please log in to view this image Sunday Times profiled Britain’s cities as part of its Best Places to Live in Britain report. Bristol has been named as the best city in the UK to live in, thanks to its “great shopping, great scenery and great social scene”. The accolade was awarded in the second instalment of the Sunday Times’ Best Places to Live in Britain, which last week saw Skipton in North Yorkshire come out as number one in a less urban 101 Best Places to Live list. The latest list did not provide ranks beyond the best overall winner, but profiled each one of the 64 cities in Britain. Bristol, it said, boasts “one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, varied and beautiful housing stock, decent schools, buzzy culture and night life and access to some fantastic countryside”. The city also has strong transport links, and by 2017 even faster rail networks will see journey times to London cut to just 80 minutes. The capital itself was named Britain’s Best Connected city, while Cambridge was awarded the prize of the UK’s Brainiest. As well as having the university, the newspaper quoted figures saying more patents are granted per capita in Cambridge than in the next five areas on the list combined. please log in to view this image Belfast was named the UK’s Most Optimistic City, based on analysis of the number of smiley emoticons featured in pictures taken there on the photo-sharing web service Instagram. Glasgow was named Best for Sport ahead of the Commonwealth Games this summer, while Edinburgh was described as having the Best City Views. Finally, the city named as Best for a Night out was Newcastle-upon-Tyne where, the newspaper said, you can “get a degree in partying”. Sunday Times home editor Helen Davies said: “Cities can be fabulous places to live. They offer almost everything you could ever want. Many of us already live in a city and even more of us are predicted to make our home in one in the next decade. “The urban lifestyle appeals to almost everyone: from those in their twenties starting out, families putting down roots and retirees moving back into the bustle of a city centre. Overall, the list is a celebration of city life.” It isn't the first time Bristol has come out trumps ahead of everywhere else in Britain - it was named the "most liveable city" in the UK according to an analysis of economic and lifestyle factors last October. Nice to shout out something good about our home CITY. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...ed-britains-best-city-to-live-in-9210931.html The most liveable cities in the UK: 1. Bristol 2. Edinburgh 3. Cardiff 4. Liverpool 5. Leeds 6. Manchester 7. London 8. Belfast 9. Glasgow 10. Birmingham 11. Sheffield 12. Bradford
Strong transport links? Slow City bus service due to continual traffic jams, no Metro rail service and an airport nowhere near a motorway or rail station! And not much of a social life. Two non achieving football teams, cricket backwater with never a Test Match, no athletics stadium, Ice Hockey? No Arena for concerts if you discount Pilton and Ashton Court. SL's funded Bristol Rugby may be back in rugby'Prem next season playing at Ashton Gate with Niger crowds than City?
It is a great city to live in. Now if we could get all of the stuff we're missing out on sorted (a truly International Airport, new stadiums, concert venues etc) and sort out the traffic and get shot of that ****er of a Mayor, then it would be the greatest city in the world to live in.
Its a great place and with the arena being bult and land around Temple Meads being redeveoped only going to get better. Bristol City football club should get "IT'S" act togehter and become part of the fabric of the City.
I've said this several times before - as someone who does not come from Bristol, it's my favourite city in the UK Of the others on the list, I've not been to Edinburgh, Glasow or Belfast so can't comment on those - I would have Sheffield higher than it is
I am Bristol born and it is my favourite City. But that does not mean that I am satisfied with the glaring shortcomings compared with other British cities. PS. Don't forget it takes longer by bus from Bradley Stoke to Ashton Gate than it does by train from Temple Meads to London! Crazy isn't it?
Don't forget it takes longer by bus from Bradley Stoke to Ashton Gate than it does by train from Temple Meads to London! Crazy isn't it? When it takes 2 hours from Whitchurch to Gloucester Road by bus coupled with the fact I can drive from Swindon and beyond to the bottom of the M32 faster than I can get from the bottom of the M32 to home (4 miles) you realise just how pathetic it is. Still George, let's have some more road closures on a weekend doing real businesses out of money and more 20 MPH zones to put the final nail in the coffin. Yes its a fine city and is MY city but it lacks basic common sense in so many ways with a toothless council and a cross dresser as a political mayor no one in their right mind would want, let alone elect
Dont get too excited. They put in Leeds and Cardiff but omitted York, which really IS the best city in England However, Bristol is up top on merit. Just a shame its so expensive to live there
I love the city where I grew up, but honestly, those pollsters must both hate football and LOVE traffic and poor logistics to come to this conclusion. No tramway No ring road No easy way of getting from a to b Need to drive through the city to get to the airport High house prices (ok that may reflect desirability I suppose) Politicians who can't or won't make decisions and are basically impotent ...... And no sniff of a premiership football team of course. I really really do love Bristol, but dispair sometimes at how my beloved birthplace is being mismanaged.
