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Hey everyone, this is my first post here so please bear with me
So basically, my boyfriend has secured a job teaching in West Ealing, but unfortunately we don't have the budget to live anywhere in London. Both of us would actually prefer to live outside of London anyway and commute in. From the research I have done, Slough is only 20-30 mins away from Ealing Broadway on the train. I have also found quite a few properties on righmoveuk and Zoopla that are within our budget.
I am just wondering if anyone could recommend the best/safest areas to live there? (I have read a lot of reports online that there can be quite a bit of crime in Slough).
Any advice/help would be greatly appreciated Thanks guys
I'm not overly familiar with Slough, I spend most of my time in nearby Windsor, but don't live in the east end of Slough called Langley. That section is kinda run down (you'll notice it from the train station), and also the parts nearest Windsor Road and the neighborhoods. I'm also thinking of moving to Slough in the near future, and I want to find something around Cippenham. If you're looking for a one bedroom flat, anything below £600 a month is a questionable neighborhood. And yes, Slough does have a reputation for crime in the area, as even my friends in Iver can say too. But, it's better than London, IMO. Try Maidenhead too. Not much better, but better than Slough I think
Even Reading might be better, a bit further out, 40 miles from central London, its bigger slightly more attractive and i think theres still a pretty sizable Irish community there. Parts of Slough are pretty iffy, so ive heard.
Slough isn't terrible. There are worse places than Slough like Luton and Watford. I would live in Slough, and that's where I'm moving to. Good transport links and it's affordable. I still recommend Maidenhead if OP doesn't want to be in London or Slough is a turnoff.
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Originally Posted by BarringtonNI
Even Reading might be better, a bit further out, 40 miles from central London, its bigger slightly more attractive and i think theres still a pretty sizable Irish community there. Parts of Slough are pretty iffy, so ive heard.
I used to live near Slough, literally 5 minutes away in Windsor. It's not a bad place. Crime isn't everywhere there. Cippenham is a nice area of the city, Langley isn't. Windsor is the best town in east Berkshire, but it's the most expensive. Just don't go out past 10 PM and your chances of being a victim of crime drop like a rock
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Slough isn't terrible. There are worse places than Slough like Luton and Watford. I would live in Slough, and that's where I'm moving to. Good transport links and it's affordable
What's wrong with Luton and Watford?!
I can understand Luton with its alleged ethnic tensions but Watford? Its the end of the Metropolitan line!
Lol both of them. My brother-in-law was a trainee manager at the Tesco there and says Watford is a craphole
People tend to over-exaggerate.
My family thought it was good enough to shop their when we don't even live in Watford - took long to get there on the tube!
I rather live in Watford than pretentious-royal-ly Windsor.
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