A popular lifestyle guide has revealed the 10 best places to live in Nottinghamshire in 2025.
Lifestyle website Muddy Stilettos has returned with its annual Top 300 Places to Live series, which assesses 30 different counties and regions across the UK.
Experts considered many different factors such as schools, culture and shops to create a list of the top 10 places to live in each region.
It was then up to the public to decide which of the 300 towns and villages deserved to be crowned as the Best of the Best 2025.
Earlier this week Muddy Stilettos announced that the market town of Dursley in Gloucestershire has been voted as the best place to live in the UK by its readers.
Nottinghamshire may have missed out on the ultimate prize, but the new Muddy Stilettos guide to the county’s best places to live still makes for interesting reading.
Explore the top 10 below, in order of their ranking on the Muddy Stilettos website:
1. Top 300 Best Places to Live by Muddy Stilettos
Southwell has been named in the Top 300 Best Places to Live series by Muddy Stilettos | Billy Wilson Photo: Billy Wilson
2. West Bridgford
Muddy Stilettos said: This leafy ‘burb is only three miles away from the city, making it an excellent commuter town on foot or via brilliant transport links. Edwardian homes with gardens, all the mod cons of city life and a good schools make it a hit with families, plus there’s an excellent foodie and shop offering all ready to enjoy. West Bridgford is very much the home of sports. On your doorstep, there’s Trent Bridge Cricket Ground, Notts County and Nottingham Forest football grounds, and the National Watersports Centre in nearby Holme Pierrepont." Properties in West Bridgford cost an average price of £384,884 over the past year. That’s similar to the previous year and 8% up on the 2020 peak. Photo: Muddy Stilettos
3. Beeston
Muddy Stilettos said: "Pretty Victorian terrace houses, family-friendly fun, café WFH culture, and a cool vibe from a strong student population. This town has a charming bee theme (based on incorrect assumption about the etymology of the name, but we’ll let them have it). The bee is the town council’s emblem with beehives carved into the town hall. Street furniture dotted around High Road is decorated in black and gold with a bee symbol and there’s also a sculpture of a man sitting next to a beehive, popularly known as the ‘Bee-man’. We’re buzzing about the place (sorry, couldn’t resist)." Properties in Beeston had an overall average price of £297,604 over the last year – 5% up on the previous year. Photo: Muddy Stilettos
4. Southwell
Muddy Stilettos said: "Picture a high street teaming with Muddy Award-winning indies, a glut of great restaurants, fantastic local schools and some fab music festivals, right on your doorstep. Plus for office commuters and urban addicts, it’s only a short drive right to the centre of Nottingham." The average overall price over this year is £426,457. That’s 3% up on the previous year and 13% up on the 2020 peak of £377,279. Photo: Muddy Stilettos