i moved to hampshire from merseyside not long ago... we thought of all the areas you have looked at... the big issues are that all the great schools are over subscribed... we were very lucky to get the kids into the school they are in...
schools have to be spoken to first before anything else is the lesson we learned. we ended up in Greatham just north of petersfield and we love it... we launch at langstone harbour which is 30 mins away really quick access to isle of wight loads of bass...
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