AmandaC2

I'm confused about the reviews here. Lowood was both our childhood homes and we lived there up until 5 years ago .. and while some locals were lovely, some definitely weren't nice at all. While the scenery is spectacular (in my opinion), this is not a town you would want to bring up your kids in. The primary and secondary schools have reputations that .. haven't changed much in 40 odd years. There was a 'rail-link' bus that left for Ipswich early in the morning, returning late in afternoon (Ipswich around 30 minutes drive away), but no public transport apart from that (tore up the train tracks around 20 odd years ago when they thought it too expensive to maintain the wooden bridges). Fair bit of crime, but get that everywhere. And it's a good place to retire, if you like the quiet life and like to keep to yourself, but it's definitely no place to raise kids. That would be Fernvale, a short drive from Lowood.