All 434 UK local authorities were judged on the same criteria - crime, education, employment, environment and lifestyle in order to get the results for, The Best And Worst Places To Live In The UK: 2005.
1. Epsom and Ewell
Idylic village life next to a cosmoplolitan world.
2. City of Westminister
Something for everyone but at a price.
3. Harrogate
A spa town near the Dales.
4. Ashford, Kent
Well located within the 'Garden of England'.
5. Stratford-on-Avon
Home of Shakespeare and lots of tourists!
6. East Hertfordshire
A real village feel but close to London.
7. South Cambridgeshire
Charming country life in a fast growing area.
8. Mole Valley
Commuter belt paradise.
9. Guildford
High property prices but plently of entertainment!
10. West Oxfordshire
Beautiful countryside but few large towns.
1. Hull
Poor education results and isolated - our worst place to live
2. Nottingham
Worst crime rates in the country.
3. Strabane
Cheap property but high unemployment.
4. Hackney
Expensive property, crime and poor schools.
5. Middlesborough
Poverty, unemployment and social problems.
6. Mansfield
Car crime and high burgulary rates but cheap houses!
7. Blaenau Gwent
Beautiful scenery but high unemployment.
8. Merthyr Tydfil
HIgh unemployemnt but rising property prices.
9. Salford
Poor education and crime record.
10. Easington
Grim but relatively low crime rate.
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