Rankings
Best places to live in the UK under £200,000
Areas where the average home is under £200,000, ranked by how good they are to live in.
In short
These are UK areas whose average property price from the Land Registry index is under £200,000, ranked by overall liveability rather than by price. The current top three are Darlington (77), Coatbridge (77) and Airdrie (77).
- Overall score, filtered to areas with a Land Registry average price below £200,000.
- Ranked from 539 indexed UK areas, rebuilt daily from the latest published figures.
- Every area links to a full report with the source behind each figure.
| # | Area | Nation | Score | Cost of living | Safety | Weather | Broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Darlington | England | 77 | 89 | 41 | 78 | 93 |
| =1 | Coatbridge | Scotland | 77 | 82 | 46 | — | 96 |
| =1 | Airdrie | Scotland | 77 | 82 | 46 | — | 96 |
| =1 | Falkirk | Scotland | 77 | 76 | 48 | — | 96 |
| =5 | Sunderland | England | 76 | 88 | 41 | 78 | 96 |
| =5 | Stranraer | Scotland | 76 | 97 | 48 | — | 68 |
| =5 | Lancaster | England | 76 | 82 | 46 | — | 92 |
| =5 | Paisley | Scotland | 76 | 83 | 50 | — | 97 |
| =5 | Stoke-on-Trent | England | 76 | 88 | 41 | — | 97 |
| 10 | Boston | England | 75 | 82 | 47 | 77 | 80 |
Category scores are 0 to 100 and a dash means that dataset has not loaded for the area yet, in which case it is excluded from the overall score rather than guessed at. Open any area for the full report and its sources.
Best places to live in the UK under £200,000: the full ranking
Areas are ranked on whatever categories they have, with the weights renormalised over them, so an area with a gap is scored on its own remaining evidence. Show only areas measured on all twelve categories to compare like with like.
Best in Scotland
Best in England
Best in Wales
Ranked from 539 indexed areas by TrackPostcode.UK scores. Coverage grows as more areas are indexed.
About this ranking
What counts as under £200,000?
An area qualifies when the HM Land Registry average property price for its local authority is below £200,000 in the latest published month. It is an area average, so individual homes above and below that figure exist everywhere on this list. Right now the highest are Darlington (77/100), Coatbridge (77/100), Airdrie (77/100).
Are these places ranked by price?
No. Price is the filter, not the ranking. Once an area qualifies it is ranked by its overall liveability score, so the list shows the best places within the budget rather than simply the cheapest.
Will a cheap area cost less to live in overall?
Not always. A low purchase price can sit alongside higher rents, weaker employment or longer travel. Open the full report for any area on this list before drawing a conclusion from the headline price.
Every ranking
The same index ordered by a different measurement each time, from the same twelve category scores and rebuilt daily. Each one states on its own page what it measures and what it does not.
What this ranking measures: Overall score, filtered to areas with a Land Registry average price below £200,000. Read the full methodology before quoting a figure.
Primary sources: Office for National Statistics, HM Land Registry, police.uk and Met Office HadUK-Grid 1 km climate data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.