Horsham is the 2^nd best place to live in the UK says Channel 4’s ‘The Best and Worst Places to live in the UK (shown yesterday – 26^th October 2006). 

Using official statistics regarding crime rates, education, life expectancy Horsham has come out on top of other towns such as Tunbridge Wells, Eastleigh & Orkney.  

The statistics revealed that the average annual income is £27,000.  The life expectancy is in the top 5%: Men live on average 79.2 years and women 83 years. 

There is no official homelessness in Horsham.  Horsham is also 14^th best in the country for recycling. 

Horsham is within the top 15% for low levels of crime.  It is also in the top 10% for education with 68.6% of students achieving 5 of more GCSE’s above C grade. 

On the downside however, 20.1% of our adults are clinically obese! 

The average house price in Horsham is £251,543 – down 2% from last year.  

The top place went to Winchester, Hampshire. 

Ten best places to live 2006 –  

10. West Dorset

9.  Eastleigh

8.  Epsom & Ewell

7.  East Hertfordshire

6.  Orkney

5.  South Cambridgeshire

4.  Harrogate

3.  Tunbridge Wells

2.  Horsham

1.  Winchester 

Ten worst places to live 2006 –  

10.  Manchester

9.    Blaenau, Gwent

8.   Strabane

7.   Nottingham

6.   Middlesbrough

5.   Islington

4.   Newham

3.   Merthyr Tydfil

2.   Tower Hamlets

1.   Hackney

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