[binarymax]

For those of you in the UK/London - and want somewhere cheap and amazing to code in your own back yard, I highly recommend Hastings/St Leonards.

It is (or was) a 'small fishing village' that retains a fascinating history.

1.5 hours from London, and 1 hour from Brighton, 1/3 the cost of flats and working space, good connection speeds, good coffee. If you come down to check it out, look me up and I'll buy you a pint.

--EDIT-- Some nice tempting rental listings for you :) http://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/property/search?listingSta...

[arethuza]

I can recommend my home village in North East Scotland for everything apart from convenient access to London. Not sure about internet speeds or whether they have coffee yet.

But certainly pretty, peaceful, cheap property, great scenery and fairly convenient for the Cairngorms for climbing/skiing:

http://www.portknockiewebsite.co.uk/

For a bit of history, here is a page describing the loss of my great-grandfathers boat the Evangeline with all hands:

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/pirie/history/PFWv1-o/ui26.htm

[I traced my ancestry recently and its a bit of a shock to realise that most of my male ancestors for about 300 years had a connection of one kind or another with the fishing industry].

[Fuzzwah]

My curiosity was peaked by a URL which actually had the word website in it. I was pleasantly surprised at the lack of yellow and black animated gifs of workmen digging.

[kieranajp]

We're in Canterbury and it's very much the same situation here. Small, historical, charming town, 1 hour from London on HS1, and large enough that we have a good few local clients.

[wyclif]

Hastings is also less than 18mi (or so) from the Long Man of Wilmington. Inspiration via hill figure? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Man_of_Wilmington

[dghf]

If that's the criterion, then move to Weymouth: it's less than 17 miles from the Cerne Abbas Giant. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerne_Abbas_Giant

[pjc50]

And the most excellently named railway station, "St. Leonards Warrior Square".

While the housing is cheap by London standards, it's still the south east and it's possible to get cheaper and better in the north, west, or Scotland.

[lamby]

Looks like nice cycling around there too...

[lewisflude]

May move there next year, if I do, then I'll take up your offer of a pint!