Powys in Wales is the best place to find peace and quiet in the UK. With just 26 people per square kilometre, you can be promised a place where you can find plenty of space.
The quietest city in both the East of England and the UK overall was Peterborough, with 68.9 per cent of the reviews mentioning that it was "nice and quiet". Other cities in the East of England ranking for quietest places include Luton, Cambridge, St Albans, Ely, Ipswich, Chelmsford and Norwich.
Chichester is revealed as the most relaxed city in the UK, with the best combination of high levels of happiness and satisfaction and low levels of anxiety.
Queens Park is one of the most amazing and quiet cities to reside in Australia. Upper Caboolture In Queensland is a perfect place for lovers of a quiet environment. Apart from being a peaceful and relaxing area, it also provides residents with important amenities.
Stockholm, Sweden
Famed for being the quietest city in Europe, Stockholm will enthrall you with its several fantastic tourist attractions such as lush green parks, Vasa Museum, Skansen Open-Air Museum, The Royal Palace, etc., and outdoor activities like hiking, trekking, and mountaineering.
The city with the lowest White British population as a percentage is Leicester (45.1%) - also the only city below 50% without counting Westminster - while the lowest for unitary authorities is Slough (34.5%), followed by Luton (44.6%).
Surrey Heath came out as the least stressed place in England (68 stress index) as they had one of the highest median weekly wages in England, as well as high levels of satisfaction and low anxiety levels.
The research found that Sheffield was the least active city in the UK, with just 19% of residents sporting their trainers and exercising at least once per week. Plymouth and Birmingham followed closely behind Sheffield, with just 22% and 24% of locals working out weekly.
Glasgow, Scotland
In the 2022 Conde Nast Traveller Readers' Choice Awards, Glasgow scooped the top spot for the friendliest city in the UK. Considering that the city's slogan is 'People make Glasgow', perhaps this shouldn't come as a surprise, and to many locals, it isn't.
Surrey Heath has been named as the least stressed place to live in England, according to a new study. High satisfaction and low anxiety levels among the population have been cited among the reasons. The local government district covers 36.5 square miles in North West Surrey and is a mix of urban and rural environments.
North Yorkshire, Cumbria and Devon are the only counties in the UK that have two National Parks in them. This makes them really desirable spots for those who like to surround themselves with wilderness and explore rural and remote places. They offer true peace and quiet to anyone who visits.
Powys in Wales has been crowned the best place for peace and quiet in a new study, thanks to its low traffic levels, tranquil countryside and lack of bustling towns.
Along with Oxford, the best accent one can find in the whole UK (the so-called formal English) is in Cambridge; a real delight for both neophytes and veterans in the English language.
1. London – Score 87.92. London, the capital, is renowned for being one of the world's most famous and known as the best place to live in the UK. This city has diverse communities, and vibrant scenes, and covers a huge area making it the largest city in the UK.
Leicester and Birmingham have become the first “super-diverse” cities in the UK, where most people are from black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, according to the 2021 census.
Not for the first time, Leicester lays claim to be a unique place in the UK. According to the 2021 Census data, it has emerged as the first plural city in the UK where no ethnic group has a majority.
Almost 97 per cent of Black Britons live in England, particularly in England's larger urban areas, with most (over a million) Black British living in Greater London.
Ireland. Countless global reports have continually dubbed the people of Ireland as some of the friendliest and most welcoming to visitors in the world, and our readers feel the same; voting it into the top spot for the friendliest countries in Europe.
The anechoic chamber is actually a room, within a room, within the Newton building. The walls, floor and ceiling of the inner chamber are made of heavy Accrington brick and concrete to prevent sound getting into the room. Two heavy acoustic doors with rubber seals are used to minimise airborne sound.
Malta is the European Union's noisiest country, with just over 30% of people saying that they suffer from some form of noise pollution.