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Moving to Birmingham, England?

Hi all. There's a strong possibility my boyfriend and I may need to move to Birmingham. we have always wanted to live in the countryside, any ideas which areas we should be looking at?

Update:

We're moving due to work commitments. It's not my first choice but have heard a lot of good things about it. The move is out of my hands but where we go isn't!

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    come to barnt green/lickey hills

    not just the fact that i live there

    famous people live i.e Ron Atkinson, Liam ridgewell

    a huge woodland is Min's away

    local shops such as tesco and a petrol station what else would u need

    its a very nice place and peace full

    i would recommend it to any one

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Birmingham is one of England's least pleasant large cities in my opinion. Before moving there, go and have a good look around and decide for yourself

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Try Worcester, its 1/2 hour from Birmingham on M5. On your days off/weekends ect you'll have all the countryside you want.

  • 1 decade ago

    I don't understand why your moving to Birmingham if you've always wanted to live in the country.

    There is countryside surrounding brum, in areas like: Earlswood, Sutton Coldfield, Nuneaton, Lapworth, Wythall, Bournville, Alvechurch and Cannock

    They are all great places to live and so is brum its self but only if you like city life!

    Hope you get on all right and all goes well :)

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  • Sal*UK
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    You need to be well outside brum for countryside!! Look at Sutton Coldfield, Redditch, Alvechurch, Barnt Green, Walsall, Great Barr - outskirting areas.

  • 1 decade ago

    Birmingham is not anything like the countryside, it's a huge city, and it's further from the sea than any other city in the UK.

  • 1 decade ago

    o my god i live in Birmingham, England

    Lickey Hill is a country place only one i know really and been too its quite nice and very country

  • Caggy
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    I'm afraid there is not a lot of countryside in Brum. Where there is, the price of a house will be astronomical.

  • 1 decade ago

    Live anywhere else other than Birmingham if you have the choice. I'm getting out very soon.

  • andy t
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    if you want to live in the countryside, why move to britains second biggest city?

    go to wales - its full of countryside

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