Best place to live in the uk ?

Hi, I recently moved to Cornwall, it’s 250 miles from my home. We are originally from a small village with just a village pub, no public transport or much for younger people to do.

We made a list of what we would ideally need, we are  now 7 miles from the coast and a major holiday town. The house prices are cheaper and although I do realise the local economy needs the tourist pound, we are far enough away as it can be very overwhelming in the Summer. There are plenty of quiet coves though.

The village has a pub, community shop and Post Office, train station and bus routes. It also has a doctors surgery with a pharmacy, that was important. The village also has schools which I think keeps a mixed age group in the area, I have two adult sons.

My youngest son doesn’t drive so a bus stop at the end of the road is useful. There isn’t as much work as a lot of it is seasonal. My wife wants to join local groups which is what I wanted for her, if anything was to happen to me then she would have friends. Im more a lone person and have projects on the house to keep me occupied. A disused cottage came with the house so we are hoping to renovate it as a holiday let. We discussed bed and breakfast but neither of us wanted people in our own home.

Getting trades people takes planning and shopping is further distances, things like broadband took some investigation, we use a satellite link. It’s really down to what you want, I’ve never liked large towns or cities, some do, we don’t have the option of takeaway delivery as too remote, that’s important to some.  

We found the locals very unfriendly to tourists, bit ironic as we were paying for them to live there. The service in some of the cafes in Newquay was utterly dreadful, there was obscene graffiti, litter and vicious seagulls. We stayed in Truro which was pleasanter than the coastal towns but no better say than Loughborough in the East Midlands. The train service looked ok on paper but one broken signalling cable stopped the entire line from Plymouth for six hours, so of course there were no taxis to be had. Of course it was pretty and St Ives amazing for its art, but having a physical disability meant there wasn’t much I could access, plus walking was slow and painful. 

We found the locals very unfriendly to tourists, bit ironic as we were paying for them to live there. The service in some of the cafes in Newquay was utterly dreadful, there was obscene graffiti, litter and vicious seagulls. We stayed in Truro which was pleasanter than the coastal towns but no better say than Loughborough in the East Midlands. The train service looked ok on paper but one broken signalling cable stopped the entire line from Plymouth for six hours, so of course there were no taxis to be had. Of course it was pretty and St Ives amazing for its art, but having a physical disability meant there wasn’t much I could access, plus walking was slow and painful.