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Uppingham is 'number one' in The Sunday Times Best Places to Live




The Rutland town of Uppingham has been named the best place to live in the Midlands.

It is top of a list of 10 locations in the region - and 101 across the UK - chosen by The Sunday Times to represent the best of Britain in the annual Sunday Times Best Places to Live guide.

The overall winner will be revealed on Sunday (March 22), when the full guide is published in The Sunday Times - and in much more detail online at sundaytimes.co.uk/bestplacestolive.

Uppingham is named the Midlands' best place to live.Photo: Alan Walters
Uppingham is named the Midlands' best place to live.Photo: Alan Walters

The Sunday Times’s judges assess a wide range of factors, from schools, transport and broadband speed to culture, green spaces and the health of the high street to produce the definitive guide to the UK's finest locations to call home.

The judges have travelled thousands of miles around the UK, visiting the locations and talking to locals.

They look for improving towns, villages or city centres, for attractive, well-designed homes, and locations bursting with community spirit.

The guide also uses up-to-date house prices provided by mortgage company Habito and TwentyCi.

Helen Davies, The Sunday Times Home editor said: "Our advice is simple. Think about everything you love and everything you hate, then make sure you have access to the good things while minimising exposure to the bad ones.

"And we’re here to help. Today we champion 101 locations across the UK and crown one lucky winner.

"Never has where you live felt more important. This year we have, along with house prices, air quality, good schools and access to green spaces, championed locations that have showcased great community spirit.

"The feeling of involvement in and concern for one's local community is being challenged — and celebrated — as never before. We wish everyone well wherever they live."

This year’s Midlands winner, old market town, Uppingham was in fierce competition for a place on the list in a part of the world that’s as pretty as the Cotswolds.

Uppingham’s compact size and friendly locals earn it the nod this year over local rivals such as Oakham, Oundle and that perennial Best Places to Live favourite Stamford.

With a town centre dominated by a market square that’s home to a lively Friday market and plenty of independent shops, it’s old-fashioned, but in the best possible way.

That’s not to say living here means being stuck in the sticks; there’s a good train service to the capital from nearby Corby, and the Goldmark Gallery is a sleek showcase for contemporary art, with occasional concerts.

Daniel Hegarty, Founder and CEO at Habito, the online mortgage broker said: “This year's deserving winner - Uppingham in Rutland - demonstrates that the UK's best places to live deliver much more than great real estate; they give people a sense of belonging and somewhere people can live their life to the full.”

The Midlands top 10 was:

  • Winner: Uppingham, Rutland
  • Digbeth, Birmingham
  • Earlsdon, Coventry
  • llmington, Warwickshire
  • Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
  • Ledbury, Herefordshire
  • Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
  • Nottingham
  • Shrewsbury
  • Edale, Derbyshire

Stamford has also been voted great place to live



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