Press Release: 00022

1 June 2004

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

Moving Location Index (Towns) - June 2004

Rank	Town	County	Points
1	Brighton	Sussex	507
2	Inverness	Highland	326
3	Bournemouth	Dorset	293
4	Exeter	Devon	228
5	Belfast	County Antrim	218
6	Canterbury	Kent	218
7	Truro	Cornwall	195
8	Chelmsford	Essex	193
9	Hull	Yorkshire	189
10	Dundee	Angus	183
11	Newquay	Cornwall	174
12	Bridlington	Yorkshire	173
13	Dumfries	Dumfries & Galloway	173
14	Barnsley	Yorkshire	168
15	Bath	Somerset	162
16	Newcastle upon Tyne	Tyne & Wear	161
17	Scarborough	Yorkshire	157
18	Salisbury	Wiltshire	152
19	Oxford	Oxfordshire	140
20	Banbury	Oxfordshire	137
21	Weymouth	Dorset	137
22	Torquay	Devon	137
23	Plymouth	Devon	128
24	Chichester	Sussex	127
25	Tenby	Pembrokeshire	120
26	Blackpool	Lancashire	119
27	Lincoln	Lincolnshire	116
28	Shrewsbury	Shropshire	115
29	Thetford	Norfolk	113
30	Skipton	Yorkshire	112
31	Barnstaple	Devon	112
32	Hereford	Herefordshire	110
33	Oldham	Greater Manchester	103
34	Hexham	Northumberland	101
35	Whitby	Yorkshire	100
36	Alnwick	Northumberland	100
37	Winchester	Hampshire	97
38	Chesterfield	Derbyshire	96
39	St Andrews	Fife	92
40	Basingstoke	Hampshire	91
41	Isle of Skye	Scottish Islands	91
42	Carmarthen	Carmarthenshire	84
43	Elgin	Moray	81
44	Ludlow	Shropshire	80
45	Seaton	Devon	80
46	Worcester	Worcestershire	78
47	Sunderland	Tyne & Wear	77
48	Selby	Yorkshire	76
49	Kinross	Perth & Kinross	72
50	Nantwich	Cheshire	72

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.