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St Leonards isn't all bad either. Sure, the area round Warrior Square is a bit grotty, but there is a very pleasant bit around James Burton's (father of Tunbridge Wells' Decimus) town, which covers the area from the seafront up to Maze Hill - there is some cracking Georgian architecture there...

Yes, it's got its grim areas, including Hollington, Central St Leonard's, Broomgrove, and probably the worst of the lot, Farley Bank (we used to distribute Christmas presents there for a church project and I was always glad to get away), but I recently did a tour of Maze Hill (designed by...

Traffic is a nightmare too, which is why I didn't list it in my best places to live.

Best: somewhere like Telscombe (the village, not Telscombe Cliffs, which I would put in the other category). I love the view from up there and there are some lovely houses, including one for sale the other week for £3.5 million. Lewes, if it wasn't catching the Brighton Green bug. Great...