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View of Bristol’s Victoria Park from a hot air balloon(Image: BristolLive\/Ellie Kendall)<\/p>\nThere area a few optionsView of Bristol’s Victoria Park from a hot air balloon(Image: BristolLive\/Ellie Kendall)<\/p>\n
More often that not, buying a house<\/a> is extremely stressful – especially so in a popular city like Bristol where house prices are high and so is demand.<\/p>\n Location is always a key factor when deciding, particularly when you have children to think about as well.<\/p>\n A couple of years ago, we asked estate agents in the city which areas they would recommend for families<\/a>.<\/p>\n We have now asked them again and this is what we had back:<\/p>\n ‘Families love loads of parts of Bristol’<\/p>\n Nick Stopard, co-founder and managing director at Boardwalk, said: “We actually find that families love loads of parts of Bristol which offer different lifestyle choices \u2013 parks, restaurants, community events, cafes, good schools.<\/p>\n “It also depends on whether you\u2019re talking older families or younger families\u2026 And obviously different people will look for different things.<\/p>\n “However, we\u2019re finding that those green spaces, combined with good schools, are key so that\u2019s a really good place for us to come at it from.”<\/p>\n Keeping this in mind, Mr Stopard said the top three areas for families in Bristol are Victoria Park in South Bristol<\/a>, Westbury Park<\/a> in North West Bristol and St George<\/a>, in East Bristol<\/a>.<\/p>\n He said those three areas are all quite different and have their own character, but have a few things in common.<\/p>\n “They all have great parks and green spaces,” he said. “Not just one park but a choice.<\/p>\n “Victoria Park is also not far from Perretts Park and Redcatch Park, Westbury Park has the Downs and Redland<\/a> Green, St George has St Georges Park and Conham River Park and the river walks.<\/p>\n “They all have very well regarded primary schools, especially the first two, with schools by those names. They all have great restaurants, cafes and pubs.”<\/p>\n He said another thing those areas have in common is that they have a “good housing stock of lovely, largely Victorian or Edwardian homes, with lots of character”, among others.<\/p>\n Bethany Burrows, at Bristol Property Centre, on Chandos Road, said Cliftonwood, Westbury-on-Trym and Horfield<\/a> are the top three best family areas.<\/p>\n “Cliftonwood offers lots of trendy shops and boutiques but also has a good range of schools in the area as well as beautiful views,” she said.<\/p>\n