The below ranking shows the top 100 locations with the most envied lifestyles in the UK, as voted for by 3,000 Brits.
Ranking | City/Town | County | Country |
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1 | St Ives | Cornwall | England |
2 | Harrogate | North Yorkshire | England |
3 | Henley-on-Thames | Oxfordshire | England |
4 | Bath | Somerset | England |
5 | Sandbanks | Dorset | England |
6 | Salcombe | Devon | England |
7 | Cheltenham | Gloucestershire | England |
8 | Conwy | Conwy | Wales |
9 | Melrose | Scottish Borders | Scotland |
10 | Ascot | Berkshire | England |
11 | Holywood | County Down | North Ireland |
12 | Alderley Edge | Cheshire | England |
13 | Oxshott | Surrey | England |
14 | Richmond | Greater London | England |
15 | Chichester | West Sussex | England |
16 | Cowes | Isle of Wight | England |
17 | Clifton | Bristol | England |
18 | Oakham | Rutland | England |
19 | North Berwick | East Lothian | Scotland |
20 | Alnwick | Northumberland | England |
21 | Bakewell | Derbyshire | England |
22 | Carnoustie | Angus | Scotland |
23 | Ilkley | West Yorkshire | England |
24 | Mold | Flintshire | Wales |
25 | Cirencester | Gloucestershire | England |
26 | Mumbles | Swansea | Wales |
27 | Sevenoaks | Kent | England |
28 | St Andrews | Fife | Scotland |
29 | Ayr | South Ayrshire | Scotland |
30 | Stamford | Lincolnshire | England |
31 | Armagh City | Armagh | North Ireland |
32 | Beverley | East Riding of Yorkshire | England |
33 | Guildford | Surrey | England |
34 | Monmouth | Monmouthshire | Wales |
35 | Beaconsfield | Buckinghamshire | England |
36 | Oban | Argyll & Bute | Scotland |
37 | Solihull | West Midlands | England |
38 | Aberystwyth | Ceredigion | Wales |
39 | Wentworth | South Yorkshire | England |
40 | Kirkwall | Orkney | Scotland |
41 | Tenby | Pembrokeshire | Wales |
42 | Durham City | County Durham | England |
43 | Neath | Neath Port Talbot | Wales |
44 | Saffron Walden | Essex | England |
45 | Stirling | Stirlingshire | Scotland |
46 | Windermere | Cumbria | England |
47 | Cumbernauld | North Lanarkshire | Scotland |
48 | Grantchester | Cambridgeshire | England |
49 | Harpenden | Hertfordshire | England |
50 | Milngavie | East Dunbartonshire | Scotland |
51 | Stratford-upon-Avon | Warwickshire | England |
52 | Coleraine | Londonderry | North Ireland |
53 | Elgin | Moray | Scotland |
54 | Kilmarnock | East Ayrshire | Scotland |
55 | Marlborough | Wiltshire | England |
56 | Ballater | Aberdeenshire | Scotland |
57 | Brecon | Powys | Wales |
58 | Virginia Water | Surrey | England |
59 | Kirkcudbright | Dumfries & Galloway | Scotland |
60 | Largs | North Ayrshire | Scotland |
61 | Tenterden | Kent | England |
62 | Carmarthen | Carmarthenshire | Wales |
63 | Formby | Merseyside | England |
64 | Chipping Campden | Gloucestershire | England |
65 | Tynemouth | Tyne & Wear | England |
66 | Reigate | Surrey | England |
67 | Ledbury | Herefordshire | England |
68 | Llangollen | Denbighshire | Wales |
69 | Gerrards Cross | Buckinghamshire | England |
70 | Pitlochry | Perth & Kinross | Scotland |
71 | Winchester | Hampshire | England |
72 | Rye | East Sussex | England |
73 | Burnham Market | Norfolk | England |
74 | Tunbridge Wells | Kent | England |
75 | Penarth | Vale of Glamorgan | Wales |
76 | Portishead | North Somerset | England |
77 | Southwell | Nottinghamshire | England |
78 | Stonehaven | Kincardineshire | Scotland |
79 | Wells | Somerset | England |
80 | Banff | Banffshire | Scotland |
81 | Cwmbran | Torfaen | Wales |
82 | East Kilbride | South Lanarkshire | Scotland |
83 | Lewes | East Sussex | England |
84 | Ludlow | Shropshire | England |
85 | Stornoway | Western Isles | Scotland |
86 | Thornbury | South Gloucestershire | England |
87 | Weybridge | Surrey | England |
88 | Ballymena | Antrim | North Ireland |
89 | Bothwell | Lanarkshire | Scotland |
90 | Giffnock | East Renfrewshire | Scotland |
91 | Lichfield | Staffordshire | England |
92 | Oundle | Northamptonshire | England |
93 | Hampstead | Greater London | England |
94 | Porthcawl | Bridgend | Wales |
95 | Beaumaris | Isle of Anglesey | Wales |
96 | Dollar | Clackmannanshire | Scotland |
97 | Enniskillen | Fermanagh | North Ireland |
98 | Eyemouth | Berwickshire | Scotland |
99 | Lytham St Annes | Lancashire | England |
100 | Malvern | Worcestershire | England |