County ranking

Best places to live in East Riding of Yorkshire

20 towns ranked by overall liveability score, from official UK data.

20 Towns listed of 20 that qualify
68 Top score Willerby and Anlaby
57 County median UK median 54
1 Above 65 roughly the UK top eighth

20 towns in East Riding of Yorkshire clear our data thresholds: a population over 3,000 and real scores in 8 or more of 9 categories. The top 20 are ranked below. Willerby and Anlaby leads on 68/100, five points clear of North Ferriby on 63. One of them scores 65 or better, something about one in eight comparable UK towns manages: Willerby and Anlaby (68).

Across all 20 qualifying towns the county median is 57/100, 3 points above the 54/100 median for UK towns of this size. On price, Hessle is the top five's cheapest at a median of £215,000. North Ferriby, also in the top five, runs to £312,250. North Ferriby's second place leans heavily on one category: lifestyle, at 91/100 against a national town median of 21/100, far further ahead of the norm than its broadband, the next strongest. Full breakdowns for the leaders: Willerby and Anlaby, North Ferriby and Beverley.

The top 20 places to live in East Riding of Yorkshire, ranked by overall score out of 100
# Town Score Strongest categories Population Median price
1 Willerby and Anlaby 68 Healthcare 64 Transport 62 19,929 £249,950
2 North Ferriby 63 Lifestyle 91 Broadband 99 3,551 £312,250
3 Beverley 62 Lifestyle 61 Healthcare 56 31,674 £235,000
4 Cottingham 62 Transport 67 Broadband 99 15,125 £245,000
5 Hessle 61 Healthcare 64 Transport 62 15,433 £215,000
6 Kingston upon Hull 61 Transport 80 Schools 77 254,627 £141,500
7 Bilton 60 Broadband 99 Schools 57 3,392 £168,750
8 Brough (East Riding of Yorkshire) 59 Lifestyle 75 Broadband 98 10,346 £230,000
9 Driffield 59 Broadband 99 Healthcare 53 9,632 £206,250
10 Swanland 59 Lifestyle 85 Broadband 99 3,903 £357,500
11 Pocklington 55 Broadband 99 Schools 39 7,512 £280,000
12 Goole 54 Lifestyle 77 Healthcare 56 20,336 £144,000
13 Bridlington 52 Broadband 97 Transport 57 31,400 £179,972
14 Hornsea 50 Broadband 98 Healthcare 28 7,759 £212,875
15 Market Weighton 50 Broadband 96 Healthcare 36 6,358 £230,000
16 Stamford Bridge 47 Broadband 99 Economic health 90 4,108 £320,000
17 Hedon 46 Broadband 98 Schools 34 7,212 £170,000
18 Howden 41 Healthcare 28 Economic health 76 4,623 £235,000
19 Withernsea 40 Broadband 95 Healthcare 33 5,623 £132,000
20 South Cave 39 Economic health 90 Healthcare 20 3,508 £282,500

Ranked on the default weighting, out of 100. Strongest categories are the two furthest above the national median for that category, not simply the two highest numbers. Almost every town scores well on safety, so raw highs would say little.

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How this ranking was built

Every settlement in East Riding of Yorkshire was scored across 9 categories (safety, schools, healthcare, transport, environment, broadband, lifestyle, economic health and bills) from official sources including Police UK, Ofsted, the CQC, Ofcom, the Environment Agency and MHCLG. Two filters then decide who appears here:

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