Friendliest places in Britain

• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  17 August 2014     20:14270806
  #1      
  Most of these are very up market so people would be under less stress therefore it follows more friendly, i know Norwich and Saffron Walden quite well and they do have a nice atmosphere.
  
  
  
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/propertyadvice/11036766/Britains-20-friendliest-places-to-live.html?frame=3007643
• Judith Roberts

  • Registered: 15 May 2012
  • Posts: 637
  17 August 2014     21:15270809
  #2      
  I have always found people in Dover to be very friendly and helpful.
• Guest 1103

  • Registered: 3 Nov 2013
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  17 August 2014     23:09270810
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  Judith Dover is a special place with a great mix of people. I believe each one of us can make it to a nice place if they wanted to. I love Dover with its unsual mix of landscape,cliffs promenade and surroundings( including wildlife castle etc.
  All which needs updating is the towncentre itself.
  Having spoken to some tourist over the time. they love the hills but not the town centre it does look deprived.
  
  Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud. Maya Angelou ☺🌈🌄🌌🌏🌍🌎
• Judith Roberts

  • Registered: 15 May 2012
  • Posts: 637
  17 August 2014     23:34270812
  #4      
  You are absolutely right Heike. Hopefully the town centre is starting to change for the better. Unfortunately things move very slowly and too many British visitors have a fixed idea of what to expect in Dover. I also love Dover and spend as much time as I can (work permitting) in Dover where I grew up. Dover people both natives and newcomers are generally very friendly and welcoming.
• Sue Nicholas

  • Location: river
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 6,025
  18 August 2014     09:09270819
  #5      
  Good old Saffron Walden.Spent many times there in my youth.It is lovely as are the surrounding villages.Very rural.Yes there are a lot of people who commute to London or Cambridge but a lot of residents are from the old farming families and local firms.
  I was brought up where everyone spoke to each other and gave a helping hand .We all knew each other.
  Rab Butler was the Tory MP.Theres a name from the past .I recall he was an education Minister.
• Guest 1103

  • Registered: 3 Nov 2013
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  18 August 2014     15:10270831
  #6      
  I know my neighbourhood and they are a lovely lot ....
  Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud. Maya Angelou ☺🌈🌄🌌🌏🌍🌎
• Guest 698

  • Registered: 28 May 2010
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  18 August 2014     21:19270840
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  There's nothing wrong with Dover. We just have to work at it a little. By the way we are having an official opening of our new little micropub The Mash Tun in Bench Street at 7pm on Thursday. All welcome.
  I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
• Guest 653

  • Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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  19 August 2014     07:54270845
  #8      
  I'll try and get there Peter.
  
  
  
  Roger
• Guest 664

  • Registered: 23 Mar 2008
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  19 August 2014     09:48270855
  #9      
  Inexplicably, Dover does not top the list,
  
  Folkestone Road in particular is brimming with pleasant, calm and welcoming folk.
• Guest 653

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  20 August 2014     06:55270873
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  Why thank you Andrew !
  
  
  
  Roger
• Guest 664

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  22 August 2014     00:39270944
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  That's you and me anyway, Roger.