According to research from Savills and Telegraph Money, Hightown, in Sefton, is one of the most desirable villages in Britain to live in. The report looked at a number of aspects including highest house prices, best lifestyle factors, connectivity and aesthetic appeal.
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Hightown is desirable because it's close enough to transport including a train station, on the Southport line, but also between Formby and Crosby beach and the National Trust pine woods. The Times report said: "Commuters can work in the city and retreat to the coast where there are sandy and shingle stretches, dunes and wetlands teaming with wildlife such as natterjack toads.
"The nearby Sefton Coastal Path provides views of sprawling farmland and coastal vistas." The Pheasant Inn, on Moss Lane, is also a much loved gastropub that has been named among the top 50 pubs in the UK, by Big 7 Travel.
No pub (currently, The Hightown was just shut but will likely open again under new management unless they brewery sell it off for houses), no GPs, one small shop and one road in. The Pheasant is s decent restaurant but it's no gastropub and you couldn't walk there from Hightown as it's half a mile down the road. What passes for a beach there is rubbish. All the good pubs, eateries, beaches and shops are in nearby towns and villages. I'm led to believe the dogging is good though, they haven't got much else to do with their time.
Why can’t you walk half a mile?
There's no path or pavement, you'd basically be walking down an unlit country road that people drive down too fast. You rarely see cyclists on it (they talk the coastal path) and you never see a pedestrian. It's one of those middle of nowhere places that pretty much everyone has to drive to.