Smaller than Bath but with a similar architectural elegance and affluent aura, Royal Leamington Spa offers more Regency or Georgian house for your money and fewer tourists. In 2020, as with other spa towns such as Cheltenham, the smart but staid image is firmly consigned to history. If you want edgy, look elsewhere, but, “scratch the surface of Leamington and it’s pretty cool,” says Paul Clarke, co-founder of the online estate agency Mr and Mrs Clarke. “There’s an interesting mix: Warwick University students and academics, families moving from Birmingham, downsizers, young professionals including gaming industry employees [tech is big here], as well as people who’ve lived in the area all their lives.”Post lockdown, people prioritise parks and open green areas as well as homes

Source: The Times August 27, 2020 23:03 UTC