Any nice villages around the Milton Keynes area?

[andysfootball]

Son and daughter an law considering a move and want a village with nice pubs and close to rail for London.

Said I would help with looking around. So cam here ahead of the boddy real estate agents

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

Leighton Buzzard is easy for London. Not really a nice village mind

 

[Spenny]

St Albans.

 

[Kevin Arnott's right boot]

There are some nice places. Got taken round some of them when my previous employer was relocating there. Can't remember which ones I liked though so I'm not much help.

 

[lurker]

Luton is really nice

 

[Village Idiot]

Gayhurst, Hanslope, Stoke Bruerne, Towcester is a nice town

 

[Deleted member 23273]

St Albans.

Nice village that like.

Gayhurst, Hanslope, Stoke Bruerne, Towcester is a nice town

I used to be the sheriff of Towcester. The Navigation in Stoke Bruerne is ok.

 

[heroesof73]

Leverstock Green has a cracking pub by the village green and cricket club.
Went years ago to stay at a pals for the weekend
http://www.foodanddrinkguides.co.uk/england/east/dacorum/leverstock-green/olde-leather-bottle

 

[Heeeed the Ball]

Peterlee

 

[Harry Angstrom]

My brother in law lived in Tingewick and that was a proper village with a couple of proper pubs and it has canny gigs on at the village hall

 

[PTR]

Can't name any places, but I worked nearby a while ago, and some of the villages looked lovely.

 

[NewAdventuresInWiFi]

Rushden or Irthlingborough.

Got a successful football club there too.

Oh, hang on...

 

[Charmless Man]

My Mam lives about 30 mins east of MK in a village near St Neots.

It's canny, there's some nice villages, it's just off the A1 and good train links to London.

The major issue being it's proximity to Bedford which is honestly the worst town I've seen in the UK. St Neots is a bit crap as a small town and full of the descendants of Cockernee war refugees.

Can't really help with specifics closer to MK though. The indoor ski slope is great fun, though!

 

[RestlessNatives]

Son and daughter an law considering a move and want a village with nice pubs and close to rail for London.

Said I would help with looking around. So cam here ahead of the boddy real estate agents

Ampthill is lovely although I think it is about 20 minute's drive to the station that takes you direct to London iirc. Thatched cottages, great pubs and decent restaurants.
@Big Sharp Teeth should be able to give some good advice.

 

[Epping]

St Albans.

too far south and way too expensive

Loads of decent little places within 30minutes of MK . I'm working in Dunstable at the moment which I wouldn't move to but I drive through some nice places when I have to dodge the M1

 

[KeefBeer]

Luton is really nice

 

[NewAdventuresInWiFi]

Luton is really nice

Not being a village lets it down for me

 

[lurker]

Not being a village lets it down for me

Also, not being particularly nice

 

[Big Sharp Teeth]

Ampthill is lovely although I think it is about 20 minute's drive to the station that takes you direct to London iirc. Thatched cottages, great pubs and decent restaurants.
@Big Sharp Teeth should be able to give some good advice.

The local line into St Pancras, Central London and then onto Brighton is only about 5 minutes drive. It was the mainline station that was about 20 mins away.

Depends if they want actual village or nice small town. The villages can be extra pricey if they're any good (not that the towns are cheap).

Places like Stony Stratford and Woburn Sands seem canny enough. They're pretty near MK. Woburn is nice but a bit too up itself.

To the east of MK you do have some nice places like Ampthill that are actually nearer to Flitwick station than MK station. The vicar of Ampthill is a massive lads fan as it happens.

 

[NewAdventuresInWiFi]

Also, not being particularly nice

That's a shay given