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We've got a daughter who lives in Liverpool and a son in Manchester and even though Leeds isn't far away we'd rather be nearer.
Looking at the map, Warrington seems ideal but we don't know much about the area.
I've been looking at this to get a rough idea of house prices http://www.bridgfords.co.uk/forsaleoffice/Stockton-Heath/37 but I don't know how it copares with other places around there.
Can anyone suggest anywhere?

I'd stay where you are if I were you.
Assuming your children have moved for work, they'll appreciate coming back to the family home for special occasions.

My brother lives in stockton heath, he likes it but to busy for my liking I would look at some of the cheshire villages, I live in st.helens it is a nice place to move from unless you like rugby then its the beesknees

Depends on your target travel time. Kirstie whatever suggested Helsby for a couple with two commutes to Liverpool and Manchester as well as the mad Hale or Timperley. I'm only just over an hour from each and seriously in the wilds. If you want to be cheaper and wilder look North (Ribble Valley?), expensive and post code conscious look to Cheshire.

Brilliant, thanks everyone, I'll have a look at those areas you suggetsed.

The nthing ios, we need to downsize anyway and now grandchildren are starting to appear I'd really like to be nearer and help as much as possible.

That's very kind of you wanting to help the family out, lauralou.

All my family seemed to have moved as far away from me as possible.

I could also have mentioned the countryside north of Bolton round Belmont if you want really rural.