Which North West locations are on this year’s Best Places to Live list?

Twelve North West locations have been named among the Best Places to Live in Britain by The Sunday Times, with Knutsford in Cheshire taking the top spot for the region.

Chester, meanwhile, has been named one of the Sunday Times Best Places Top 20 perennials, the list which celebrates the places that have that have appeared in almost every list over the past five years.

The accolades, published without ranking below, come in part two of The Sunday Times Best Places to Live guide, published this Sunday.

The supplements assess a wide range of factors, from jobs, exam results and broadband speed to culture, community spirit and local shops to compile the definitive top locations to make your home.

The methodology uses hard data and statistics on crime and education, combined with a judging panel who consider their own experience of the villages, towns and cities, such as local pubs, ease of transport and the range of attractive property.

Helen Davies, home editor for The Sunday Times, said: “This is the fifth year we have compiled the list, and this year’s is even bigger and better – the guide is more personal, more detailed and more comprehensive than ever before.

“The list weighs up everything from considering the likely impact of the local plan, to whether the post office is still open, the range of housing, and the quality of the coffee. Numbers on a spreadsheet can only tell us so much, so we carefully balance statistics with our writers’ decades of knowledge and expertise to create the definitive list of the best places to live in the UK.”

 

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