Kenilworth has been named as one of the top 40 places to live in the UK by property finder company Garrington.

The firm has recently published its 2024 marketing report for England and Wales which ranks 1,429 towns, cities and villages on measures covering five categories.

These categories are natural environment, wellbeing, heritage/culture, schools, employment and connectivity and house price quality and value.

Garrington also lists the average family home cost and average sales price change across the last 12 months in each settlement.

And Kenilworth is listed as the 36th best place to live in the UK - the highest ranked settlement in Warwickshire.

Recently revealed by Nub News as the most expensive place to buy property in the county, Garrington lists the average property price as £605,800, a 4.1 per cent rise in the average sales price over the past 12 months.

Kenilworth scored highly for heritage and for house price / quality (image by James Smith)

Kenilworth scored highest for heritage, being listed as number 133, meanwhile house price and quality was placed as 175.

Wellbeing came in at 207 and schools employment and connectivity at 225.

For natural environment Kenilworth was given number 882

The list was topped by Twyford in Berkshire.

Neighbouring Warwick was placed as 158th, with Leamington Spa at 145 and Stratford-upon-Avon at 155.

"Our report is not a league table of the 'best and worst places to live'," Garrington said. 

"On the contrary, the research only ranks the best places to live, so being included – whether at number 1 or number 1429 – is to be applauded."