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Britain's Favourite town, 551008 votes

What makes a town or city a good - or great - place to live? It's not just a matter of architecture; or a successful football team or economy; or even great pubs and clubs. And in the UK it is surely not to do with the weather. There is something intangible - like trying to define the idea of home - about the best of Britain. With so many of us nowadays moving around the country - born here, studied, worked and stayed there - our knowledge is far wider than it used to be. So when you vote for your top town it could be where you come from, or where you'd like to go to. The choice is yours.


Current top towns

1: Newcastle upon Tyne (9674 votes)

2: Bristol (6513 votes)

3: Manchester (6488 votes)

4: Bath (5927 votes)

5: Liverpool (5705 votes)

6: Camden (4907 votes)

7: Nottingham (4789 votes)

8: Westminster (4745 votes)

9: Brighton (4687 votes)

10: Leeds (4390 votes)

11: Glasgow (3742 votes)

12: Hull (2861 votes)

13: Winchester (2505 votes)

14: Soho (2498 votes)

15: Llandudno (2430 votes)

16: North Berwick (2298 votes)

17: Kings Lynn (2183 votes)

18: Newton Abbot (2174 votes)

19: Middlesbrough (2086 votes)

20: Swansea (2054 votes)

21: Exeter (1984 votes)

22: Leighton Buzzard (1923 votes)

23: Chelsea (1885 votes)

24: Whitby (1734 votes)

25: Leek (1666 votes)

26: Lewes (1583 votes)

27: York (1515 votes)

28: Cambridge (1494 votes)

29: Reading (1489 votes)

30: Stoke on Trent (1486 votes)

31: Oxford (1475 votes)

32: Ascot (1440 votes)

33: Bournemouth (1408 votes)

34: Leicester (1403 votes)

35: Beverley (1352 votes)

36: Hereford (1324 votes)

37: Worcester (1316 votes)

38: St Pierre du Bois (1229 votes)

39: Cheltenham (1213 votes)

40: Lancaster (1196 votes)

41: Skipton (1158 votes)

42: Ely (1146 votes)

43: Chiswick (1111 votes)

44: Shrewsbury (1110 votes)

45: Aylesbury (1041 votes)

46: Bedford (1007 votes)

47: Newark (996 votes)

48: Notting Hill (992 votes)

49: Bradford (938 votes)

50: Wolverhampton (910 votes)

51: Taunton (908 votes)

52: Gloucester (889 votes)

53: Harrogate (867 votes)

54: Callander (860 votes)

55: Berwick upon Tweed (841 votes)

56: Dunoon (784 votes)

57: Stamford (772 votes)

58: High Wycombe (746 votes)

59: Chester (650 votes)

60: Weymouth (636 votes)

61: Edinburgh (636 votes)

62: Malham (587 votes)

63: St Andrews (558 votes)

64: Birmingham (550 votes)

65: Blackpool (539 votes)

66: Carlisle (529 votes)

67: Scarborough (515 votes)

68: Huntingdon (492 votes)

69: Durham (491 votes)

70: Bury St Edmunds (490 votes)

71: Norwich (488 votes)

72: Amersham (485 votes)

73: Canterbury (485 votes)

74: Maidstone (480 votes)

75: Colchester (475 votes)

76: Uckfield (471 votes)

77: St Albans (459 votes)

78: Sheffield (456 votes)

79: Knaresborough (451 votes)

80: Portsmouth (443 votes)

81: Preston (442 votes)

82: Clacton on Sea (438 votes)

83: Plymouth (438 votes)

84: Cardiff (423 votes)

85: Wincanton (418 votes)

86: Grange over Sands (416 votes)

87: Poole (412 votes)

88: Cockwood Harbour (411 votes)

89: Dunbar (411 votes)

90: Dorking (410 votes)

91: Ashby de la Zouch (408 votes)

92: Guildford (402 votes)

93: Catterick (400 votes)

94: Llanelli (399 votes)

95: Oldham (394 votes)

96: Barton upon Humber (390 votes)

97: Burton upon Trent (388 votes)

98: Cheam (387 votes)

99: Chelmsford (385 votes)

100: St Ives (380 votes)

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