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Britain's Favourite town, 549535 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 (9673 votes)

2: Bristol (6513 votes)

3: Manchester (6487 votes)

4: Bath (5927 votes)

5: Liverpool (5705 votes)

6: Camden (4907 votes)

7: Nottingham (4788 votes)

8: Westminster (4745 votes)

9: Brighton (4687 votes)

10: Leeds (4390 votes)

11: Glasgow (3739 votes)

12: Hull (2861 votes)

13: Winchester (2505 votes)

14: Soho (2498 votes)

15: Llandudno (2430 votes)

16: North Berwick (2296 votes)

17: Kings Lynn (2183 votes)

18: Newton Abbot (2174 votes)

19: Middlesbrough (2086 votes)

20: Swansea (2052 votes)

21: Exeter (1983 votes)

22: Leighton Buzzard (1923 votes)

23: Chelsea (1884 votes)

24: Whitby (1734 votes)

25: Leek (1664 votes)

26: Lewes (1583 votes)

27: York (1514 votes)

28: Cambridge (1494 votes)

29: Reading (1489 votes)

30: Stoke on Trent (1483 votes)

31: Oxford (1473 votes)

32: Ascot (1439 votes)

33: Bournemouth (1408 votes)

34: Leicester (1402 votes)

35: Beverley (1351 votes)

36: Hereford (1322 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 (1108 votes)

45: Aylesbury (1040 votes)

46: Bedford (1006 votes)

47: Newark (994 votes)

48: Notting Hill (991 votes)

49: Bradford (937 votes)

50: Wolverhampton (907 votes)

51: Taunton (907 votes)

52: Gloucester (889 votes)

53: Harrogate (867 votes)

54: Callander (860 votes)

55: Berwick upon Tweed (839 votes)

56: Dunoon (784 votes)

57: Stamford (771 votes)

58: High Wycombe (746 votes)

59: Chester (650 votes)

60: Edinburgh (636 votes)

61: Weymouth (635 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 (489 votes)

71: Norwich (487 votes)

72: Canterbury (485 votes)

73: Amersham (484 votes)

74: Maidstone (477 votes)

75: Colchester (475 votes)

76: Uckfield (471 votes)

77: St Albans (459 votes)

78: Sheffield (456 votes)

79: Knaresborough (450 votes)

80: Portsmouth (443 votes)

81: Preston (442 votes)

82: Plymouth (438 votes)

83: Clacton on Sea (435 votes)

84: Cardiff (423 votes)

85: Wincanton (418 votes)

86: Grange over Sands (413 votes)

87: Poole (411 votes)

88: Dunbar (411 votes)

89: Dorking (410 votes)

90: Cockwood Harbour (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: Cheam (386 votes)

98: Burton upon Trent (384 votes)

99: Chelmsford (383 votes)

100: St Ives (379 votes)

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