Only a quarter of Britons find moving to a new town appealing, poll finds

By Tom Lowe2025-11-24T12:28:00

Source: Firefly Aerial Innovation / Urban & Civic

Access to healthcare and good transport links among factors most likely to persuade people to make the move, according to YouGov research

Only a quarter of British people find moving to a new town appealing, according to new polling by YouGov.

The national multilevel regression and post-stratification (MRP) analysis mapped public perception of the government’s new towns programme across 349 British local authorities.

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