London Evening Standard

I left London for the countryside and it was nothing like I dreamed

I remember the precise moment my husband and I decided to leave London. It was a wet Sunday afternoon in autumn 2014. We were driving back from a long, child-free weekend in the Cotswolds and the ...
London Evening Standard

‘I moved out of London to the countryside... and hated it!’

For any Londoner, there’s nothing quite like “a weekend in the countryside” for a swift, three-day reset. The countryside, by design, is what many crave: long, muddy walks in the woods, a cosy country ...
Daily Express

I quit £1,500 London flat for countryside - my friends are all doing the same thing

09:43, Sun, Jul 20, 2025 Updated: 09:49, Sun, Jul 20, 2025 A pair who swapped their noisy London rental for countryside homeownership claim life beyond the capital offers superior quality. Tori Halman ...
Manchester Evening News

"I quit London for the countryside - this is why it's better"

A couple who traded renting a noisy London flat for owning a home in the countryside say there is a better quality of life outside the city. Tori Halman, 31, and her boyfriend Rob Overall, 30, moved ...