The Sunday Times has just released its annual ranking of the country’s finest towns and villages
Written by Chiara Wilkinson
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Thinking of moving house this year? If you happen to have a fair amount of money andcare about whatThe Sunday Timeshas to say, you’re not going to want to miss this.
The newspaper has just released its annual ranking of the UK’s best places to live. The Sussex market town of Wadhurst (population 5,000) topped the bill, praised for its rolling hills, starry night skies and quaint cottages. The judges also highlighted thetown’s good schools, convenient transport links, bustling high street and close-knit community.
The list took into account factors including transport links, culture, broadband speeds, access to nature and the state of high streets.Seventy-oneother locations also made the list, with a winner crowned from each region of the UK.
Crouch End was named the best spot to live in London, beating Notting Hill and Beckenham, whileDunkeld, Perthshire, was crowned the best place to live in Scotland and Liverpool beat Manchester for the top spot innorth-east England.
Here are the best places to live in the UK in 2023, according to The Sunday Times:
Overall winner: Wadhurst, East Sussex
East of England
Winner: Saffron Walden, Essex
Aylsham, Norfolk
Bourn, Cambridgeshire
Buckhurst Hill, Essex
Dedham Vale, Suffolk
Felixstowe, Suffolk
Norwich
London
Winner: Crouch End
Beckenham
Hackney borders N1 and E8
Earlsfield
King’s Cross
Notting Hill
Woolwich
Midlands
Winner: Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Digbeth, Stirchley, Birmingham
Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire
Great Malvern, Worcestershire
Market Harborough, Leicestershire
Melbourne, Derbyshire
Rutland
Northern Ireland
Winner: Donaghadee, Co Down
Ormeau, Belfast
Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh
North and north east England
Winner: Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
Holmfirth, West Yorkshire
Ilkley, West Yorkshire
Leeds
Ouseburn, Newcastle
Sheffield
Thirsk, North Yorkshire
Wooler, Northumberland
North west
Winner: Liverpool
Manchester
Penrith, Cumbria
Rawtenstall, Lancashire
Sale, Greater Manchester
Stockport, Greater Manchester
Tarporley, Cheshire
Scotland
Winner: Dunkeld, Perthshire
East Linton, East Lothian
Portobello, Edinburgh
Shawlands, Glasgow
Newport-on-Tay, Fife
Orkney
Tighnabruaich, Argyll and Bute
South east England
Winner: Chichester, West Sussex
Alresford, Hampshire
Brighton and Hove, Seven Dials
Folkestone, Kent
Guildford, Surrey
Lindfield, West Sussex
East Oxford
Reading, Berkshire
Reigate, Surrey
Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire
South west England
Winner: Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Bishopsteignton, Devon
Bristol
Broad Chalke, Wiltshire
The Chew Valley, Somerset
Marlborough, Wiltshire
Penzance, Cornwall
Poundbury, Dorset
Wales
Winner: Ruthin, Denbighshire
Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
Barmouth, Gwynedd
Pontcanna, Cardiff
Gower Peninsula, Swansea
Narberth, Pembrokeshire
Solva, Pembrokeshire
You can check out thefull list here.
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- Chiara Wilkinson Features Editor, UK
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