Cambs Amongst Best Places To Live

Two area of Cambridgeshire make it into the top fifty of best places to live in the UK.

The Halifax Quality of Life survey looks at 26 different factors such as employment, housing, health, education, and crime that home buyers may consider when choosing a place to live.

South Cambridgeshire is placed in 13th place in the chart with Huntingdonshire ranked 23rd. Forest Heath in Suffolk achieved the 26th spot.

East Hertfordshire's named as the best place to live in overall.

Here is the top 50 in full:

1. East Hertfordshire, East of England

2. Fareham, South East

3. Hart, South East

4. Horsham, South East

5. Maldon, East of England

6. Selby, Yorkshire and the Humber

7. Hambleton, Yorkshire and the Humber

8. Babergh, East of England

9. St Edmundsbury, East of England

10. Wokingham, South East

11. Ryedale, Yorkshire and the Humber

12. South Derbyshire, East Midlands

13. South Cambridgeshire, East of England

14. Tonbridge and Malling, South East

15. Rugby, West Midlands

16. Runnymede, South East

17. Wychavon, West Midlands

18. Orkney, Scotland

19. Woking, South East

20. Warwick, West Midlands

21. South Oxfordshire, South East

22. Rushcliffe, East Midlands

23. Huntingdonshire, East of England

24. Newark and Sherwood, East Midlands

25. Rushmoor, South East

26. Forest Heath, East of England

27. Elmbridge, South East

28. Wiltshire, South West

29. Gedling, East Midlands

30. North Dorset, South West

31. Rutland, East Midlands

32. Tewkesbury, South West

33. Rochford, East of England

34. Winchester, South East

35. Bracknell Forest, South East

36. Cherwell, South East

37. Central Bedfordshire, East of England

38. Charnwood, East Midlands

39. Forest of Dean, South West

40. Vale of White Horse, South East

41. West Berkshire, South East

42. New Forest, South East

43. North Warwickshire, West Midlands

44. Guildford, South East

45. Swindon, South West

46. Lichfield, West Midlands

47. Suffolk Coastal, East of England

48. York, Yorkshire and the Humber

49. Basingstoke and Deane, South East

50. Erewash, East Midlands

And here are the local authorities which came out top for quality of life in each nation or region, according to Halifax:

- Fareham, South East

- South Derbyshire, East Midlands

- East Hertfordshire, East of England

- Rugby, West Midlands

- Richmond-upon-Thames, London

- Wiltshire, South West

- Selby, Yorkshire and the Humber

- Vale of Glamorgan, Wales

- Orkney, Scotland

- Eden, North West

- Lisburn and Castlereagh, Northern Ireland