Aberystwyth top student buy-to-let location

Monday, 11 June 2007 12:00 AM

Aberystwyth is the most highly-rated town to be studying in, new research reveals.

The Welsh market town was rated top for going out, shops, transport links, its community spirit and facilities, scoring 64 per cent in the survey.

Closely behind were Brighton, Manchester, Exeter, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee, all in second place with 62 per cent.

The next best university locations were the Welsh cities of Cardiff, Swansea and Bangor, the English cities of Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle and Sheffield, and the Northern Irish capital Belfast tied on 60 per cent.

At the other end of the table the Pontypridd, Salford, Hatfield and Bolton were worst rated, scoring 40 per cent.

Also low down the table were London and Cambridge, scoring 56 per cent each.

"This information, available on our website, represents students' real opinions about where they study and is, of course, helpful to students going to university for the first time. It is also useful for existing students who are looking to move as it also provides a breakdown of the best areas within cities," explained Simon Thompson, co-founder and director of AccommodationForStudents.com, who carried out the survey.

"For instance, in the city of Manchester the area of Fallowfield comes out as the top place to live for students. For Brighton, it's Bevendean and for Cardiff, Cathays," said Mr Thompson.

1 Aberystwyth 64%
2 Aberdeen 62%
3 Brighton 62%
4 Dundee 62%
5 Edinburgh 62%
6 Exeter 62%
7 Glasgow 62%
8 Manchester 62%
9 Bangor 60%
10 Belfast 60%
11 Cardiff 60%
12 Cheltenham 60%
13 Chester 60%
14 Leeds 60%
15 Liverpool 60%
16 Newcastle upon Tyne 60%
17 Oxford 60%
18 Plymouth 60%
19 Preston 60%
20 Sheffield 60%
21 Southampton 60%
22 Swansea 60%
23 Bedford 58%
24 Bournemouth 58%
25 Bristol 58%
26 Derby 58%
27 Lancaster 58%
28 Leamington Spa 58%
29 Leicester 58%
30 Lincoln 58%
31 Norwich 58%
32 Nottingham 58%
33 Poole 58%
34 Portsmouth 58%
35 Bath 56%
36 Birmingham 56%
37 Blackpool 56%
38 Cambridge 56%
39 Canterbury 56%
40 Carlisle 56%
41 Colchester 56%
42 Derry 56%
43 Dublin 56%
44 Guildford 56%
45 Hull 56%
46 London 56%
47 St Andrews 56%
48 York 56%
49 Coventry 54%
50 Essex 54%
51 Huddersfield 54%
52 Loughborough 54%
53 Luton 54%
54 Newport 54%
55 Northampton 54%
56 Reading 54%
57 Stirling 54%
58 Surrey 54%
59 Wakefield 54%
60 Wolverhampton 54%
61 Durham 52%
62 Herts. 52%
63 Middlesbrough 52%
64 Stafford 52%
65 Stoke-on-Trent 52%
66 Sunderland 52%
67 Winchester 52%
68 Worcester 52%
69 Barnsley 50%
70 Gloucester 50%
71 Kent 50%
72 Notts 50%
73 Bradford 48%
74 Crewe 48%
75 Greater Manchester 48%
76 Middlesex 48%
77 Hertfordshire 46%
78 Bolton 44%
79 Hatfield 44%
80 Pontypridd 44%
81 Salford 44%

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