You should be able to pick up a bargain just a few miles from property hotspots, as Fred Redwood discovers Summer is just around the corner, the time when those with a second home or a retirement property in mind are found scanning Rightmove and Zoopla for the country’s beauty spots. But what do they do if the … [Read more...]
Why a Move to the Country is Good for Your Family’s Health
Children raised on farms and in the rural environment grow up to have more stress-resilient immune systems and have a lower risk to mental illness. According to new research from the University of Ulm in Germany and CU Boulder in the US, children raised on farms, surrounded by animals and bacteria-laden dust, grow … [Read more...]
Saundersfoot, St Davids & Laugharne – Three of the Best Places to Live in Britain
Saundersfoot, plus the UK’s smallest City, St. Davids in Pembrokeshire and Laugharne in Carmarthenshire, best known as the home of Dylan Thomas about which he wrote his wonderful play for voices “Under Milk Wood”, are named as three of the best places to live in Britain in 2018. In total, 10 Welsh towns and villages … [Read more...]
New Independent Secondary School for West Wales
A large country house near Clynderwen, on the Pembrokeshire/Carmarthenshire borders, has been identified as the site for a new independent secondary school. Once the main house of the Clynderwen estate that extended to more than 1,600 acres, the seven bedroom Clynderwen House has been owned by several important … [Read more...]
The Most Popular Villages in Britain – A Slice of the Good Life
Rarely, if ever, does anyone compare the hilltop villages of the Côte d’Azur or Alpes-Maritime to the small Welsh former mining hamlets near Haverfordwest. However, older Britons selling their homes in France and returning to the UK have started to head for the tranquil communities of Pembrokeshire in west Wales to … [Read more...]
All for Wales & Wales for All
Buyers looking for a lifestyle change – a slower pace of life, old fashioned community spirit and a healthier way of life - are packing their bags and flocking to West Wales, according to buyers’ agents, West Wales Property Finders. Over the last five years West Wales Property Finders has seen a huge migration to … [Read more...]
The Preferred Cottage for British Royals
It is private, picturesque and petite. And Nottingham Cottage, where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are spending the run-up to their May wedding, is also a perfect example of an unlikely genre of prime British property. Modest houses originally built so staff could live within aristocratic estates—collectively known … [Read more...]
Excellent Reports for Pembrokeshire Primary Schools
Two primary schools, which were formally federated three years ago, are celebrating receiving outstanding inspection reports. Tavenspite and Templeton schools near Narberth, which share one governing body and leadership team, had separate inspections by different teams from Estyn, the Inspectorate for Education and … [Read more...]
