These are the best places to live in the UK - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Travel These are the best places to live in the UK By You Magazine - January 28, 2019 When asked where the best place to live in the UK is, many of us will probably have our own answers – whether they’re bias or not. But an annual survey conducted by Halifax has now revealed the actual best places to reside in within the UK in terms of beautiful scenery, affordable housing and a high quality of life. Getty Images This year, the Scottish island of Orkney topped the list beating various cities and towns across the country to the title. The rural destination, which came in at second place last year topped the list after Halifax analysed and weighed up a criteria including work, housing, education, health and community across cities nationwide and concluded that Orkney had the best to offer in all of the departments. Orkney was identified as ranking the highest for employment, good schools, low crime and an affordable average house price of £173,349. The latter is incredibly impressive considering it is 5.2 times the average income, which is also well below the national median of 7.3. Getty Images This year’s runner up was Richmondshire in Yorkshire, which was praised for having high personal wellbeing scores, low crime rates and little traffic. In fact, most of the cities on the list are in the North, including three of the top five. According to Halifax, the parts of the south featured on the list such as South Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds – where the Duke and Duchess of Sussex live – scored well on things such as wages and employment, life expectancy, heath and weather. Meanwhile the North received points for being more affordable and less crowded. The top 10 places to live in the UK 1. Orkney, Scotland 2. Richmondshire, Yorkshire and the Humber 3. Rutland, East Midlands 4. Hambleton, Yorkshire and the Humber 5. Eden, North West 6. South Oxfordshire, South East 7. Cotswold, South West 8. Ryedale, Yorkshire and the Humber 9. St Albans, East of England 10. Derbyshire Dales, East Midlands RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Hotel review Wyndham Residences Costa Adeje National Trust is giving away free tickets this autumn Hotel review Una St Ives Cornwall DON' T MISS Fiona Bruce Sometimes I struggle not to cry November 14, 2021 17 beautiful 2021 diaries to help you to look forward to December 4, 2020 Why women leave men for women What’ s fuelling the rise of April 28, 2019 Hollywood veteran Laura Linney on plastic surgery friendship and her stellar July 3, 2017 You can shop the khaki jumpsuit from Holly Willoughby’ s new M& S July 17, 2019 The secrets and lies behind this happy family photo April 11, 2021 It’ s cocktail hour Olly Smith’ s cocktail recipes and Eleanor Maidment s canapé November 14, 2021 BBC One has revealed its Christmas TV schedule and there’ s lots December 2, 2020 YOU Beauty Box August Reviews August 1, 2017 Rome has been named the cheapest major city to visit in August 7, 2019 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved