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An Escapists Paradise: Discover the Most Secluded Area in the UK

Do you enjoy getting off the beaten track? If you’re looking for somewhere to spend some off-grid time with your family and gain a true sense of relaxation and privacy you need to find an escapists paradise.

We really are talking about the roads less travelled — we’ve reviewed 60 areas of Britain and compiled data sets including, the amount of CCTV cameras which are publicly owned in each area, the population of each city, where the term ‘hidden gem’ is most frequently used on TripAdvisor, and how connected and accessible each area is.

We’ve given each location an ultimate escapist rating, with the place scoring closest to 100 being the most secluded place in the entire country!

British Cities Population Scorei CCTV Scorei Social Privacyi Connectivity Scorei Accessiblity Scorei Total Scorei
Gloucester 98.0 98.0 100.0 83.3 97.9 100
Salisbury 99.2 99.2 82.0 82.5 99.4 97
Hereford 97.4 97.4 95.5 71.9 98.8 95
Newport 95.9 95.9 97.5 68.8 99.1 94
Ely 93.8 93.8 54.2 91.6 99.7 94
St. David's 100.0 100.0 42.7 88.6 100.0 93
Bangor 99.8 99.8 48.7 84.9 100.0 92
Worcester 98.7 98.7 85.3 67.0 99.4 92
Wells 99.9 99.9 94.5 60.4 98.5 92
Ripon 99.8 99.8 54.1 79.1 96.7 91
Bath 98.8 98.8 95.1 58.3 98.8 90
Truro 99.7 99.7 44.2 76.5 98.2 88
Chichester 98.4 98.4 58.3 70.0 98.5 88
Winchester 98.4 98.4 72.8 58.6 98.8 87
Preston 95.9 95.9 99.2 49.6 99.7 87
Chester 98.6 98.6 70.0 66.0 84.4 86
Durham 98.0 98.0 46.0 70.7 97.9 86
Canterbury 97.7 97.7 39.9 73.1 97.3 85
Wakefield 98.7 98.7 60.4 61.9 95.2 85
Lichfield 98.6 98.6 75.1 52.4 98.8 85
Stirling 98.8 98.8 37.6 67.3 98.2 84
Coventry 99.6 99.6 76.1 48.4 98.8 84
Inverness 95.8 95.8 26.8 78.0 97.9 84
Manchester 94.8 94.8 72.2 54.6 95.5 83
Exeter 98.4 98.4 80.8 43.8 97.3 83
Sheffield 90.9 90.9 64.4 61.1 98.2 83
Swansea 96.0 96.0 88.2 44.2 98.8 83
Cardiff 94.1 94.1 98.3 42.1 93.1 83
Salford 96.6 96.6 72.2 47.8 97.3 82
Oxford 97.7 97.7 84.8 41.9 95.5 82
York 98.0 98.0 53.3 57.3 93.4 82
Carlisle 93.7 93.7 48.6 62.3 98.8 82
Bristol 91.8 91.8 97.3 38.1 96.4 81
Stoke-on-Trent 94.9 94.9 72.7 46.0 98.8 81
St. Albans 98.0 98.0 71.5 42.9 98.2 81
Wolverhampton 96.7 96.7 73.8 43.2 99.7 81
Bradford 96.0 96.0 61.9 52.1 95.2 81
Newcastle Upon Tyne 97.5 97.5 46.0 53.4 99.4 80
Southampton 96.7 96.7 69.9 45.2 97.0 80
Sunderland 95.6 95.6 44.6 54.4 99.7 79
Leicester 93.3 93.3 70.9 42.5 99.7 79
Leeds 94.0 94.0 59.1 50.1 95.5 79
Peterborough 97.8 97.8 59.4 40.8 99.7 78
Derby 95.2 95.2 68.5 42.1 95.5 78
Portsmouth 97.4 97.4 64.2 36.3 98.5 77
Birmingham 87.0 87.0 75.9 43.6 89.8 76
Cambridge 97.9 97.9 60.5 37.1 94.9 76
Plymouth 96.6 96.6 59.8 37.6 98.2 76
Nottingham 90.3 90.3 67.3 38.5 99.4 76
Liverpool 88.6 88.6 65.2 46.3 93.4 76
Lancaster 98.0 98.0 60.9 33.5 97.9 75
Brighton and Hove 98.2 98.2 47.7 36.5 97.6 74
Lincoln 98.5 98.5 53.5 36.1 93.7 74
Norwich 97.2 97.2 27.7 44.8 99.7 73
Edinburgh 93.0 93.0 38.6 41.1 96.4 72
Glasgow 92.2 92.2 36.5 50.8 82.6 72
Dundee 96.4 96.4 32.5 38.0 97.9 71
Aberdeen 97.4 97.4 16.7 72.5 99.4 66
Hull 99.4 99.4 39.6 0.0 96.4 60
London 0.0 0.0 63.2 80.7 0.0 40

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Sources

  • Population - Population of each city, sourced from Wikipedia (excluding NI)
    • Scored by creating an index based on total population of each city, the index is weighted based on the range between highest & lowest population to provide a cumulative index score.
  • CCTV - CCTV data sourced from IFSEC Global & The Telegraph
    • Total population divided by 11.Scored by creating an index based on total number of CCTV per city, the index is weighted based on the range between highest & lowest population to provide a cumulative index score.
  • Social Privacy - https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ (Restaurants & Bars per City)
    • Trip Advisor restaurants filtered by hidden gems per city. Scored by creating an index based on total number of hidden gems per city, the index is weighted based on the range between highest & lowest population to provide a cumulative index score.
  • Connectivity - Think Broadband
    • Scored by creating an index based on Think Broadband ranking score, the index is weighted based on the range between highest & lowest population to provide a cumulative index score.
  • Accessiblity - Office of Rail & Road
    • Scored by creating an index based on number of trains stations per city, the index is weighted based on the range between highest & lowest population to provide a cumulative index score.

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