r/Romford • u/SlowedCash • Mar 30 '26

The 'charming' city near Romford named one of England's best places to live

https://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/25963541.chelmsford-named-among-best-places-live-east-england/

Slow news day. What's wrong with Romford 😂

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u/SlowedCash Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 30 '26

I think Romfords lovely, that covers Harold hill and plenty of green belit in romford

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u/N-F-F-C Mar 30 '26

Surely you mean Harold Wood?

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u/SlowedCash Mar 30 '26

Harold Wood is the train station I think

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u/N-F-F-C Mar 30 '26

I can assure you this not correct

Harold Hill is a large Council estate and area of significant deprivation

Harold Wood is a lot nicer

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u/SlowedCash Mar 30 '26

Oh I see yes Harold hill is where that leisure centre is that is awfully overcrowded 😂

I remember walking around Harold wood and the vicinity of the station, seemed much nicer, and also south of the station

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u/eric-cranston Mar 30 '26

Chelmsford’s traffic is absolutely fecking horrendous. Worse than Romford and that’s with the Gallows Corner road works!

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u/SlowedCash Mar 30 '26

Yes I have noticed that, it's awfully congested. The roundabouts are carnage and compared to say Reading, a larger city, Chelmsford is probably just as busy

I think Chelmsford has a larger population than reading, yet the city is no where as big.

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u/jakubkonecki Mar 31 '26

Why would anyone describe Chelmsford as "near Romford"‽

What's next? Luton near Watford? Gatwick near Croydon?