What City should I move to in the UK?

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grapeskins

If you don't want to go to a big city then forget Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol etc... If I were you, look at The University of York. I went to uni there having lived in London all my life and had such a great time. It's small enough to feel like you're in an actual community rather than a big city but there's still plenty to do - has a good nightlife, shops, restaurants etc and moreover, it's cheap! You can get on a train to Leeds and be there in 20mins and the train journey to London is only 2 hrs. It's also a really friendly but most importantly a beautiful city, green and not far away are the Yorkshire Moors and the sea! I also have friends who did History degrees at York and they all got really high final grades. I really hope you look in to York Uni as an option, good luck with the search!

(Ps. Just to let you know York St John and the College of York are different to the University of York. The latter is what you want.)

Not Ecky Boy

Come to Scotland, Laddie.

ESPECIALLY if you are interested in history, because we have got plenty.

Hibee

Edinburgh regularly tops the polls of the best place to live in the UK.

Sweet n Sour

http://www.visitlochness.net/

Nice view, heck of a commute!

chartres52

I think you should look at places like Sunderland (near the coast and great countryside), also look at Durham, Bangor, Exeter, or Plymouth. I'm not convinced these should be your only criteria - even if you do go to Liverpool you are not far away from the countryside (in comparative terms to what you're used to).

the cat

Stirling, Durham or Loughborough

I went to Liverpool and asbolutely loved it - all of my friends did too - we spent 4 incredible years there and still go back for weekends.

Liverpool Uni is excellent - you'll have the time of your life

stormyweather

strathclyde is nice.

Jan

Manchester- the best city in the world

Billy The Newfie

Try Bristol, nice small city, low crime, good nightlife
nice part of the country. oh and they have a uni.

Marty1981

Liverpool is great its just an english running joke about the place!! If you want a place like harry potter you will be seriously disappointed i mean any kid with glasses would get beatings not be given a wand

stephen d

Oldham in Greater Manchester or perhaps Coatbridge in North Lanarkshire. Choices, choices...

rhin0692002

Norwich, Norfolk. the University of East Anglia.

Modern buildings, but linked with Earlham Hall, the residence of Elizabeth Fry, a well-known Quaker prison reformer, of the 17th or 18th century.

Beautiful countryside.

Tracy M

go to scotland, lots of green and trees, lots of good schools also

h0axsp1d0r

Manchester is nice. I've got an offer there and have visited it.

More or less Cosmic

You could consider Warwick University, which is situated in Coventry within the English Midlands. Excellent Uni. with comprehensive courses and faculties, friendly students and population, with a magnificently green countryside. Let's face it, Bill Shakespeare was alive and kicking in Stratford Upon Avon, just up the road, and he knew a thing or two!
Neighbouring towns include Leamington Spa, Kenilworth and Warwick. Good Luck!

Kirks Folley

I hear that Sunderland is a really good place to live and it will be a bit cheaper than down the south, there are some beautiful places in England you will have to travel around before you finally settle down here. Good luck to you and welcome to our Country.

ant

come to mi university in leeds its great fun

chav69

bradford

pagreen1966

I would not get too obsessed about how good or bad universities are.

In reality it is not the university that you attend which is the important factor in your future career success but the quality of your qualifications and the type of person you are.

I work as a chartered accountant and a few years ago when I left university and was interviewed by KPMG I asked the interviewer whether the university that I attended would have any bearing on whether I would be offered a job or not. The interviewer told me that KPMG was not interested in which university their applicants had attended. All they were interested in where their A-levels grades, degree class (which had to be a 2.1 or better) and the personality and life experiences of the individual applicants.

Instead of getting obsessed about so called university league tables and the like, my advice to you would be to concentrate solely on working hard and getting the best qualifications that you can.

Remember that 38% of university students now study at their local universities in order to keep their debts to a minimum by living at home. These individuals have obviously realised that the institution they are attending has less of a bearing on their future career than the quality of their qualifications and they are right!

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