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Old Market Hall in Shrewsbury(Image: Darren Quinton\/Birmingham Live)<\/p>\nA number of areas have made the Sunday Times Best Places to live listOld Market Hall in Shrewsbury(Image: Darren Quinton\/Birmingham Live)<\/p>\n
The best places to live in the UK have been named – and eight of them are in the Midlands.<\/p>\n
A number of towns and villages in the region have featured in Sunday Times Best Places to live list for 2025.<\/p>\n
About an hour’s drive from Birmingham<\/a>, the Warwickshire<\/a> village of Ilmington is on the list.<\/p>\n It was named as the best in the Midlands and the fifth across England.<\/p>\n The small village sits right on the edge of the Cotswolds and is just a short drive from Stratford-upon-Avon.<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Prince Harry faces ‘awkward run-in’ with William as big royal event looms<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n According to visitors, Ilmington is ‘pretty as a picture’ and a ‘blissful example of village life as it should be’.<\/p>\n In Birmingham, Harborne<\/a> appears on the list.<\/p>\n Shrewsbury, in Shropshire, also features as one of the best places to live.<\/p>\n Other areas which made the list include Eccleshall, in Staffordshire<\/a>, and Wirksworth, in Derbyshire.<\/p>\n The Midlands areas named on Sunday Times Best Places to Live list:<\/strong><\/p>\n Ilmington, Warwickshire<\/p>\n Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire<\/p>\n Eccleshall, Staffordshire<\/p>\n Harborne, Birmingham<\/p>\n Market Harborough, Leicestershire<\/p>\n Oakham, Rutland<\/p>\n Shrewsbury, Shropshire<\/p>\n Wirksworth, Derbyshire<\/p>\n