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Bristol · 2026

Best places to live in Bristol

2 Bristol towns have an overall grade against UK towns; with fewer than 5, Bristol has no county ranking.

The overall score, sorted within Bristol; the letter compares each town with every UK town, and its rank among UK towns sits beside it. How grades work

Graded towns

By overall score against UK towns; ranks are within Bristol, and each UK rank links to the national list. The score (0–100) blends the seven livability grades and sets the order; the letter places that score among UK towns of 2,500+, and A+ is the top 5%, so neighbours on the list often share a letter.

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#TownScoreGrade · UK rankWhat drives it
–Avonmouth2,643 people31.5bottom 13.1%D#1,855 of 2,138 nationallyStrongest: walkability A+, hazard risk A·lowest: safety D−
–Bristol425,196 people30.7bottom 11.7%D#1,886 of 2,138 nationallyStrongest: walkability A+, jobs & income B−·lowest: safety D−
County by county

Best places to live, county by county

BedfordshireBerkshireBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCheshireClwydCornwallCounty DurhamCumbriaDerbyshireDevonDorsetDyfedEast Riding of YorkshireEast SussexEssexGloucestershireGwentHampshireHertfordshireKentLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonMerseysideMid GlamorganNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshireShropshireSomersetSouth YorkshireStaffordshireSuffolkSurreyTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWiltshireWorcestershire

Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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