(2024) The people of Broseley on why they think the town has been voted the best place to live in Shropshire

Shropshire Star

The people of Broseley speak about why they think the town has been voted the best place to live in Shropshire.

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00:00 Garrington's property services has compiled data from around 18 categories

00:04 including air quality, crime figures, schools and proximity to open spaces.

00:09 Out of 1,429 locations in the UK, Broseley came 116th, making it the best place to

00:16 live in Shropshire. It came 118th for well-being, 178th for natural environment

00:21 and 358th for heritage and culture. The average family home here in Broseley

00:27 costs around £400,000. That's close to £100,000 more than down the road in

00:32 Telford which ranks 359th in the country. Shrewsbury ranked 797th while Ludlow,

00:40 which was fairly recently named one of the prettiest places in the UK, was

00:44 ranked 260th. So recently data suggested that Broseley is one of the best

00:49 places to live in Shropshire, in fact the best place to live in Shropshire.

00:53 How do you feel about that? Yeah I agree, it is lovely, it's very quiet, peaceful,

01:00 not much trouble, I like it. It was ranked quite highly in like access to

01:05 outdoor spaces, is that something you kind of appreciate about whereabouts

01:09 we are in Shropshire? Yeah, there's not much building, new builds and that kind

01:15 of stuff going on so it is somewhere that you could just walk in any direction

01:18 and just get lost in the fields, yeah it's great. It was also ranked pretty

01:23 highly in sort of like history and culture and stuff, kind of being so close

01:27 to the Ironbridge Gorge I guess is a bit of a perk, do you appreciate that kind of?

01:30 Never really thought about it to be honest but yeah just by looking at the

01:33 buildings around us there's a lot of history just in this high street alone

01:36 so yeah I do agree with that, it's nice. How long have you lived in the area? All

01:40 my life, yeah 27-28 years. Nice place to grow up in? Definitely, yeah definitely.

01:47 So you've seen the news, Broseley is the best? I haven't yet, actually I haven't seen it which is a

01:52 shame but a couple of customers have been in to say that there is an article

01:55 saying it's the best, I would agree with it, I mean Broseley is a lovely town, I've

01:58 been working in the town, born here, working in the shop here for 37 years,

02:02 we've lost some shops in the high street but I still think it's a very good little

02:06 high street, lots of services, you could do all your shopping in Broseley without

02:11 having to go elsewhere which I think is very good and not all towns can provide

02:14 that now sadly so yeah good, very happy with it. One of the interesting

02:18 things I saw was that it ranked really quite highly in well-being and so I

02:23 guess people's mental health, why do you think that might be? Broseley is a very

02:26 friendly town so if you're a stranger walking up and down the street chances are

02:29 somebody that lives in town would say hello to you and you'd feel quite welcome,

02:32 it's quite a small town so when we look after each other we have our

02:37 little problems but I think we also know you know how to look after each other in

02:42 the town you know and I think the Covid brought us back together again you know

02:45 but I think you know like again people have drifted apart a little bit from Covid

02:48 but I think Broseley is small enough to still be a caring community, it's a good

02:52 looking community, lots of community things going on as well you know we've

02:55 got good societies, groups in the town that give people places to go so it is

02:59 it's a nice town. Where have you come from? Fernbridge North.

03:04 What brought you to Broseley? Well my family, mum and dad, my husband's mum and dad

03:11 passed away and we just just decided to move here and I tell you what it's

03:16 lovely, lovely place, so friendly. I mean I lost my husband last year and you

03:23 know people have been so kind yeah oh god I thoroughly recommend it. What is it

03:30 you kind of like about besides the people being super friendly? They're

03:32 friendly and you know if you want anything doing you know, have you got any good side?

03:39 Yeah so yeah. One of the things it got rated quite highly for was access to

03:45 green spaces, is that something you appreciate? Yeah there's a lot of lovely walks, it's really nice.

03:51 So there's been new data out that's ranked a load of towns in England and

03:57 in Shropshire Broseley's taken the crown. Do you live in Broseley?

04:03 Yes I do yeah, I've been here about five six years now. What do you think of it?

04:07 Yeah well I love the area really, it's just right close to our own bridge, all the

04:12 walks and the rivers and that so yeah that's all good for me. Where did you come from?

04:17 Basingstoke originally, moved to Bournemouth for a little bit,

04:21 Shrewsbury for about half a year, then met the lady I'm with now,

04:25 fiancée, so moved to Broseley and it's happy ever after. Yeah she's a Broseley lady then?

04:30 Yes she is, well no because they all get a bit sensitive don't they from what kind of

04:34 area, but for me it's one of the surrounding areas so Broseley is.

04:39 What is it kind of your favourite parts about Broseley, what you enjoy

04:44 doing here? Just walking down to the river, down to the iron bridge part of it,

04:48 where you've got the little hub of shops and your butchers and your grocers

04:52 and your stuff like that and just all the walks around there really.

04:55 You appreciate the outdoors? Yeah massively, 100% we're always out in the evenings or in the

04:59 mornings walking and stuff like that. A lot of people we've spoken to today have

05:03 said how friendly the town is, is that something you've seen kind of reflected?

05:06 Yeah that's what I've found since I moved up here, obviously speaking how I speak

05:10 isn't the usual, the local twang, but yeah they're all good as gold so yeah good people.

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