Two Warwickshire towns have been named in the top 20 places to live in the UK.
Stratford comes in at number 10 while Rugby has snagged the 20th spot.
That's according to Halifax's annual Quality of Life survey.
The survey takes into account factors such as residents' health and life expectancy, wellbeing, earnings, employment, crime rates and weather.
Stratford is a haven for tourists, with its beautiful river location, great shops and restaurants, and, of course, Shakespearean heritage.
Rugby is perhaps often overlooked against its wealthier fellow Warwickshire towns but clearly has much to offer in terms of quality of living.
These successes for the county come on the back of Leamington being named happiest place to live in Britain by Rightmove in October.
Hart in North East Hampshire was crowned the UK's best place to live.
The Orkney Islands in Scotland took second place, followed by Rutland in the East Midlands, Wychavon in Worcestershire - and last year's winner Winchester in fifth place.
Hart, which contains the town of Fleet, has come out on top five times in the past six years in the Halifax Quality of Life Survey, which took into account factors such as residents' health and life expectancy, wellbeing, earnings, employment, crime rates and weather, writes Mirror Online .
But living in an area with such a good quality of life comes at a price, with the average house price in Hart, at £419,231 standing at 8.8 times the average annual pre-tax local income.
Hart rocketed back up to first place from 26th position last year having scored strongly in the Office for National Statistics (ONS) personal wellbeing survey, Halifax said.
More than nine in 10 (97%) residents there report good or fairly good health and it has the longest average female life expectancy in the UK of 86.7 years, and the third longest for males (82.5 years), the report found.
Hart residents enjoy 32.5 hours per week of sunshine, against the national average of 29.7 hours.
Russell Galley, managing director, Halifax, said: "Hart seems to have been offering residents an unrivalled mix of living standards for five of the last six years, seeing employment rates, average earnings and ONS personal wellbeing rankings bounce back after falling from the top spot last year.
"Along with Hart, many areas in southern England score strongly in categories including the labour markets and health.
"Northern areas tend to perform well on education and benefit from more affordable properties with lower house prices to earnings."
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Last year’s winner, South Oxfordshire, has dropped to 10th in the 2017 survey, but still scores strongly on earnings, employment rate and a low crime rate. This is mainly due to the inclusion of the two new categories – number of pubs and the availability of health clubs and leisure centres – as well as some methodological changes in the ONS Personal Well-Being Survey to refresh Quality of Life Survey rankings with a broader scope.
Here are the top 50 places with the best quality of life in the UK in 2017, as ranked by Halifax:
- Hart, South East
- Orkney Islands, Scotland
- Rutland, East Midlands
- Wychavon, West Midlands
- Winchester, South East
- Wokingham, South East
- Waverley, South East
- Craven, Yorkshire and the Humber
- Richmondshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
- Stratford-on-Avon, West Midlands
- Uttlesford, East of England
- Ryedale, Yorkshire and the Humber
- Westminster, London
- South Oxfordshire, South East
- St Albans, East of England
- Tonbridge and Malling, South East
- East Hertfordshire, East of England
- City of London, London
- Chiltern, South East
- Rugby, West Midlands
- Selby, Yorkshire and the Humber
- St Edmundsbury, East of England
- Mole Valley, South East
- Suffolk Coastal, East of England
- Purbeck, South West
- Harrogate, Yorkshire and the Humber
- Hambleton, Yorkshire and the Humber
- West Oxfordshire, South East
- Lichfield, West Midlands
- Harborough, East Midlands
- Monmouthshire, Wales
- Eden, North West
- Mid Sussex, South East
- South Cambridgeshire, East of England
- Richmond upon Thames, London
- Tewkesbury, South West
- Windsor and Maidenhead, South East
- Chelmsford, East of England
- Chichester, South East
- Babergh, East of England
- Kensington and Chelsea, London
- Woking, South East
- Maldon, East of England
- Wycombe, South East
- Cotswold, South West
- Aylesbury Vale, South East
- Wiltshire, South West
- Stroud, South West
- Test Valley, South East
- Lewes, South East
Areas with the best quality of life regionally:
1. South East, Hart
2. East Midlands, Rutland
3. East of England, Uttlesford
4. West Midlands, Wychavon
5. London, Westminster
6. South West, Purbeck
7. Yorkshire and the Humber, Craven
8. Wales, Monmouthshire