> do you live nearby?
No, but things like that are so easy to check when you have Google ;-). I hope someone who does know the place will come along and give you more of the flavour of it but meantime you can use sites like
Upmystreet to find out more about house prices, crime levels etc. Another good source for "flavour" is the local
press Isn't t'interweb marvelous? :-)