Press Release: 00027

1 October 2003

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

Moving Location Index (Towns) - October 2003

Rank	Town	County	Points
1	Inverness	Highland	114
2	Blackpool	Lancashire	111
3	Lancaster	Lancashire	103
4	Norwich	Norfolk	94
5	Weymouth	Dorset	94
6	Dundee	Angus	91
7	Taunton	Somerset	84
8	Carlisle	Cumbria	83
9	Bridlington	Yorkshire	81
10	Bournemouth	Dorset	80
11	Falmouth	Cornwall	80
12	Alnwick	Northumberland	80
13	Minehead	Somerset	80
14	Newcastle upon Tyne	Tyne & Wear	79
15	Dumfries	Dumfries & Galloway	76
16	Chester	Cheshire	75
17	Newquay	Cornwall	73
18	Wells	Somerset	72
19	Chesterfield	Derbyshire	71
20	Wrexham	Wrexham	71
21	Skipton	Yorkshire	70
22	Tenby	Pembrokeshire	70
23	Barmouth	Gwynedd	70
24	Stirling	Stirling	65
25	Halifax	Yorkshire	63
26	Brighton	Sussex	62
27	Bakewell	Derbyshire	62
28	Greenock	Inverclyde	62
29	Whitby	Yorkshire	61
30	Ashbourne	Derbyshire	61
31	Douglas	Isle of Man	61
32	Oxford	Oxfordshire	60
33	Middlesbrough	Durham	60
34	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Northumberland	60
35	Ambleside	Cumbria	60
36	Rhyl	Denbighshire	60
37	Morpeth	Northumberland	60
38	Darlington	Durham	57
39	Barnsley	Yorkshire	57
40	Durham	Durham	56
41	Canterbury	Kent	54
42	Penzance	Cornwall	53
43	Galashiels	Scottish Borders	53
44	Hull	Yorkshire	52
45	Leamington Spa	Warwickshire	52
46	Ringwood	Hampshire	51
47	Forres	Moray	51
48	Ayr	Ayrshire	51
49	Isle of Skye	Scottish Islands	51
50	Padstow	Cornwall	50

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.