Stockton on Tees

[stevehowie]

Can I have information about Stockton on Tees. Through work I am going to be there. The information I would like is nice areas to live (2 parents 2 children). Safety issues, town information etc. Thanks. Steve.

[snook]

If nobody from the area replies, you could start here

[beatts]

Hi Steve

I just posted a lengthy reply but unfortunately the connection was lost, as I was about to submit it, and as a consequence so was all my work typical!!

Anyway I will retype some of it but if you need any more info please dont hesitate to ask. I have lived here off and on for over thirty years and so have a good opinion of Stockton.

Best places to live really depends on your budget but:

Hartburn (Surbiton - 2 miles out 150K - 500K)

Fairfield (Hartburns cheaper but still nice neighbour 0 100K - 300K)

Woviston court - Billingham (5 miles out - 50K to 300K)

Wolviston village (lovely but 150K to 1 million)

Wynyard (rub shoulders with Midlesbro footballers and millionaires - 300K to 5 million)

Ingleby Barwick - Massive housing estate with a massive variation in housing styles - 100k - 750K)

Norton or Yarm - Very nice old villages. Yarm the better and more expensive of the two

Carlton, redmarshall, bishopton, stillington - farming villages - very nice

Avoid Thornaby, oxbridge.

Crime in Stockton is very low, mainly just petty stuff. Serious crime doesn't really happen here.

The town itself is a reasonable size and is home to 200 000 people. It has numerous pubs and restaurants, supermarkets and good shopping facilities.

Middlesbrough is 5 miles down the road and offers more shopping, better restaurants and more of a city environment.

We are very close to the countryside (half hour) and only 45mins from Newcastle.

I hope this info helps, if you need more please ask.

Best regards

Mark

[Marky B]

I agree mostly with Mark,however there are nice properties in Hartlepool and Hart village,a bit further from Stockton,but easy to get to via the A19. Also in the Hartlepool area there are the villages of Dalton Piercy and Elwick.

Marky B

[stevehowie]

To Snook, Mark and Marky B,

Just a quick thankyou to you all for the replies. I was down in Stockton last week and found the advice a good help. I only got back here yesterday to post this thanks.

I am back down again next week and will be for the next few months until house move etc takes place.

Cheers, Steve.