Clifton Village: We visit South West's best place to live  - "The sun always shines here" - video Dailymotion

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Clifton Village was revealed at the ‘best place to live in the South West’ by independent buying agency, Garrington Property Finders.   The ranking, which listed the 20 best places to live, considered the locations’ transport links, nearby train stations and destinations, and the number of good schools and private schools nearby.   As part of the #LoveYour campaign - a love letter celebrating Bristol - we decided to visit Clifton Village to see if locals agree it’s ‘the best place to live.’   Clifton Observatory, The Mall, Clifton Suspension Bridge and Princess Victoria Street were recurring favourites among locals.   When asked about problems with the area, residents only pointed out minor issues including parking, a “few professional street beggars” and “a little bit expensive sometimes compared to the rest of Bristol, but noting notable.”

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00:00Clifton Village was voted the best place to live in the South West by Garrington Property

00:05Finders. The study looked at the top 20 locations based on transport links, nearby train stations

00:12and destinations and nearby schools. Let's find out if locals agree with the verdict.

00:19I'm a student at the University of Bristol and I just moved here in the Clifton Village

00:24area like a couple of weeks ago and so far I'm liking it. It's very nice, especially

00:33compared to the rest of Bristol it feels much safer. The people here seem to be friendlier

00:42and I especially like this area over here, I'm not sure what it's called, there's like

00:47a bunch of cafes and stores here. It's very friendly and nice.

00:53It's a really lovely little community, very safe, very quaint, kind of has a nice country

01:00feel inside of a big city, so yeah, love it. Love going up to the observatory and that

01:05whole kind of greenery area looking over the suspension bridge, that's gorgeous. This little

01:09road just down here with all the little cafes, I love Mercy, which is just a cafe on the

01:14corner there. Most of it to be honest with you is lovely.

01:18It's lovely, it's like a little sort of city within Bristol, it's completely different

01:22than anywhere else, it's lovely. I would agree as well, I've really enjoyed

01:26my lunch and being with my friend and some lovely shops.

01:30Well I like The Mall, that's always very nice, there's some nice shops up there, Canadonia

01:34Place is lovely, Princess Victoria Street, which is what we're just entering now is really

01:37good, and we've had a nice lunch in Boyce's Avenue in the Primrose Cafe, so that's been

01:42nice. I've lived here for 25 years and I just like

01:47the fact that it's clean, it's extremely friendly, wonderful restaurants, lovely public

01:57houses and the people are extremely friendly. I'm an old person now obviously, I'm in my

02:02sort of mid to late 70s, and there's a community and if you don't see somebody for a couple

02:09of days, people wonder why, and then there's a little bit of support hopefully, and it's

02:16just a great place to be. The sun always shines here by the way, as it is today, and it's

02:22one of the only places I think around here where people look after one another.

02:29And are there any issues with the area? Parking I should think, it's a bit of a nightmare

02:34in lots of places, but certainly in Clifton it's quite difficult to get a parking space.

02:39Not a lot. I'd love for them to do something with that, there's a little area up there

02:44which has been kind of derelict for a little while, but it can be a little bit expensive

02:49sometimes compared to the rest of Bristol, but no, nothing needs to be done.

02:55Overall, locals agreed that Clifton Village is a great place to live. Many have praised

03:00the friendly community and the safe environment, and pointed to just some minor issues with

03:06the area.

Clifton Village: We visit South West's best place to live - "The sun always shines here"

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