Boasting a melting pot of architectural styles ranging from Victorian to Tudor, British homes can be a great source of design inspiration. But which UK cities have the most picture-perfect homes?
Intrigued by an average monthly search volume of 150* for “most beautiful city in UK”, home and property experts Alan Boswell Group, utilised Pinterest to uncover the British cities with the most picturesque homes. To do this, the experts analysed the total number of home-related pins and boards to assign a final ‘aesthetic home score’ for each city.
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Top 15 UK cities with the most beautiful homes
|
Rank |
City |
Total no. of pins |
Total no. of boards |
Aesthetic home score/10 |
|
1 |
London |
68,531 |
653 |
9.63 |
|
2 |
Bristol |
13,425 |
161 |
9.08 |
|
3 |
Birmingham |
8,478 |
116 |
8.52 |
|
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Edinburgh |
5,233 |
110 |
8.15 |
|
4= |
Manchester |
4,433 |
176 |
8.15 |
|
6 |
Sheffield |
11,087 |
79 |
7.97 |
|
7 |
Plymouth |
5,173 |
90 |
7.78 |
|
8 |
Coventry |
2,951 |
81 |
7.04 |
|
9 |
York |
4,717 |
44 |
6.49 |
|
10 |
Glasgow |
2,235 |
63 |
6.12 |
|
11 |
Southampton |
2,238 |
50 |
5.93 |
|
12 |
Nottingham |
2,136 |
51 |
5.56 |
|
13 |
Derby |
2,272 |
26 |
5.00 |
|
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Norwich |
2,211 |
37 |
4.82 |
|
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Leeds |
1,896 |
40 |
4.82 |
For the complete data of all 26 UK cities analysed, please click here.
Topping the list of Britain’s most beautiful homes is London – earning a near-perfect ‘aesthetic home score’ of 9.63/10. From the Victorian masterpiece, Palace of Westminster, to the stunning Georgian architectural style at Somerset House, the English capital features on a whopping 68,531 pins and 653 Pinterest boards to date.
Bristol claims a close second (9.08/10), amassing an impressive 13,425 pins and 161 boards. From red bricks with limestone dressings to Moorish arches, Bristol’s distinctive Byzantine style has survived centuries and is well-represented in buildings like The Granary and Bush House.
In third place is Birmingham with an ‘aesthetic home score’ of 8.52/10. Accumulating 8,478 pins and 116 boards on Pinterest so far, the West Midlands city is a hotbed of architectural styles and modern creativity.
Edinburgh and Manchester are joint fourth (8.15/10). Timeless Georgian apartments with wrought iron balconies and picture-perfect neoclassical mansions have earned the Scottish capital over 5,000 pins. Manchester, on the other hand, boasts Gothic features like pointed arches and traced windows, as it garners almost 200 boards on Pinterest.