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🇬🇧United Kingdom

11 cities · 55 neighborhoods

The United Kingdom's best neighborhoods are concentrated in its great cities — London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Bristol — each with a layered history of village high streets absorbed into the urban fabric.

Bath

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#1
Royal Crescent
Bath's iconic Georgian arc
#2
Bathwick
Bath's elegant east bank
#3
Widcombe
Bath's village south of the river
#4
Walcot
Bath's bohemian creative street
#5
Larkhall
Bath's hilltop village

Birmingham

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#1
Digbeth
Birmingham's creative old industrial district
#2
Jewellery Quarter
200 years of Birmingham craftsmanship
#3
Moseley
Birmingham's leafy bohemian village
#4
Kings Heath
Birmingham's independent main street
#5
Harborne
Birmingham's smartest suburb

Bristol

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Stokes Croft
Bristol's street-art capital
#2
Clifton
Georgian Bristol above the Gorge
#3
Harbourside
Bristol's reborn waterfront
#4
Gloucester Road
UK's longest stretch of indie shops
#5
Southville
Bristol's south-side creative village

Cambridge

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#1
Mill Road
Cambridge's most diverse street
#2
Newnham
Cambridge's leafy west
#3
Romsey
Cambridge's residential east
#4
Petersfield
Cambridge's central park quarter
#5
Castle Hill
Cambridge's oldest hilltop

Edinburgh

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Old Town
The Royal Mile and the Castle
#2
Stockbridge
Village charm in the city
#3
Leith
Edinburgh's reborn waterfront
#4
New Town
Georgian elegance, UNESCO-listed
#5
Bruntsfield
Independent shops and the Meadows

Glasgow

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#1
Merchant City
Glasgow's design and culture quarter
#2
West End
Glasgow's university village
#3
Finnieston
Glasgow's foodie corridor
#4
Southside
Glasgow's multicultural south
#5
Dennistoun
Glasgow's East End rising

Leeds

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Call Lane
Leeds' drinking heart
#2
Chapel Allerton
Leeds' leafy, brunch-loving village
#3
Headingley
Leeds' student and cricket district
#4
Kirkgate
Leeds' oldest street
#5
Roundhay
Leeds' grand park neighborhood

Liverpool

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#1
Baltic Triangle
Liverpool's creative post-industrial quarter
#2
Ropewalks
Liverpool's bar and restaurant core
#3
Albert Dock
UNESCO-listed Liverpool waterfront
#4
Georgian Quarter
Liverpool's best-preserved historic streets
#5
Lark Lane
Liverpool's boho café strip

London

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Shoreditch
East London's creative engine room
#2
Notting Hill
Pastel houses and Portobello treasures
#3
Soho
London's beating, neon-lit heart
#4
Peckham
South London's coolest rooftop
#5
Hackney
Canal-side cool and killer coffee

Manchester

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#1
Northern Quarter
Manchester's indie creative hub
#2
Ancoats
The world's first industrial suburb
#3
Deansgate
Manchester's main shopping street
#4
Spinningfields
Manchester's new business district
#5
Chorlton
Manchester's liberal village

York

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#1
The Shambles
York's medieval butcher street
#2
Bishopthorpe Road
York's coolest indie strip
#3
Fossgate
York's revived bar street
#4
Bishophill
York's Roman quarter
#5
Heworth
York's quiet residential village