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Lockdown has supercharged property prices in the countryside and ‘designer towns’ are creating a buzz with buyers.
Here are the newest ‘it towns' for 2021, take a look before the celebs move in and prices rise
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Here are the newest ‘it towns' for 2021, take a look before the celebs move in and prices rise
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/life/21-fashionable-towns-can-still-afford-move/
Stamford, Lincolnshire 
Average house price: £298,245Stamford is an up and coming town with a sense of history.
The 1950s historian WG Hoskins wrote: “If there is a more beautiful town in the whole of England then I am yet to see it”
Pershore, Worcestershire Average house price: £232,428
Pershore is famed for its Georgian architecture and medieval abbey“The typical buyers are Cotswoldians looking to downsize or upsize, and Birmingham and London commuters"
Ludlow, ShropshireAverage house price: £245,974Ludlow was a Norman town that began with the castle built in 1086 to defend the Welsh border.
The town is based around the market square, church and castle with Georgian townhouses lining the wide medieval streets
Totnes, DevonAverage house price: £296,583
Totnes has a vibrant community, with a lot of independent shops along the high street“This is the dream and I pinch myself every time we walk down to the creek"
Liphook, East HampshireAverage house price: £414,100
Liphook offers good private and state schools and is commutable to LondonIt offers pubs and restaurants, a new art-house cinema and an old post office which has been turned into an architect’s studio
Pittenweem, Fife Average house price: £181,824Pittenweem has an arts-led high street and boasts Victorian fishermen’s cottages.
The local market is renowned for its shellfish, with the wider area catering for nature-lovers as you can spy puffins up the coastline
Shoreham-by-Sea, West SussexAverage house price: £349,330
Shoreham-by-Sea is known for its modern beach villas.The centre of Shoreham is an ancient fishing village of narrow streets flanked with flint-clad cottages. A fleet of vibrant houseboats line the River Adur
Porthcawl, South GlamorganAverage house price: £232,374
Porthcawl has the surfing beach of Rest Bay and the Royal Porthcawl golf course. The Links is the conversion of a Grade II building into 71 apartments.
The town is less than 30 minutes from Cardiff
Chipping Campden, OxfordshireAverage house price: £542,771
Chipping Campden has good schools, is home to popular restaurant Michael’s Mediterranean and offers superfast broadband. “The views are incredible and on a clear day you can see right across the Cotswolds"
Great Massingham, NorfolkAverage house price: £241,275
Great Massingham has won many EDP Pride in Norfolk gongs and is built around a large green with several ponds. Massingham Stores and the Cartshed Tearoom delivered goods to locals during lockdown
Stock, Essex Average house price: £861,541
Stock has four quaint pubs including the Hoop and the Bear Inn, a village store, a small primary school, a cricket green, vineyard and a windmill.It is six miles from Chelmsford and less than three from Billericay station
Amersham, BuckinghamshireAverage house price: £694,683Amersham is near the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is on the Metropolitan Line.
It has good grammar schools and a Michelin-starred restaurant
Beeston, NottinghamshireAverage house price: £345,942
Beeston has a tram service, new bus station and leisure centre. It’s 3 miles from the city centre and south of the University of Nottingham campus.“There are some lovely roads of Victorian and Edwardian houses"
Maidenhead, Berkshire Average house price: £502,628Maidenhead is on the Thames and in touching distance of the Chilterns.
When Crossrail arrives the service will take 19 minutes to Paddington.“The draw is countryside living and good schools"
Colney Heath, Hertfordshire Average house price: £516,707 Colney Heath offers the amenities of a city within touching distance of the Hertfordshire countryside.
“Heartwood Forest on the outskirts of St Albans is a little oasis loved by the local community"
Stockbridge, HampshireAverage house price: £562,158 Nestled between Salisbury and the south coast, this small town has speciality food stores, gourmet delis and boutiques.
“People come from miles around to visit one of the oldest butchers in the area”
Dorking, Surrey Average house price: £451,898Nestled in the Surrey Hills, Dorking is a cheaper option than nearby Reigate.
It is in the heart of cycling country with the chalk downs perfect for family rides
Malton, North YorkshireAverage house price: £238,089 
Malton is an up and coming town with fantastic food. 40,000 people attended the annual Malton Food Lovers’ Festival in 2019
Frome, SomersetAverage house price: £299,942 Frome is one of the “coolest” destinations for people making the move out of London or Bristol.
There is a range of property types from terraced cottages to detached Georgian townhouses and large Victorian villas
Mobberley, Cheshire Average house price: £342,484
Mobberley and presents more value for money than Cheshire’s “designer lifestyle” hotspots The Mobberley scene is pubs and farm shops with the Waugh Brow Farm Shop selling local produce
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