Press Release: 00024

1 September 2003

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

Moving Location Index (Towns) - September 2003

Rank	Town	County	Points
1	Brighton	Sussex	261
2	Weymouth	Dorset	243
3	Liverpool	Merseyside	215
4	Swansea	Swansea	189
5	Exeter	Devon	185
6	Scarborough	Yorkshire	139
7	Dumfries	Dumfries & Galloway	133
8	Inverness	Highland	125
9	Halifax	Yorkshire	120
10	Hull	Yorkshire	115
11	Taunton	Somerset	114
12	Canterbury	Kent	113
13	Newquay	Cornwall	110
14	Isle of Skye	Scottish Islands	110
15	Chelmsford	Essex	109
16	Preston	Lancashire	102
17	Dundee	Angus	101
18	Lancaster	Lancashire	95
19	Carmarthen	Carmarthenshire	90
20	Loughborough	Leicestershire	83
21	Stirling	Stirling	82
22	Tenby	Pembrokeshire	80
23	Ilfracombe	Devon	80
24	Derby	Derbyshire	78
25	Durham	Durham	76
26	Barnstaple	Devon	73
27	Lytham St Anne's	Lancashire	72
28	St Austell	Cornwall	71
29	Exmouth	Devon	71
30	Kingston upon Thames	Greater London	71
31	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Northumberland	70
32	St Andrews	Fife	70
33	Egham	Surrey	70
34	Alnwick	Northumberland	70
35	Totnes	Devon	70
36	Pembroke	Pembrokeshire	70
37	Hereford	Herefordshire	66
38	Salisbury	Wiltshire	65
39	Shrewsbury	Shropshire	64
40	Eastbourne	Sussex	64
41	Leamington Spa	Warwickshire	64
42	Dorchester	Dorset	63
43	Chester	Cheshire	62
44	Chichester	Sussex	62
45	Ashford	Surrey	62
46	Matlock	Derbyshire	62
47	Minehead	Somerset	61
48	St Ives	Cornwall	61
49	Whitehaven	Cumbria	61
50	Burnham-on-Sea	Somerset	61

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.