Press Release: 00009

1 July 2005

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

Moving Location Index (Towns) - July 2005

Rank	Town	County	Points
1	Bournemouth	Dorset	308
2	Newcastle upon Tyne	Tyne & Wear	274
3	Weymouth	Dorset	261
4	Bury St Edmunds	Suffolk	245
5	Stirling	Stirling	225
6	Bath	Somerset	216
7	Brighton	Sussex	192
8	Shrewsbury	Shropshire	189
9	Salisbury	Wiltshire	184
10	Falmouth	Cornwall	183
11	Lincoln	Lincolnshire	180
12	Aberdeen	Aberdeenshire	173
13	Lyme Regis	Dorset	170
14	York	Yorkshire	167
15	Lancaster	Lancashire	163
16	Skegness	Lincolnshire	163
17	Newquay	Cornwall	158
18	Inverness	Highland	154
19	Bridlington	Yorkshire	152
20	Chichester	Sussex	150
21	Isle of Anglesey	Gwynedd	150
22	Eastbourne	Sussex	148
23	Leamington Spa	Warwickshire	148
24	Norwich	Norfolk	146
25	Alnwick	Northumberland	140
26	Taunton	Somerset	139
27	Great Yarmouth	Norfolk	137
28	Padstow	Cornwall	130
29	Stratford-upon-Avon	Warwickshire	126
30	Chorley	Lancashire	126
31	Southsea	Hampshire	122
32	Ipswich	Suffolk	116
33	Halifax	Yorkshire	114
34	Torquay	Devon	114
35	St Andrews	Fife	113
36	Southend-on-Sea	Essex	112
37	Haywards Heath	Sussex	112
38	Thornbury	Gloucestershire	110
39	Lewes	Sussex	110
40	Hastings	Sussex	107
41	Kendal	Cumbria	105
42	St Albans	Hertfordshire	104
43	Shoreham-by-Sea	Sussex	104
44	Chester	Cheshire	103
45	Barnsley	Yorkshire	102
46	Whitstable	Kent	102
47	Bridgnorth	Shropshire	102
48	Thame	Oxfordshire	102
49	Scarborough	Yorkshire	101
50	Dartmouth	Devon	101

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.