Yeah local bitcoins has worked so far for me, just make sure to conduct any face to face deals in public so you don't get mugged.
I done the deal, all went fine. Kinda hard to count £1000 in a very public place, was more worried someone else was going to mug me, not to mention it looked like a drug deal.
You can get around that by just announcing at the top of your lungs "THIS IS NOT A DRUG DEAL". That should keep your £1000 safe