Press Release: 00019

1 February 2004

Source: http://www.ukpropertyshop.co.uk

Moving Location Index (Towns) - February 2004

Rank	Town	County	Points
1	Newcastle upon Tyne	Tyne & Wear	235
2	Inverness	Highland	227
3	Weymouth	Dorset	223
4	Chelmsford	Essex	198
5	Dundee	Angus	192
6	Carlisle	Cumbria	167
7	Eastbourne	Sussex	165
8	Stirling	Stirling	148
9	Truro	Cornwall	144
10	Blackpool	Lancashire	143
11	Durham	Durham	143
12	Cheltenham	Gloucestershire	142
13	Newquay	Cornwall	141
14	Chester	Cheshire	140
15	Brighton	Sussex	127
16	Scarborough	Yorkshire	126
17	Winchester	Hampshire	126
18	Leamington Spa	Warwickshire	124
19	Dumfries	Dumfries & Galloway	116
20	Swindon	Wiltshire	114
21	Salisbury	Wiltshire	108
22	Hull	Yorkshire	107
23	Torquay	Devon	104
24	Sheffield	Yorkshire	102
25	Lancaster	Lancashire	102
26	Penrith	Cumbria	102
27	Bideford	Devon	102
28	Loughborough	Leicestershire	99
29	Swansea	Swansea	96
30	Chichester	Sussex	95
31	Dorchester	Dorset	93
32	Chesterfield	Derbyshire	92
33	Elgin	Moray	92
34	Whitby	Yorkshire	91
35	Bridport	Dorset	91
36	Shrewsbury	Shropshire	82
37	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Staffordshire	82
38	Haddington	East Lothian	82
39	Stoke-on-Trent	Staffordshire	81
40	Ashbourne	Derbyshire	81
41	St Ives	Cornwall	80
42	Pudsey	Yorkshire	80
43	Dartmouth	Devon	80
44	Keswick	Cumbria	80
45	Exeter	Devon	78
46	Kendal	Cumbria	75
47	Canterbury	Kent	73
48	Harrogate	Yorkshire	72
49	Rhyl	Denbighshire	71
50	Bakewell	Derbyshire	70

Note for Editors about the Moving Location Index and UK Property Shop

The UK Property Shop Moving Location Index is based on data from a sample of people looking to buy a property and using the website to register their property search requirements with estate agents in each town. From this data a score is calculated according to the number who are considering either moving within the town where they live, or away from their home town and into another town. The Moving Location Index is not a measure of quality, simply an indication of the relative proportion of home buyers wishing to move into or out of a town, which is influenced by many factors.

The UK Property Shop website www.ukpropertyshop.co.uk was launched in 1999 and is a popular source of information for people looking to buy, sell, rent or let residential property in the UK. It also publishes the National Directory of Estate Agents, the most complete and up to date register of all UK estate agents and letting agents.