The Express & Star talk to the people of Burntwood, which has been voted one of the best places to live in the West Midlands.
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00:00 So Daniel Walton with the Express and Star, we're standing here just outside of Burntwood.
00:04 It's been classed as one of the nicest places to live in the West Midlands based on recent
00:09 reports. We've been talking to residents all around the area, they completely agree. They
00:13 do say that some parts of it need cleaning up and maybe the roads need redoing a little
00:17 bit just to get rid of the potholes and whatnot. But on a whole they do say that it's absolutely
00:22 fantastic. They're not surprised at the reports at all. We've talked to some of the shopkeepers,
00:26 especially Flows by Cordeen, who say that the shoppers around here are absolutely fantastic.
00:31 People do come into the town centre as well to do a little bit of shopping. But they all
00:36 agree that it's absolutely one of the best places to live and yeah, they're not surprised
00:40 at all. It's a lovely place to live, the people are gorgeous, so generous and so helpful.
00:48 It's got lovely parks and places to go and it's literally five minutes walk into the
00:53 countryside. They need to do some cleaning up, I think, especially around this area.
01:01 And they need to keep thinking about the green belt because that's what makes it a really
01:07 lovely place to live. Absolutely beautiful. You'd fully recommend it? I absolutely recommend
01:12 it, yes. I think it's right. I think it's a brilliant place to live. People are friendly,
01:17 it's nice and clean and you've got all the amenities that you need close by. And there's
01:24 loads of places to visit. If you like hiking, you've got places to hike. You've got dog
01:30 walking with the National Forest down the road. And you've got loads of places. You've
01:35 got swimming up there, you've got the steam railway up the road, you've got canoe chase
01:39 walking through. You've got everything. Absolutely, yeah. Any negatives at all? Sort of need cleaning
01:44 up a little bit or anything? Well, we could do with some new doctors. Dentists. We haven't
01:51 got a local dentist round here but we've got the new doctors that's just down there but
01:56 they could do with some new ones as well. Absolutely. Which is everything. And the roads
02:00 are a bit crowded but that's everywhere as well, isn't it? Absolutely, yeah. So fully
02:05 recommend it? I would. Even the schools are good as well round here. Oh, that's lovely.
02:09 All my grandchildren have been to them and they've done really well. So what's your thoughts
02:15 on Burntwood being classed as the nicest place in the West Midlands to live then? Well, I
02:19 think it's probably unbelievable but I'll go with it. Yeah, yeah. That's what I want.
02:24 I mean, how long has this shop been around here again, sir? 170 years. 170 years. Been
02:28 a good 170 years all the way through? Yeah, it's very good. I'm still here. Still here,
02:32 yeah, 170 years later. No, no. But yeah, no, it's been classed as like it's been classed
02:35 in the highest percentile in the UK as well. I mean, don't believe it, unbelievable. Unbelievable.
02:41 Unbelievable. Yeah, yeah. What are the residents like? Quite nice? The regular shoppers? Absolutely.
02:46 Yeah, lovely. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
02:50 It all comes down to the customers really, doesn't it? I suppose. The residents are quite
02:53 nice so that's what you should go for, yeah? Absolutely. And yeah, you enjoyed every day
02:57 of it then? Absolutely, yeah. I think that's true. I think it's a really good place to
03:01 live. I think we're always really lucky. The community comes together when needed.
03:05 So yeah, I think it's a lovely place. Absolutely fantastic. You're not surprised by the rating
03:09 then? No, not really because I think everybody gets on with everybody. There's never much
03:13 trouble about. So yeah, I think it's good. Absolutely. And you've got a good little
03:16 shopping district down here as well, especially the bushes next door. Yeah, absolutely fantastic.
03:19 We're very lucky. Very lucky to be here. Any negatives at all? Maybe clean up the
03:24 area a little bit? Only a little bit, but I think you get that in all areas, don't you?
03:27 It can never be perfect.