Press Release: 00006

1 June 2005

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

Moving Location Index (Towns) - June 2005

Rank	Town	County	Points
1	Newquay	Cornwall	271
2	Truro	Cornwall	248
3	York	Yorkshire	247
4	Stirling	Stirling	225
5	Newcastle upon Tyne	Tyne & Wear	224
6	Kingston upon Thames	Greater London	203
7	Hastings	Sussex	192
8	Bournemouth	Dorset	191
9	Taunton	Somerset	170
10	Scarborough	Yorkshire	163
11	Skegness	Lincolnshire	163
12	Northallerton	Yorkshire	163
13	Canterbury	Kent	162
14	Carlisle	Cumbria	162
15	Weymouth	Dorset	159
16	Bridlington	Yorkshire	150
17	Dundee	Angus	149
18	Belfast	County Antrim	146
19	Leamington Spa	Warwickshire	145
20	Bury St Edmunds	Suffolk	134
21	Chester	Cheshire	131
22	Eastbourne	Sussex	131
23	Lincoln	Lincolnshire	127
24	Falmouth	Cornwall	122
25	Douglas	Isle of Man	120
26	Bath	Somerset	118
27	Plymouth	Devon	118
28	Tunbridge Wells	Kent	116
29	Perth	Perth & Kinross	116
30	Norwich	Norfolk	115
31	Halifax	Yorkshire	114
32	Newton Abbot	Devon	114
33	Winchester	Hampshire	108
34	Folkestone	Kent	104
35	Woodbridge	Suffolk	102
36	Whitley Bay	Tyne & Wear	96
37	Stamford	Lincolnshire	95
38	Clacton-on-Sea	Essex	94
39	Lewes	Sussex	92
40	Jersey	Channel Islands	91
41	Henley-on-Thames	Oxfordshire	91
42	Blandford Forum	Dorset	90
43	Tenby	Pembrokeshire	90
44	Maidstone	Kent	86
45	Lancaster	Lancashire	86
46	Ayr	Ayrshire	86
47	Dumfries	Dumfries & Galloway	82
48	Aldeburgh	Suffolk	82
49	Wetherby	Yorkshire	81
50	Wells	Somerset	81

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.