- North Berwick in East Lothian, japanese Scotland topped a listing of 72 places
- Judges praised its excessive road’s impartial outlets and family-friendly homes
A seaside city in japanese Scotland has been named one of the best place to dwell within the UK.
North Berwick in East Lothian topped a listing of 72 places to turn out to be the primary Scottish winner of the title in its 12-year historical past.
Judges praised its excessive road with impartial outlets and family-friendly homes. They had been additionally impressed by its handy connections to Edinburgh – only a 30-minute practice journey away – and the best way life revolves across the city’s seashores in addition to the wealth of actions out there.
The 2024 Sunday Instances Greatest Locations to Reside information additionally named 10 regional winners, together with Clerkenwell in London, Abergavenny in Wales and Portstewart in Northern Ireland.
The judges visited all of the places and assessed components from faculties to move, broadband speeds to tradition, in addition to entry to inexperienced areas and the well being of the excessive road.
North Berwick in East Lothian topped a listing of 72 places to turn out to be the primary Scottish winner of the title in its 12-year historical past
Judges praised its excessive road with impartial outlets and family-friendly homes
Earlier winners of the title embrace Skipton, North Yorkshire (2014); Winchester, Hampshire (2016); Bristol (2017); York(2018); and Wadhurst, East Sussex (2023). Praising the regional winners, the judges stated Clerkenwell ’embodies all that’s greatest about life in London’ and has ‘cosy pubs, cool cafes and a few of the metropolis’s greatest eating places’ in addition to main cultural venues.
In the meantime, Leeds – which gained the North and North East title – was praised for its ‘buying locations, youthful power and nice selection of locations to dwell’.
Stockport in Better Manchester claimed the honours within the North West and was stated to be ‘one of the crucial thrilling cities round’, ‘practical and family-friendly’ and with ‘good-value homes’.
Fortified defensive partitions dealing with North Sea, Berwick-upon-Tweed. Earlier winners of the title embrace Skipton, North Yorkshire (2014); Winchester, Hampshire (2016); Bristol (2017); York(2018)
Different regional winners included the seaside city of Folkestone in Kent which was described as having ‘spectacular faculties’ and Sherborne in Dorset with its ‘pleasant, energetic inhabitants’.
The information is sponsored by Halifax, whose houses and safety director Kim Kinnaird stated: ‘The place you need to dwell is a really private resolution.
‘We all know it may be daunting, whether or not it is deciding the place to purchase your first house or making a transfer as your circumstances change.
‘There may be heaps to consider round what’s best for you and your loved ones.’
North Berwick, which has views of the Firth of Forth and Bass Rock, is house to the Scottish Seabird Centre and is famend for its sporting amenities, together with North Berwick Golf Membership which is the thirteenth oldest on this planet.
