Deciding where to live can be a difficult choice.
Whether it's staying near to where you grew up, moving halfway across the country or just trying somehwere new, there are lots of factors to consider.
Local schools, access to shops, breathtaking countryside, bustling cities or transport links could be among the criteria you use to choose your dream location.
With countless places to explore across England, Muddy Stilettos has put together a comprehensive guide of the top 250 places to live in 2023.
It takes into account all the best towns, villages and cities outside of London using expert knowledge.
Has where you live made the cut? Scroll down to see the top 250 places, which are separated into their individual counties and geographical locations below.
Bedfordshire
- Barton-Le-Clay
- Sandy
- Woburn
- Pavenham
- Ickwell
- Henlow
- Ampthill
- Bedford
- Leighton Buzzard
Berkshire
- Caversham
- Sunninghill
- Sonning
- Hungerford
- Windsor
- Wokingham
- Cookham
- Newbury
- Yattendon
- Pangbourne
Buckinghamshire
- Swanbourne
- Nether Winchendon
- Olney
- Brill
- Haddenham
- Hambleden
- Long Crendon
- Marlow
- Great Missenden
- Amersham
Cambridgeshire
- St Ives
- Whittlesford
- Ramsey
- Hemmingford Abbots
- St Neots
- Bourn
- The Shelfords
- Ely
- Cambridge
- Linton
Cornwall
- Launceston
- Truro
- St Agnes
- Penzance
- Falmouth
- Nansledan, Newquay
- Fowey
- Hayle
- Bude
- Wadebridge
Derbyshire
- Tideswell
- Repton
- Duffield
- Melbourne
- Buxton
- Belper
- Bakewell
- Ashbourne
Devon
- Sidmouth
- Exmouth
- Okehampton
- Ashburton
- Tiverton
- Totnes
- Topsham
- Tavistock
- Kingsbridge
- St Leonard's, Exeter
Dorset
- Canford Cliffs
- Beaminster
- Bridport
- Dorchester
- Shaftesbury
- Sherborne
- Wimborne
- Swanage
- Southbourne
- Lyme Regis
Essex
- Chelmsford
- Thaxted
- Wivenhoe
- Manningtree
- Mersea Island
- Stock
- Leigh-on-Sea
- Saffron Walden
Gloucestershire
- Dursley
- Northleach
- South Cerney
- Leckhampton
- Moreton-in-Marsh
- Cirencester
- Stroud
- Tetbury
- Nailsworth
- Winchcombe
Hants and Isle of Wight
- Odiham
- Romsey
- Yarmouth
- Petersfield
- Southsea
- Hartley Witney
- Alresford
- Winchester
- Cowes
- Lymington
Hertfordshire
- Berkhamsted
- Welwyn Garden City
- Bishop's Stortford
- Ware
- Harpenden
- St Albans
- Radlett
- Rickmansworth
- Tring
Leicestershire and Rutland
- Ashby de la Zouch
- Oakham
- Clarendon Park
- Rothley
- Market Bosworth
- Wymeswold
- Newton Island
- Loughborough
- Market Harborough
- Uppingham
Kent
- Folkestone
- Fayersham
- Tunbridge Wells
- Tenterden
- Goudhurst
- West Malling
- Speldhurst
- Canterbury
- Deal
- Sevenoaks
Norfolk
- Holt
- Wroxham
- Surlingham
- Great Massingham
- Wymondham
- Diss
- King's Lynn
- Burnham Market
- Aylsham
- Norwich
Northamptonshire
- Long Buckby
- Middleton Cheney
- Towcester
- Brixworth
- Brackley
- Oundle
- Earls Barton
- Thrapston
- Weedon
- Daventry
Nottinghamshire
- Wollaton
- Farnsfield
- Beeston
- Southwell
- West Bridgford
- Newark-on-Trent
- Edwinstowe
- Burton Joyce
Oxfordshire
- The Miltons
- Kingham
- Charlbury
- Wallingford
- Thame
- Henley-on-Thames
- Jericho
- Burford
- Watlington
- Woodstock
Somerset
- Castle Cary
- Wedmore
- Wells
- Frome
- Bruton
- Clevedon
- Somerton
- Wellow
- Langport
- South Petherson
Suffolk
- Framlingham
- Sudbury
- Hadleigh
- Long Melford
- Beccles
- Southwold
- Bury St Edmunds
- Aldeburgh
- Woodbridge
- Saxmundham
Surrey
- Ripley
- Englefield Green
- Farnham
- Esher
- Dorking
- Godalming
- Oxted
- Haslemere
- Reigate
- Cobham
Sussex
- Rye
- Horsham
- Lewes
- Petworth
- St Leonards-On-Sea
- Lindfield
- Hove
- Eastbourne
- Chichester
- Worthing
Warwickshire
- Charlecote
- Kenilworth
- Snitterfield
- Brinklow
- Dunchurch
- Warwick
- Leamington Spa
- Henley-in-Arden
- Ilmington
- Stratford-upon-Avon
West Midlands
- Moseley
- Knowle
- Hampton-in-Arden
- Sutton Coldfield
- Edgbaston
- Coleshill
- Bournville
- Harborne
- Earlsdon
- Digbeth
Wiltshire
- Trowbridge
- Bradford on Avon
- Corsham
- Tisbury
- Salisbury
- Malmesbury
- Sherston
- Warminster
- Devizes
- Marlborough
Worcestershire
- Upton-upon-Severn
- Droitwich Spa
- Tenbury Wells
- Pershore
- Malvern
- Broadway
- Worcester
- Bewdley
- Bromsgrove
- Stourport-on-Severn
