Newcastle named as one of the most desirable places to live in the UK
Newcastle has been ranked as one of the most desirable places to live in the UK.
The research, conducted by house buying experts housebuyers4u, created five categories based on data from the Home Office and Tripadvisor.
These include a culture score (based on shopping, nightlife, and more), a green score (based on the count and rating of nature and parks), a housing score (based on housing affordability), a utility score (based on energy and gas), and a violent crime score (based on the annual increase or decrease of reported incidents).
The five categories were given a score out of 100, which contributed to a final index score.
The locations with the highest final index score have been named the most desirable places to live in Britain.
Newcastle was ranked as the fifth best place to live in the country.
The local authority has a housing score of 79.31 out of 100, as well as a culture score of 67.25 out of 100 and a green score of 42.75 out of 100. It was the housing score which was marked as the city’s highest rating.
It was only beaten by Edinburgh in fourth, Blackpool in third, second placed Nottingham and York, which took the top spot.
The least desirable spot to live was Slough. The wost five scores were all recorded in the south of the country with Luton, Hove, Basildon and Gillingham rounding out the bottom five spots.