5 Best Cities to Live Comfortably in the UK

What are the best cities to live comfortably in the United Kingdom? Those living in the UK cities are not spared; they’re exposed to everything that cities have to offer. However, you can have all the comforts of this life in many of the cities in the United Kingdom. The challenge there is determining where you would love to stay among those best cities to live comfortably in the UK. I want to base my ranking on several pieces of research that measure the performance of the United Kingdom’s cities against 10 indicators that in people’s opinion are the most important to economic well-being, such as job security, work-life balance, levels of entrepreneurship, and affordable housing. 5. York I’m sure it won’t shock anyone to find York, a walled city in North Yorkshire in northeast England on this list. The ancient Romans who founded the city couldn’t have foreseen the fortune of this cathedral city and unitary authority area situated comfortably at the confluence of the Ouse and Foss rivers. But with its long-standing structures, including a minster, castle, city walls, and other ancient buildings, the city has since a decade been consistently ranked among the best cities live in the UK. Yes, your understanding of North Yorkshire should enable you to easily agree that with York’s inclusion among the best cities. I’ll still like to tell you why I count York among the best cities to live comfortably in the UK. If comfortability matters to you, you would want to live in the city that has been ranked as the happiest. The employment rate in this city is quite encouraging at 73 percent as of 2015, and the situation has continued to improve ever since. Only 21 percent of the population are working over 45 hours a week while 43 percent work between 35 to 45 hours which is considered the normal full-time week work hours. The average annual salary in York is £36,617. You’re not likely to spend more than £2,176 of that on commuting. If you feel like buying a property, you’d need an average of £302,265 while the rent or mortgage will consume an average of £13,585. Would you live comfortably in such a city? 4. Cambridge Only a few people, if any, would argue against the inclusion of Cambridge as one of the best cities to live comfortably in the UK. The world-class most prestigious universities in the city seem to be keeping every other thing fine for it. The presence of those institutions means more employment, more exposure, more educational advantage, more availability of trained and skilled workers, and greater access to medical services. The city along the River Cam is also one of the greenest cities in the UK as it’s doing great to control pollution and preserve the ecosystem. This idyllic greenness goes a long way in popularizing this quintessentially English city, making it one of the best cities to live comfortably. Apart from this high employment rate and other great sides mentioned earlier, the city also has a booming nightlife for those who may miss that in other comfortable cities of the UK. Transportation also is made easy, thanks to Cambridge’s geographical location which makes it just an hour’s train journey to London. In summary, I'm including Cambridge among the 5 best cities to live comfortably in the UK due to its beautiful landscapes and surrounding countryside, booming economy, great employment opportunities, being a center of academic excellence hosting the best universities in the world, and its short connecting trains to London.

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[ponyrang]

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[josephcooke]

Brighton is not a comfortable city to live in… I know. I live there. It has high levels of homelessness, an uncontrollable drug problem and every other problem you can think of. The housing situation is extortionate and employment is scarce. Good luck trying to live there.

[arya]

5. York 0.48
4. Cambridge 2.27
3. Brighton 3.52
2. Oxford 5.16
1. Edinburgh 6.28

[kadiangraham]

Cambridge is very beautiful...I love Cambridge ❤

[johnkitchen]

Do you do your research in a library. This list is difficult to reconcile with my external personal experience of four of the cities.

[raindog]

5. Barnstaple
4. Hull
3. Darlington
2. Great Yarmouth
1. Halifax

5 places with plenty of work and genuinely affordable for truly working class people.

[ronrichardson]

I would say immediately Newcastle upon Tyne. Brilliant area

[jonwalker]

Thought Bristol would be in there to be honest

[lorddaver]

Pity you got it wrong with the first city shown - York. The second photograph is actually of Edinburgh. And when it comes to Edinburgh at number 1 on the list you only mention two of the city's festivals - the official Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. You could have also mentioned the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the Edinburgh Science Festival, the Edinburgh Television Festival, not to mention the world famous Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. All of these in total make Edinburgh unique.

[zainulabdin]

Glasgow is best city to live in Scotland UK if u can manage cold weather ☁️

[joedaman]

I love Edinburgh, but it's expensive to live there.

[huwsalway]

The best cities to live in are usually not the obvious ones that everyone’s heard of, small enough to be pleasant, big enough that there’s loads going on.

[colinwelch]

Congratulations, outside London you have found the 5 most unaffordable cities, I 100 per cent agree with Newcastle being a great place and it is true with the correct skill sets you personal earnings maybe higher in some of these places but overall there are many cities that offer great opportunities

[keithsanders]

The big church in York is a MINSTER, not a Minister.

[mcsporran]

"You are encouraged to consider Edinburgh as one of the best places to live in England", this load of toss was well researched then!

[brythonicman]

Who's planted those hills just outside York? Most of Yorkshire is hilly some parts approaching 1, 000 meters, but York and all-round it is as flat a pancake.

[woodenseagull]

Burgess Hill. Soon to be made a City. It is vibrant . The people are kind and Generous. The Buck Centre. Incorporates its international and intellectual. heart. It is a Gem in the Sussex Crown. Once you have met a Burgess Hillian, you'll never forget them..! It is up there with Cambridge and Oxford.

[Goonerette]

Not sure about Brighton as it's too easy access to London (can be less than an hour away depending on the train one gets). In fact, anywhere that's within living/commuter belt to/from London is as expensive as London. That includes Oxford and Cambridge. A very misleading list indeed. And the beach in Brighton is stones and pebbles making it very uncomfortable to walk for those with mobility issues. That being said I love all of these places.

[swaingles]

How about Basildon? Is it affordable? Is it nice to live in?

[toni-kaku]

3 of the 5 places are full of homeless drug addicts and 4 of them are unaffordable. £1300 per month for a 1 bed flat is not cheap.