Milngavie was named as one of Muddy Stiletto’s top places to live in 2026. This was the first time that the lifestyle website had featured entries from Scotland.
The East Dunbartonshire town was selected alongside the Isle of Arran in Ayrshire, Bridge of Allan in Stirling, Inverness in the Scottish Highlands, Melrose in the Scottish Borders, Perth in Perthshire, St Andrews in Fife, and Stockbridge in Edinburgh.
It is understood that the winning location will be revealed next year.
Muddy Stiletto’s considers many aspects that make a place somewhere desirable to call home, and these include places to eat, drink, and socialise, community, culture, nearby attractions, schools, and commutability.
The lifestyle website describes Milngavie as “village charm meets city cool” with “leafy walks, indie shops, and a buzzing food scene” nestled just 20 minutes away from Glasgow.
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It adds that it believes Milngavie “hits the perfect sweet spot”, providing easy access to the countryside and offering a village feel all whilst being close to the city action.
Another feature of consideration in the ‘best places to live’ list is ‘best-kept secrets.
So what is Milngavie’s ‘best-kept secret’ according to Muddy Stiletto’s?
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They wrote: “Back in the 1700s, a corn mill stood on the River Allander, which is thought to be where the name Milngavie originated.
“But as Gaelic for windmill ‘muileann gaoithe’ and for windy hill ‘meall na gaoithe’ sound similar, both could be appropriate.
“In 1921, Milngavie was also the test site for a proposed revolutionary new transport method known as the Bennie Railplane (like a monorail), but by the Fifties, the inventor had gone bankrupt and the prototype was scrapped.”
To view the full list of ‘the best places to live in the UK’, visit HERE.