Thanks for such a fantastic response everyone, it's great to hear different opinions that's for sure!
Rather than replying to everyone individually and spamming you all to death, I'll try cover it all in one.
Firstly I am based in the North West of England in a small town near a bunch of fields - to the naked eye, we get great views of the sky with little-to-no pollution and means to stand a table top scope outside, so that's of no immediate concern!
I see a lot of people recommending binoculars as a first choice with my small budget, and as much as I can appreciate why, it's something that I probably won't be looking into - purely because it doesn't have the same feel as owning/using a telescope (as silly as that may sound). I'm also hoping through using a starter scope that we'd both learn more about setting them up, finding viewing objects and all the technical speak that currently goes straight over my head! Unfortunately I cannot push further than £75 in total as we have a little one on the way to prioritise, but I certainly wouldn't want to give up on the idea and come away with nothing at all!
I'd love to do some bargain hunting and look second hand - I've already scanned ebay a few times over the past month or so, problem being my lack of knowledge. All I see are a bunch of numbers with some fancy words and so find it hard to judge what's a good option! If anyone could enlighten me on what I should be looking out for (I hear a lot of aperture, refractor, reflector and 60mm/100mm etc) no idea how to really process any of it.
Thanks again to everyone for the advice as well as all the links and recommended software etc - I have been, and will continue to, look into all of it. Been a tremendous help already and such a lovely welcome to the forums
Hannah