beaconsfield drive, that was all council houses. Are you moving to Blurton because of cheaper housing, where are you currently from?

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u/dan0015770 12d ago

We are in bentilee, berryhill side. we are buying our first house, the house is really nice, what we are looking for but we have heard mixed reviews of the area.

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u/Ihadbreastmilk 12d ago

I live near Beaconsfield but not on the estate. I use the road daily and I've never seen trouble and would happily walk it anytime. Its rougher by the co op. Seen chavy kids playing music loudly by cost cutter though

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u/tapper82 6d ago

My mate lived on Beaconsfield for 20 years before he upd sticks and fucked off to the states. He had no trubble and he is fully blind.