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Best Places to Live 2025

Best Places to Live 2025

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The Sunday Times Best Places to Live 2025 revealed

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BEST PLACES TO LIVE

Where should I live in the UK? Take this quiz

Collage of a lighthouse, castle, Shakespeare statue, and modern skyscraper with question marks.

BEST PLACES TO LIVE

Where should I live in the UK? Take this quiz

OVERALL WINNER

Saffron Walden, Essex, named best place to live in the UK 2025

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OVERALL WINNER

Saffron Walden, Essex, named best place to live in the UK 2025

BEST PLACES TO LIVE

19 reasons to be cheerful, according to our annual guide

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BEST PLACES TO LIVE

19 reasons to be cheerful, according to our annual guide

BEST PLACES TO LIVE

51 hot properties in the best areas in the UK

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BEST PLACES TO LIVE

51 hot properties in the best areas in the UK

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Regional winners

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WALES | WINNER

Gower, Swansea, named best place to live in Wales 2025

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LONDON | WINNER

Walthamstow named best place to live in London 2025

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SOUTHEAST OF ENGLAND | winner

Petersfield, Hampshire, named best place to live in southeast England 2025

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MIDLANDS | WINNER

Ilmington, Warwickshire, named best place to live in the Midlands 2025

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SCOTLAND | WINNER

North Berwick named best place to live in Scotland 2025

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NORTH AND NORTHEAST | WINNER

Ilkley named best place to live in the north and northeast 2025

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NORTHWEST | WINNER

Woolton, Liverpool, named best place to live in northwest England 2025

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NORTHWEST | WINNER

Woolton, Liverpool, named best place to live in northwest England 2025

NORTHERN IRELAND | WINNER

Dundrum, Co Down, named best place to live in Northern Ireland 2025

Dundrum village, County Down, Northern Ireland, with Dundrum Castle on a hill overlooking Dundrum Bay.

NORTHERN IRELAND | WINNER

Dundrum, Co Down, named best place to live in Northern Ireland 2025

SOUTHWEST | WINNER

Chew Valley named best place to live in southwest England 2025

Compton Martin village in the Chew Valley, Somerset, England.

SOUTHWEST | WINNER

Chew Valley named best place to live in southwest England 2025

EAST | WINNER

Chelmsford, Essex, named best place to live in the east of England 2025

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EAST | WINNER

Chelmsford, Essex, named best place to live in the east of England 2025

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