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You won’t guess the best place to live in the UK in a million years.

Published 19:53 25 Aug 2015 BST

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You won’t guess the best place to live in the UK in a million years.

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Whenever a list ranking the best and worst places to live in is announced, there's always a few surprises. This one is no different.

Thanks to a new analysis from Totally Money, the Lancashire town of Blackburn sits at the top of a list of 64 towns and cities. Based on a comparison between median wages to mortgage repayments, cost of living, and the health of job markets, the study also placed Gloucester at the opposite end of the rankings.

Top 10 best places to live in the UK

1 Blackburn 2 Derby 3 Cambridge 4 Sunderland 5 Milton Keynes 6 Coventry 7 Warrington 8 Bolton 9 Nottingham 10 Peterborough And if your town doesn't make the top 10, maybe it features in the bottom 10...

The 10 worst places to live

55 Grimsby 56 Huddersfield 57 Swindon 58 Hull 59 Norwich 60 Burnley 61 Newport 62 Blackpool 63 Rochdale 64 Gloucester We're sure you'll all have plenty to say about this one. H/T The Independent

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You won't guess the best place to live in the UK in a million years.