What is Stanmore like as an area?

Stanmore is a great place to live and bring up your family.

There is a great atmosphere and you really have the best of both worlds, in that there a wide open green spaces and parks and then you have access to a tremendous range of small chic shops and supermarkets like Sainsbury's on the high road. The quaint little Stanmore village with its tudor style cottages, gives a real village feel to the area, in contrast to the modern and well specified schools like Whitchurch first and middle.

The schools in the area are outstanding and you have a great choice from ages of 4 upwards to 18 and beyond through Stanmore College. Ofsted have consistently rated the schools in the area as either 'good' or 'outstanding'.

Access to the M1 is very local and you and join on the Northbound junction 4 with ease. Two underground stations serve the area - Stanmore and Canons Park, both on the Jubilee line with direct links into Waterloo and the city.

If you like to shop, you have all the important shopping areas accessible from Stanmore in no time at all. For example you can get to:

• Harlequin Centre (Watford) in 20 mins by car
• St Anne's (Harrow) in 15 mins by car
• St George's (Harrow) in 15 mins by car
• Broadwalk (Edgware) in 10 mins by car
• Brent Cross (Hendon) in 15 mins by car

Depending on the exact type of Stanmore property you're looking for, you're likely to be spoilt for choice. There's an huge spread, of prices from the million pound house on Old Church Lane to the more modest 3 bed semi-detached homes on St Andrews Drive. Some of the nicest roads to live on in Stanmore include:

• Crowshott Avenue
• Bush Grove
• St Andrews Drive
• Pickett Croft
• Bromefield Avenue

You'll find a range of houses for sale in Stanmore and often have the opportunity to pick up a bargain if you look in the right area. The best advice for finding 'houses for sale in stanmore' is to sign-up with a good agent. Despite the current slow down in property sales, you'll find Stanmore is quite an active market, and good properties in Stanmore don't stay on the market for long.