Wokingham, Berkshire
Hart District in Hampshire has topped the Halifax list for several years as the place with best quality of life
As Sunshine says.
Best big city: London
Best countryside town: Ludlow www.ludlow.org.uk
Best Coastal town: Bournemouth www.bournemouth.co.uk
These are generalised suggestions based on my personal tastes. Never move anywhere without having a good look around it first
Buckingham Palace
Cambridge has low unemployment but a higher cost of living, though affordable apartment rentals are easy to come by. You can travel from the city via train to the east coast seaside resorts and south to London for weekend entertainment, though the city of Cambridge has plenty of night life. It's beautiful city with lots of historical attraction.
http://www.varsity.co.uk/news/6807
Liverpool
Suffolk
Test Valley, Hampshire, came out as the best place in England and Wales in which to live.
It scored well on household income and health, and low crime rates.
Nowhere in London made the top 10, due to low levels of home ownership and high crime.
The best place to live within commuter range of the capital was St Albans in Hertfordshire, coming 10th in our ranking.
Test Valley, Hampshire
Overall rank: #1
Income rank: #4
Economic activity rank: #142
Home ownership rank: #335
Crime rank: #83
Health rank: #49
Wokingham, Berkshire
Overall rank: #2 (regions in Wokingham also take spots #3, #8, and #14)
Income rank: #7
Economic activity rank: #555
Home ownership rank: #24
Crime rank: #12
Health rank: #121
Northumberland
Overall rank: #4
Income rank: #109
Economic activity rank: #478
Home ownership rank: #2
Crime rank: #38
Health rank: #303
East Hertfordshire
Overall rank: #5
Income rank: #314
Economic activity rank: #278
Home ownership rank: #234
Crime rank: #11
Health rank: #306
Stockton-on-Tees
Overall rank: #6
Income rank: #168
Economic activity rank: #20
Home ownership rank: #295
Crime rank: #698
Health rank: #29
Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire
Overall rank: #7
Income rank: #318
Economic activity rank: #185
Home ownership rank: #433
Crime rank: #9
Health rank: #679
Solihull, West Midlands
Overall rank: #9
Income rank: #259
Economic activity rank: #1118
Home ownership rank: #164
Crime rank: #51
Health rank: #313
St Albans, Hertfordshire
Overall rank: #10
Income rank: #28
Economic activity rank: #1124
Home ownership rank: #635
Crime rank: #93
Health rank: #41
Basingstoke and Deane, Hampshire
Overall rank: #11
Income rank: #14
Economic activity rank: #9
Home ownership rank: #1353
Crime rank: #509
Health rank: #76
Reading, Berkshire
Overall rank: #12
Income rank: #5
Economic activity rank: #1694
Home ownership rank: #27
Crime rank: #8
Health rank: #285
Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Overall rank: #13
Income rank: #265
Economic activity rank: #1057
Home ownership rank: #356
Crime rank: #31
Health rank: #312
Bracknell Forest, Berkshire
Overall rank: #15
Income rank: #148
Economic activity rank: #73
Home ownership rank: #1602
Crime rank: #186
Health rank: #200
Depends what you want from a location. Some people prefer countryside, others prefer cities.
DEPENDS what looking for..If a city, then Manchester is on the up and the future looks good...There are lots of good rural places too and seaside ones....
