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My name is Lauren Ashdown and I love living in Wiltshire. It's really nice, even just driving from one office base to another. It's a nice, pretty drive. There's very little traffic. In the country it's full of pubs and nice walks, and nice big, old houses that you can walk around. So there are nice things to do. It's a quiet county, but then we're really close to big cities like Bath and Bristol which have everything that you could want. Bradford on Avon is one of my favorite places in Wiltshire. It's a lovely little town with nice little boutique shops, pubs, and the walks here are just so beautiful whether it's along the canal or around the town seeing the nice old buildings. It's a really beautiful place. I recently bought a house in Wiltshire, my first property, and for a three bed house in Wiltshire, you could just barely get a one bed flat in London. So really good to raise a family because you can buy larger properties for the same sort of money where you would get very small places in London. Working for Wiltshire Council means I have a really good work life balance because they do flexible working, both times and from locations, so you can work from any hub. I was born and raised here. I love Wiltshire. I can't see myself ever leaving.