Press Release: 00035

1 July 2003

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

Moving Location Index (Towns) - July 2003

Rank	Town	County	Points
1	Bournemouth	Dorset	213
2	Exeter	Devon	179
3	Swansea	Swansea	146
4	Liverpool	Merseyside	136
5	Inverness	Highland	134
6	Blackpool	Lancashire	114
7	Stirling	Stirling	104
8	Newcastle upon Tyne	Tyne & Wear	101
9	Norwich	Norfolk	98
10	Dundee	Angus	91
11	Lincoln	Lincolnshire	83
12	Weymouth	Dorset	82
13	Newquay	Cornwall	80
14	Cardiff	Cardiff	76
15	Brentwood	Essex	71
16	Padstow	Cornwall	70
17	Leamington Spa	Warwickshire	70
18	York	Yorkshire	64
19	Salisbury	Wiltshire	64
20	Scarborough	Yorkshire	63
21	Canterbury	Kent	63
22	Lancaster	Lancashire	62
23	Great Yarmouth	Norfolk	62
24	Wantage	Oxfordshire	62
25	Whitehaven	Cumbria	62
26	Loughborough	Leicestershire	61
27	Tavistock	Devon	61
28	Skipton	Yorkshire	61
29	Chippenham	Wiltshire	61
30	Ipswich	Suffolk	60
31	Whitstable	Kent	60
32	Sidmouth	Devon	60
33	Droitwich	Worcestershire	60
34	Isle of Skye	Scottish Islands	60
35	Sheffield	Yorkshire	52
36	Plymouth	Devon	51
37	Hull	Yorkshire	51
38	Tonbridge	Kent	51
39	Hertford	Hertfordshire	51
40	Ayr	Ayrshire	51
41	Cirencester	Gloucestershire	50
42	Langholm	Dumfries & Galloway	50
43	Hexham	Northumberland	50
44	Kingston upon Thames	Greater London	50
45	Fowey	Cornwall	50
46	Ambleside	Cumbria	50
47	Market Harborough	Leicestershire	50
48	Windermere	Cumbria	50
49	Tywyn	Gwynedd	50
50	Sherborne	Dorset	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.