Family Investments have just published their 3rd annual Family Friendly Hotspots report, detailing the best places here in the UK to bring up a family. The report is a result of analysing 2,400 postcodes throughout England and Wales to reveal the top 20 best places to bring up a family.
The factors taken into consideration to find the most family friendly places to live in the UK are:
- Education
- Safety
- Childcare costs
- Local amenities
- Affordable property
- Green spaces
Have a look here if you would like to check your postcode and see how it measures up!
My area came out a fair bit worse than the national average on crime and safety, and more expensive than average for house prices (to be expected, we do live in London). But when it comes to education, our local schools are doing better than most and we have 8x the average amount of Green flag parks in our postcode area!
This years new results which have only just been revealed have shown that the Welsh postcodes stand out as the safest place to raise children. I can totally believe this, based on our trip to Wales over the summer. It did seem very calm, safe and tranquil compared to where we live. The Family Friendly Hotspots report finds Llwyngwril, St Marys, Abercych, Dyffryn Ardudwy and Seascale are the safest areas of England and Wales in which to raise a family in terms of crime.
90% of people stated that crime was the biggest factor when considering where to live, but If other factors are your top priority, then you may be interested to know that Brighton, Hove and Waltham Forest were named as the best areas for childcare provision. Meanwhile, Wokingham, Broadstairs and Gateshead were found to have the best local amenities.
Here are the overall results for each category. Is your postcode amongst them?
Safest postal districts in which to raise a family
1 LL37 Llwyngwril
2 TR21 St Marys
3 SA37 Abercych
4 LL44 Dyffryn Ardudwy
5 CA20 Seascale
6 SA34 Whitland
7 LL69 Penysarn
8 LL51 Garndolbenmaen
9 LD4 Llangammarch Wells
10 TR2 Probus
11 SY17 Carno
12 SA63 Clarbeston Road
13 EX21 Shebbear
14 TA22 Dulverton
15 SY19 Llanbrynmair
16 SY15 Montgomery
17 SA41 Crymych
18 SA32 Peniel
19 PL33 Delabole
20 NE68 Seahouses
Postal districts with the best childcare provision
1 BN1 Brighton
2 BN3 Hove
3 E17 Waltham Forest
4 BS16 Bristol
5 LE5 Leicester
6 SO19 Southampton
7 BN2 Brighton
8 BB2 Blackburn
9 SL4 Windsor
10 ST6 Stoke-On-Trent
11 PE1 Peterborough
12 E14 Tower Hamlets
13 SN3 Swindon
14 ST3 Stoke-On-Trent
15 IP14 Stowmarket
16 E4 Waltham Forest
17 CO10 Sudbury
18 DE23 Derby
19 LE15 Oakham
20 NW1 Camden
‘Most fun’ postal districts
1 RG40 Wokingham
2 CT10 Broadstairs
3 NE11 Gateshead
4 DT1 Dorchester
5 B78 Polesworth
6 PO30 Newport
7 GL50 Cheltenham
8 CA12 Keswick
9 RM20 Grays
10 DA9 Greenhithe
11 EX5 Bradninch
12 SY23 Aberystwyth
13 BH21 Wimborne
14 BS2 Bristol
15 CH62 Wirral
16 PL25 St. Austell
17 MK41 Bedford
18 TF3 Telford
19 BA1 Bath
20 PO20 Selsey
What do you think of the results? and how has your area fared?
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