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Best places to live: Top 10 places in Nottinghamshire to live in 2025 revealed in new Muddy Stilettos guide

Daniel DeFalco
By Daniel DeFalco

Senior Reporter

Published 16th Sep 2025, 12:36 GMT

The guide considers factors such as schools, attractions and culture

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:

Want all the benefits of a big city on the doorstep, wrapped up in a vibrant rural village experience? Look no further. Ruddington’s gorgeous village green is the beating heart of the village, hosting vibrant monthly markets and cool community events. There are rural yomps a-plenty in Rushcliffe Country Park, enough café culture to keep up with the local goss and the bright lights of Nottingham’s cultural offerings are just a few miles away. It’s mainly detached places that change hands here, selling for an average price of £512,636. When you look at all properties that sold in the last year, the average price was £353,157 – 4% down on the previous year.

5. Ruddington

Want all the benefits of a big city on the doorstep, wrapped up in a vibrant rural village experience? Look no further. Ruddington’s gorgeous village green is the beating heart of the village, hosting vibrant monthly markets and cool community events. There are rural yomps a-plenty in Rushcliffe Country Park, enough café culture to keep up with the local goss and the bright lights of Nottingham’s cultural offerings are just a few miles away. It’s mainly detached places that change hands here, selling for an average price of £512,636. When you look at all properties that sold in the last year, the average price was £353,157 – 4% down on the previous year. Photo: Muddy Stilettos

Muddy Stilettos said: "Built on the old castle deer park, The Park Estate is elegant, leafy and just lovely. With wide streets, flagstone pavements and mature leafy trees, it’s hard to believe you’re just a few minutes’ walk from the bustling city centre. "Known for it’s beautiful Victorian architecture, the houses here are grand with a capital G. Although, reality check, many are now split into flats or semis. Adding to the dignified Victorian vibe, the streets are still lit by quaint gas streetlamps (residents pay a ‘Park rate’ on top of council tax for this that also funds the upkeep of the roads and green spaces). Unusually for a city space, there’s a real sense of community with the residents’ association hosting monthly Sunday socials and there’s a thriving tennis club with beautiful courts). It’s a relaxing, refined and oh so green. And breathe!" You’ll need deep pockets. Prices averaged around £567,250 over the last year, a whopping 31% up on the previous year.

6. The Park, Nottingham

Muddy Stilettos said: "Built on the old castle deer park, The Park Estate is elegant, leafy and just lovely. With wide streets, flagstone pavements and mature leafy trees, it’s hard to believe you’re just a few minutes’ walk from the bustling city centre. "Known for it’s beautiful Victorian architecture, the houses here are grand with a capital G. Although, reality check, many are now split into flats or semis. Adding to the dignified Victorian vibe, the streets are still lit by quaint gas streetlamps (residents pay a ‘Park rate’ on top of council tax for this that also funds the upkeep of the roads and green spaces). Unusually for a city space, there’s a real sense of community with the residents’ association hosting monthly Sunday socials and there’s a thriving tennis club with beautiful courts). It’s a relaxing, refined and oh so green. And breathe!" You’ll need deep pockets. Prices averaged around £567,250 over the last year, a whopping 31% up on the previous year. Photo: Muddy Stilettos

Muddy Stilettos said: "Dominated by the home of Batman [Wollaton Hall doubled as Wayne Manor in the third Christopher Nolan movie] and its glorious surrounding deer park, there’s everything you could need with the added benefit of top-notch transport links. And if you don’t fancy nipping to the city, settle in for a cosy one at some of the town’s quaint pubs and cute restaurants." On the up. Wollaton houses have sold for an average price of £360,284. That’s 13% up on the previous year and 22% up on the 2020 peak of £295,471.

7. Wollaton

Muddy Stilettos said: "Dominated by the home of Batman [Wollaton Hall doubled as Wayne Manor in the third Christopher Nolan movie] and its glorious surrounding deer park, there’s everything you could need with the added benefit of top-notch transport links. And if you don’t fancy nipping to the city, settle in for a cosy one at some of the town’s quaint pubs and cute restaurants." On the up. Wollaton houses have sold for an average price of £360,284. That’s 13% up on the previous year and 22% up on the 2020 peak of £295,471. Photo: Muddy Stilettos

Looking to live the rural dream? With a Wind in the Willows riverside location, cosy gastropubs and quick access to the lovely market town Newark, this could be the place. One of the loveliest riverside villages in Notts, it has nature reserves, a strong sense of community and charm by the boatload. The icing on the cake? It’s still pretty affordable. On the rise. The average price of the (mainly detached) properties sold here over the last year was £361,558, 25% up on the previous year and a whopping 58% up on the 2020 peak.

8. Farndon

Looking to live the rural dream? With a Wind in the Willows riverside location, cosy gastropubs and quick access to the lovely market town Newark, this could be the place. One of the loveliest riverside villages in Notts, it has nature reserves, a strong sense of community and charm by the boatload. The icing on the cake? It’s still pretty affordable. On the rise. The average price of the (mainly detached) properties sold here over the last year was £361,558, 25% up on the previous year and a whopping 58% up on the 2020 peak. Photo: Muddy Stilletos

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