Property experts have ranked the best and worst places to live in the North East - with some towns ranking very poorly.
Property experts at Garrington’s revealed the best places to live in 2022 following a research report on 1,372 towns across the country.
Each location is scored with an overall rank and is judged on natural beauty, quality of life, architectural beauty and green rank.
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Meanwhile, the average family home cost is also taken into account as well as its rank in price band.
Here’s all the major North East towns ranked in alphabetical order mentioned in the study and the scores they received:
You can see where your town ranks here
Billingham:
Overall rank: 868/1372
Change since last year: 466
Natural beauty rank: 838/ 1372
Quality of life rank: 510/1372
Architectural beauty rank: 1244/1372
Green rank: 331/1372
Average family home cost: less than £350k
Rank in price band: 381/661
Consett
Overall rank: 251/1372
Change since last year: 174
Natural beauty rank: 438/ 1372
Quality of life rank: 236/1372
Architectural beauty rank: 692/1372
Green rank: 576/1372
Average family home cost: less than £350k
Rank in price band: 98/661
Darlington:
Overall rank: 185/1372
Change since last year: 107
Natural beauty rank: 865/ 1372
Quality of life rank: 74/1372
Architectural beauty rank: 593/1372
Green rank: 512/1372
Average family home cost: less than £350k
Rank in price band: 72/661
Durham:
Overall rank: 237/1372
Change since last year: 19
Natural beauty rank: 628/ 1372
Quality of life rank: 1171/1372
Architectural beauty rank: 264/1372
Green rank: 32/1372
Average family home cost: less than £350k
Rank in price band: 92/661
Ferryhill:
Overall rank: 750/1372
Change since last year: 204
Natural beauty rank: 1180/ 1372
Quality of life rank: 9/1372
Architectural beauty rank: 791/1372
Green rank: 1319/1372
Average family home cost: less than £350k
Rank in price band: 324/661
Gateshead:
Overall rank: 344/1372
Change since last year: 542
Natural beauty rank: 827/ 1372
Quality of life rank: 530/1372
Architectural beauty rank: 690/1372
Green rank: 109/1372
Average family home cost: less than £350k
Rank in price band: 140/661
Hartlepool:
Overall rank: 187/1372
Change since last year: 459
Natural beauty rank: 307/ 1372
Quality of life rank: 131/1372
Architectural beauty rank: 777/1372
Green rank: 628/1372
Average family home cost: less than £350k
Rank in price band: 73/661
Hexham:
Overall rank: 226/1372
Change since last year: -107
Natural beauty rank: 343/ 1372
Quality of life rank: 1252/1372
Architectural beauty rank: 80/1372
Green rank: 271/1372
Average family home cost: less than £350k
Rank in price band: 89/661
Houghton-le-Spring:
Overall rank: 299/1372
Change since last year: 417
Natural beauty rank: 976/ 1372
Quality of life rank: 124/1372
Architectural beauty rank: 716/1372
Green rank: 433/1372
Average family home cost: less than £350k
Rank in price band: 123/661
Middlesbrough:
Overall rank: 384/1372
Change since last year: 130
Natural beauty rank: 619/ 1372
Quality of life rank: 306/1372
Architectural beauty rank: 901/1372
Green rank: 381/1372
Average family home cost: less than £350k
Rank in price band: 161/661
Newcastle:
Overall rank: 401/1372
Change since last year: 135
Natural beauty rank: 815/ 1372
Quality of life rank: 951/1372
Architectural beauty rank: 424/1372
Green rank: 114/1372
Average family home cost: less than £350k
Rank in price band: 171/661
Newton Aycliffe:
Overall rank: 1046/1372
Change since last year: 252
Natural beauty rank: 1197/ 1372
Quality of life rank: 146/1372
Architectural beauty rank: 1324/1372
Green rank: 626/1372
Average family home cost: less than £350k
Rank in price band: 460/661
Peterlee:
Overall rank: 743/1372
Change since last year: 354
Natural beauty rank: 666/ 1372
Quality of life rank: 72/1372
Architectural beauty rank: 1331/1372
Green rank: 728/1372
Average family home cost: less than £350k
Rank in price band: 318/661
Redcar:
Overall rank: 444/1372
Change since last year: 575
Natural beauty rank: 546/ 1372
Quality of life rank: 277/1372
Architectural beauty rank: 1239/1372
Green rank: 191/1372
Average family home cost: less than £350k
Rank in price band: 190/661
Seaham:
Overall rank: 1032/1372
Change since last year: 104
Natural beauty rank: 372/ 1372
Quality of life rank: 324/1372
Architectural beauty rank: 1307/1372
Green rank: 1039/1372
Average family home cost: less than £350k
Rank in price band: 454/661
Sedgefield:
Overall rank: 998/1372
Change since last year: -194
Natural beauty rank: 1131/ 1372
Quality of life rank: 681/1372
Architectural beauty rank: 498/1372
Green rank: 1021/1372
Average family home cost: less than £350k
Rank in price band: 439/661
Shildon:
Overall rank: 438/1372
Change since last year: 196
Natural beauty rank: 1143/ 1372
Quality of life rank: 14/1372
Architectural beauty rank: 577/1372
Green rank: 1167/1372
Average family home cost: less than £350k
Rank in price band: 187/661
South Shields:
Overall rank: 190/1372
Change since last year: 709
Natural beauty rank: 742/ 1372
Quality of life rank: 71/1372
Architectural beauty rank: 810/1372
Green rank: 377/1372
Average family home cost: less than £350k
Rank in price band: 76/661
Spennymoor:
Overall rank: 593/1372
Change since last year: 27
Natural beauty rank: 1151/ 1372
Quality of life rank: 103/1372
Architectural beauty rank: 1028/1372
Green rank: 476/1372
Average family home cost: less than £350k
Rank in price band: 256/661
Stanley:
Overall rank: 754/1372
Change since last year: 369
Natural beauty rank: 1063/ 1372
Quality of life rank: 116/1372
Architectural beauty rank: 1123/1372
Green rank: 675/1372
Average family home cost: less than £350k
Rank in price band: 327/661
Stockton-on-Tees
Overall rank: 341/1372
Change since last year: 481
Natural beauty rank: 853/ 1372
Quality of life rank: 375/1372
Architectural beauty rank: 735/1372
Green rank: 182/1372
Average family home cost: less than £350k
Rank in price band: 138/661
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Sunderland:
Overall rank: 54/1372
Change since last year: 259
Natural beauty rank: 300/ 1372
Quality of life rank: 223/1372
Architectural beauty rank: 387/1372
Green rank: 306/1372
Average family home cost: less than £350k
Rank in price band: 14/661
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