Katie, Parts of Gloucestershire are really nice - can be very scenic in places, although I can only really comment on South and West Gloucestershire. Depending on which part your hubbies's firm moves to, you should look at Cheltenham or the Forest of Dean (fairly good transport links to M4, M5 etc). Gloucester itself tends to be a bit 'chav'. The accent in Gloucester is 'gloster dog' (or so ive heard it called), not really sure how to describe it, elsewhere around it tends to be a bit 'arrrr', (think of a watered down Wurzels!). Hope this helps a small bit and good luck with the house hunting!