County ranking
Best places to live in Warwickshire
23 towns ranked by overall liveability score, from official UK data.
23 towns in Warwickshire clear our data thresholds: a population over 3,000 and real scores in 8 or more of 9 categories. The top 23 are ranked below. Top of the list is Whitnash at 68/100, two points ahead of second-placed Royal Leamington Spa (66). Above 65/100, which roughly one in eight UK towns this size reaches, Warwickshire has two: Whitnash (68) and Royal Leamington Spa (66).
Water Orton is the cheapest way into the top five, with a median house price of £260,000 against £361,000 in Cawston (Rugby). There is a sharp drop after 17th, from 52 down to 47, the biggest single step in the table. From top to bottom of this table there are 25 points: 68 at the head, 43 at the foot. See the detailed scores for Whitnash, Royal Leamington Spa and Rugby.
| # | Town | Score | Strongest categories | Population | Median price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whitnash | 68 | Healthcare 64 Transport 57 | 8,633 | £340,000 |
| 2 | Royal Leamington Spa | 66 | Healthcare 80 Lifestyle 78 | 51,885 | £315,000 |
| 3 | Rugby | 63 | Healthcare 66 Transport 65 | 70,342 | £270,000 |
| 4 | Water Orton | 63 | Transport 64 Healthcare 60 | 3,366 | £260,000 |
| 5 | Cawston (Rugby) | 62 | Broadband 97 Schools 57 | 4,111 | £361,000 |
| 6 | Kenilworth | 60 | Healthcare 51 Transport 54 | 21,558 | £411,000 |
| 7 | Nuneaton | 58 | Healthcare 75 Transport 75 | 76,859 | £230,000 |
| 8 | Warwick | 57 | Healthcare 63 Transport 66 | 33,300 | £340,000 |
| 9 | Southam (Stratford-on-Avon) | 55 | Healthcare 55 Broadband 97 | 8,342 | £303,000 |
| 10 | Stratford-upon-Avon | 55 | Lifestyle 63 Healthcare 59 | 24,904 | £352,000 |
| 11 | Bedworth | 54 | Transport 77 Healthcare 57 | 30,417 | £218,000 |
| 12 | Studley | 54 | Schools 57 Healthcare 51 | 5,969 | £303,000 |
| 13 | Alcester | 53 | Healthcare 50 Broadband 87 | 6,127 | £288,050 |
| 14 | Cubbington | 53 | Transport 47 Schools 47 | 4,346 | £361,250 |
| 15 | Keresley Newlands | 53 | Transport 65 Broadband 90 | 3,426 | £197,000 |
| 16 | Shipston-on-Stour | 53 | Broadband 99 Healthcare 36 | 6,080 | £366,000 |
| 17 | Bulkington | 52 | Healthcare 58 Transport 48 | 5,427 | £271,500 |
| 18 | Atherstone | 47 | Healthcare 52 Lifestyle 49 | 9,306 | £197,500 |
| 19 | Bidford-on-Avon | 46 | Broadband 97 Lifestyle 29 | 5,384 | £350,000 |
| 20 | Polesworth and Dordon | 45 | Transport 46 Schools 37 | 7,217 | £227,500 |
| 21 | Wellesbourne | 44 | Healthcare 26 Transport 26 | 3,831 | £316,000 |
| 22 | Coleshill (North Warwickshire) | 43 | Healthcare 44 Transport 46 | 6,963 | £268,500 |
| 23 | Kingsbury | 43 | Healthcare 32 Lifestyle 24 | 3,533 | £270,000 |
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 Warwickshire 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:
- Population above 3,000. Without a floor the list fills with hamlets of a few dozen people. Warwickshire has 23 towns above it.
- Real data in at least 8 of 9 categories. Places we can only partly measure are excluded rather than ranked on guesswork.
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