Living in Wexbridge

Wexbridge is the kind of market town people assume no longer exists: a Georgian high street that still earns its living, a market every Thursday in the square as it has been held for centuries, and a river bridge that gives the town its name and its favourite short walk. The town has grown gently rather than suddenly, and it shows in the way the streets fit together.

The housing stock runs from Georgian town houses on Market Square and the streets off it, through the period villas of Castle Walk and the terraces of the old tanning quarter, to inter-war semis on Wexbridge Road and a modest number of well-mannered modern additions. Conversions such as The Maltings and Foundry Mews supply the apartments and townhouses the period stock otherwise lacks.

Wexbridge Primary is consistently oversubscribed and the secondary school holds a good reputation across the district. The station offers direct trains to London in a little over an hour, the A-road network is ten minutes away, and the town supports two supermarkets, independent shops, a small theatre and more cafes than seems strictly sensible.