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Leamington Spa was named by locals as the best place in the Midlands.(Image: Getty)<\/p>\nResidents in 220 towns and cities were asked to give their views on where they liveLeamington Spa was named by locals as the best place in the Midlands.(Image: Getty)<\/p>\n
A Midlands town has been named as one of the best places to live in Britain.<\/p>\n
Studies ranking the best towns and cities are all too common but these latest ratings have been determined by the people who live there, perhaps making this the definitive list.<\/p>\n
Locals in towns and cities across Britain were asked their views on what it was like to live there and how happy they were being where they are from.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: The top Midlands M6 junctions for fines as 30,000 caught by average speed cameras<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Get our local newsletters like Black Country News, MySolihull and MySuttonColdfield straight to your inbox<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Responses helped form the list of ‘happiest places’ in the country.<\/p>\n Two places in the Midlands stood out, coming in the top 12 anywhere in the country.<\/p>\n This makes them some of the best areas to live in Britain, according to residents.<\/p>\n Leamington Spa was named best in the Midlands, and in 12th place nationally.<\/p>\n The posh Warwickshire<\/a> town is surrounded by scenic countryside and perhaps sits in the sweet spot as being far enough away from big cities Birmingham<\/a> and Coventry but within easy reach, so as not to be completely remote and cut off.<\/p>\n Help a child in poverty this Christmas<\/p>\n Thousands of children from the West Midlands will wake up on Christmas day with no gifts – but there’s something you can do about it through our Brumwish Christmas campaign.<\/p>\n Order something from this Amazon wishlist<\/a> and, working with Thrive Together Birmingham and Edgbaston Stadium, we will deliver direct to a poor or homeless child living in the area in time for Christmas day.<\/p>\n Just behind on the list in 13th place is Lichfield<\/a>, the upmarket Staffordshire<\/a> city famous for its cathedral.<\/p>\n Honourable mentions also go to Stratford-upon-Avon, Shrewsbury, Tamworth<\/a> and Worcester, which were all named in the top 40 nationally, in the list compiled by property website Rightmove.<\/p>\n Scenic Skipton, on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales, was named happiest place to live.<\/p>\n At the other end of the scale, it wasn’t such good news for Walsall<\/a>.<\/p>\n The industrial Black Country town was named the fifth least happy anywhere in the country – in 216th place out of 220.<\/p>\n![\"Birmingham](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765399528_624_0_MQ.jpg\")
Birmingham Mail and Birmingham Live Grant a Christmas #Brumwish<\/p>\n