Share your tips on up-and-coming areas

Holywell, Flintshire. Thus far a relative backwater is now being 'discovered' by a new group looking for a small market town feel with great links to the major centres of Chester, the Wirral, Liverpool and Manchester. The Town offers a range of property at affordable (but rising) prices. Over the last few years the town has seen the emergance of new supermarkets, despite which, the independent outlets and market in the pedestrianised town centre continues to thrive. The newly opened district hospital is another great asset.
In addition to some sought after vistas, Holywell enjoys a genuinely warm provincial welcome sadly long lost by other towns.

M.Brown (Powys) - will the house have a good sized rear garden with tennis courts,swimming pool (olympic size pref.) mini golf course and second hand wooden shed?

Rugby in the centre of England is a lovely up and coming area. The town centre is being heavily updated with new shopping centres and recently being voted as one of the best places to shop if you like independent shops. With a huge £200 million been spent on upgrading the west coast mainline through Rugby and a new face lift on the existing railway station, along with train times to London Euston in less than 1 hour it will sure be the next commuter town to London commuters.
Lots of different types of housing is being built in Rugby to accomodate all types of house buyer from plush apartments and super size housing available in 2 huge developements to both the north and south of the town and hundreds of smaller developements dotted around the town, this is before the massive developement of the ex GEC Alstom site towards the centre of town.
The town also enters into the britain in bloom contest each year which brings lovely displays of flowers everywhere for people to enjoy.

can anyone advise about the best residential area around stoke on trent

Biddulph, Staffordshire Moorlands is a good value for money location that is always overlooked.
Set in an attractive valley, it is surrounded by beautiful scenery and has beautiful views from Biddulph Moor across to the Cheshire plain on one side and the Peak District on the other side.
The town is 9 miles from Stoke-on-Trent and is good value for money in comparison with Congleton, Cheshire which is essentially flat and without the views. Biddulph is a very clean and tidy town and recently won Gold in the national Britain in Bloom competition for the hard work its local in Bloom group has put in to brighten up the Town with attractive floral displays . The nearest railway station is Congleton (3miles) and Manchester is 25 minutes away . By car Manchester is 40 minutes away. Have a look at Biddulph, you will be pleasantly surprised. Why not also visit the well known National Trust Garden at Biddulph Grange?
You can quench your thirst after visiting the garden at the attractive Talbot Pub a short distance away on Grange road. ST8 is very much underrated!

Lewisham - it's cheap as chips in zone 2 of london - and is set to benefit from 200 million investment in the town centr. great transport links, parks, lovely victorian houses and conversion flats - a gastro pub is opening round the corner from where I live so things are on the up!

Llewllyn rocks - totally unspoilt and as yet undiscovered. Just 12 minutes from London by space rocket, no houses yet, sea views and a private beach. I can build you a 4 bedroom house there for £127.63p and a pack of special brew.

Mutley is where the students live and Devenport is a rough area to live in where the navy are based. The Hoe and the Barbican are lovely and there was a new shopping centre built last year.

The huge new Westfield development in White City, London, is sure to generate interest in the area especially to cosmopolitan types.

Rochester - 45 mins into London, probably THE best house prices in the South-East, and when the high-speed rail links through Ebbsfleet get started next year, there'll be a massive range of journey options in London. Rochester High St is also beautiful with no chain shops - hurrah!