Salisbury in Wiltshire was voted number 1 as the ‘Best Place to Live in the UK’ by the Sunday Times Best Places To Live guide because it “remains a divinely attractive and welcoming place”.
The list was compiled by the Sunday Times. The home editor Helen Davies said: “Salisbury has shown real collective spirit in dealing with a chemical attack that saw the cathedral city become the centre of world headlines for all the wrong reasons.
“There are still parts of the city where the clean-up continues, but to bounce back and be even stronger is a sure sign of a very special community, which is one of the reasons we have chosen Salisbury as the best place to live in Britain in 2019.
“It remains a divinely attractive and welcoming place. It’s handy for coast, countryside and London, has some of the best schools in the southwest, a great market and it’s very strong culturally, too.”
Other winners for 2019 include: Petworth, West Sussex, Topsham, Devon, Isle of Dogs, London, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, Edale, Derbyshire, York, North Yorkshire, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, Dundee, Dundee Crickhowell, Powys Holywood, Co Down.
The list was decided by a knowledgeable judging panel using their expertise alongside statistics.
One Salisbury MP John Glen tweeted about it –
“Great decision by The Sunday Times – a fantastic city with a resilient spirit, world class tourist attractions, exciting independent shops, top quality schools and infrastructure fit for future generations.”
Salisbury is most famous for its Cathedral, also known as Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary according to Wikipedia. This is the site of Britain’s tallest spire (also one of the tallest in the world) , as well as the world’s oldest known working clock.
Salisbury has a population of around 40,000 residents and is also approximately 8 miles away from Stonehenge. It made national news last year following the alleged poisoning of a Russian spy.
