Stockport may have been the overall North West winner but the list also gave some shoutouts to other locations in our part of the world. Honourable mentions included Christleton in Cheshire, Kendal in Cumbria and Sefton Park in Liverpool.
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00:00 The Sunday Times Best Places to Live list for 2024 has been announced, after a team
00:08 of expert judges travelled up and down the UK, leaving no stone unturned to find the
00:12 very best of the bunch, both overall and regionally too.
00:19 Here in our part of the world, the category was for the North West. The region saw Stockport
00:23 in Greater Manchester take home the crown.
00:26 And this time, for the first time, the overall winner is in Scotland. Great schools, great
00:30 shops and the great outdoors all come together for the judges' favourite North Berwick in
00:35 East Lothian. It's also the first time a seaside town has come out on top.
00:39 The list, which has been running for 12 years now, looks at things like culture, transport,
00:44 school league tables, house prices, broadband speeds, access to greenery and vibrancy of
00:49 the high streets to decide on a winner each year.
00:51 With so many great places to be in our region, do you agree with the judges' decisions?
01:00 Is Stockport the best place to live in the North West, or would you have picked somewhere