The charming West Midlands town named among Britain's very best and region's number one
This West Midlands town was the only one to rank among Britain’s top 20 in the list
Whitnash in Warwickshire has been named as one of the best places to live across England and Wales in a new report.
The 2025 list has been put together by property company Garrington Property Finders. Garrington said it analysed data to identify the best places to live in England and Wales looking at five criteria.
These were: natural beauty, wellbeing, heritage, schools and jobs as well as value for money. It looked at 1,450 cities, towns and villages which had a population of 5,000 people or more and overall, the top spot in England and Wales went to Redbourne in Hertfordshire.
However locally in the list, the Warwickshire town came in at the top spot in the West Midlands area and was also placed as 16th in England and Wales overall.
The next closest towns in the south Warwickshire area were Kenilworth coming in at number 56 and Stratford at number 70.
Here’s a list of the rankings of some of the towns and villages in our area
- Whitnash – number 16
- Kenilworth – number 56
- Stratford – number 70
- Balsall Common – number 92
- Leamington – number 209
- Warwick – number 296
- Wellesbourne – number 372
- Southam – number 772