What is the sunniest county in the UK?

The answer may surprise you. Sussex is, in fact, the sunniest county in the United Kingdom, according to Met Office records. Over the last 29 years, the western part of the county has averaged 1902 hours of sunshine a year.

Which county in England has the best weather?

Which are the sunniest counties in England?

The study found that the South East is the sunniest region in the UK, with 8 cities and towns from that region getting the most hours of natural sunlight. Yorkshire and the East and West Midlands are the least sunniest regions in the UK, as only 1 place from each region makes it into the list.

Which is the warmest county in UK?

Hottest Places in the UK. The Isles of Scilly have the highest mean annual temperature in the UK of 11.5 degrees Celsius (52.7 degrees Fahrenheit). Not far behind are coastal parts of Cornwall, where many low-elevation sites average above 11 °C (52 °F).

Which part of the UK gets the most sunshine?

Chichester has been named the sunniest place in the UK – thanks to its record-high levels of sunshine this winter. Met Office data found the city received more than 230 hours of sunlight – or nearly ten days – across the coldest season, which is more than anywhere else in the country.

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Which county in England has the least rain?

London is the country's driest city, while demand for brollies is also low in Essex, Kent and Cambridgeshire. St Osyth, a village of 4,000 near Clacton-on-Sea, receives a mere 513mm of rain a year, making it a contender for the driest place in Britain.

Where is the happiest place to live in the UK?

Hexham in Northumberland has been named the happiest place to live in Great Britain. The market town beat Richmond upon Thames in Greater London and Harrogate in North Yorkshire to the top spot in Rightmove's Happy at Home Index.

Where is the warmest and driest place in England?

For the warmest temperatures and lowest rainfall, London is a good bet - it's one of the driest parts of the country.

What is the driest county in the UK?

Northamptonshire was officially the driest county in the country during a record-breaking May .. and not just because the pubs were closed!

Where is best climate in UK?

Which place in UK has good climate?

Coming in at number one is Chichester in West Sussex. The cathedral city is treated to 1920.8 hours of sunshine every year. Plymouth in Devon comes in second place with an average of 1730.1 hours of sunshine each year.

Where is the best place to live in UK?

A village in Yorkshire has been named the best place to live in the UK, according to a new ranking. The village of Ilkley, in West Yorkshire, topped the list of 70 locations named on The Sunday Times' annual list of the Best Places to Live.

Is Cornwall The Wettest County in England?

Which Is The Wettest County In England? Those numbers show Argyll topped out with an annual soaking of 2,274mm in each year, while western Scotland takes in most of the top 10 at 7, while Merionethshire in Wales moves up to number four after Caernarvonshire comes in at six.

What is the poorest city in Britain?

Having measured the states of deprivation across thirty-two thousand eight hundred and forty-four areas in the country, the researchers concluded that the community that lies east of Jaywick near Clacton-on-Sea is the most deprived region in the country.

What is the coldest city in the UK?

What is this? The picturesque market town of Newport in the county of Shropshire holds the record for having the lowest ever temperature in England. In January 1982 the temperature in Newport reached an all-time low of -26 °C, way beyond the average low of 0 °C for January.

Which part of the UK is warmest in winter?

Where is the wettest place in the UK?

Seathwaite is the wettest inhabited place in the United Kingdom and receives around 3,552 millimetres (140 in) of rain per year.

Where is the warmest beach in UK?

But the warmest places include Bracklesham Bay, and Weston Bay in the Bristol Channel, which both hit 21.6C on Monday.

Where is the most depressing place to live in the UK?

Chichester in West Sussex was the chirpiest zone, seeing 232 hours of sunlight during winter. Meanwhile Bradford in Yorkshire is the most miserable, with a mere 110 hours.

Where is the nicest cheapest place to live in UK?

Where is the best place to live in the UK 2021?

Northumberland market town of Hexham reclaims top spot for 2021. The Northumberland market town of Hexham has once again been crowned the happiest place to live in Britain. Happy residents in the town on the River Tyne were previously given the title in 2019 before dropping down the rankings to 12th position last year.

Which area of UK has least rain?

A new study has shown that Dundee is the 'driest city' in the UK, with less recorded rainfall than any other part of the country. The report, compiled by gas supplier Flogas, has shown that the City of Discovery experienced the lowest number of rainy days between October and March, at just 11 per month.

Is Norfolk the driest county in England?

Norfolk is the driest county in the UK. Norwich is the most easterly city in the UK. The largest village green in the county is at Old Buckenham. At only five miles in length, the Thurne is Norfolk's shortest river.

Is the weather better in Cornwall or Devon?

The weather is always better in Cornwall, too. When rain sweeps in from the Atlantic, Cornwall often emerges in sunshine while clouds get snagged over soggy Devon. It's also far easier to chase the sun in Cornwall. If sea fog descends on the north coast, you often just need to nip over to the Lizard to find blue skies.

Is the weather better in North or South Cornwall?

If you want (as best we can advise) warmer clearer water, warmer sunnier weather, clean - then the south does it. But for visually very pretty and naturally beautiful it's a win on the north.