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UK's best town for 2026 is in the North West but it's not Manchester or Liverpool

The town's position in the top spot comes at the expense of the well-heeled Cheltenham down in Gloucestershire, in second place, and Ipswich in Suffolk in third, and Rochdale, Greater Manchester in fourth

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