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Evening Standard
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Ruth Bloomfield

Leaving London: how one family started over in north Wales — in a home twice the size for half the monthly rent

Rebecca with her daughters Laurel and Claudia

(Picture: Luke Pilling @abersapp)

When she turned 40 Rebecca Hinde threw a big party for all her London friends. Two days later she packed her bags and took a plunge into the unknown.

She and her two daughters — both of whom were “distraught” at the prospect of leaving the capital — moved to the seaside village of Llanbedrog, Gwynedd, in north Wales in 2019. And although it’s a very different world from Brockley, south-east London, the family is thriving.

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