Press Release: 00032

1 November 2005

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

Moving Location Index (Towns) - November 2005

Rank	Town	County	Points
1	Blackpool	Lancashire	67
2	Sheffield	Yorkshire	65
3	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire	63
4	Winchester	Hampshire	62
5	Stirling	Stirling	60
6	Truro	Cornwall	60
7	Plymouth	Devon	58
8	Halifax	Yorkshire	56
9	Hereford	Herefordshire	53
10	Bridlington	Yorkshire	52
11	Colchester	Essex	47
12	Maidstone	Kent	46
13	Dunfermline	Fife	45
14	Banbury	Oxfordshire	44
15	Bexhill-on-Sea	Sussex	41
16	Margate	Kent	41
17	Lichfield	Staffordshire	40
18	Tavistock	Devon	40
19	Oswestry	Shropshire	40
20	Hastings	Sussex	40
21	Cheltenham	Gloucestershire	34
22	Scarborough	Yorkshire	34
23	Chichester	Sussex	32
24	Sunderland	Tyne & Wear	32
25	Newbury	Berkshire	32
26	Exeter	Devon	31
27	Kettering	Northamptonshire	31
28	Chippenham	Wiltshire	31
29	Hinckley	Leicestershire	31
30	Bishop Auckland	Durham	31
31	Bridport	Dorset	30
32	Thame	Oxfordshire	30
33	Ormskirk	Lancashire	30
34	Aylesbury	Buckinghamshire	30
35	Bodmin	Cornwall	30
36	Henley-on-Thames	Oxfordshire	30
37	Barnsley	Yorkshire	28
38	Chester	Cheshire	26
39	Brighton	Sussex	25
40	Worcester	Worcestershire	25
41	Rochdale	Greater Manchester	25
42	Canterbury	Kent	24
43	Poole	Dorset	24
44	Burnley	Lancashire	22
45	Taunton	Somerset	22
46	Carlisle	Cumbria	22
47	Kirkcaldy	Fife	22
48	Brighouse	Yorkshire	22
49	Leamington Spa	Warwickshire	21
50	Kilmarnock	Ayrshire	21

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.