City comes second in list of the best areas to be.
A new survey has confirmed what thousands of Milton Keynes residents already believe – that the city is one of the UK’s top places to live and work.
The latest LSH Vitality Index findings, from property consultants Lambert Smith Hampton, reviews 100 towns and cities outside London by economic, lifestyle and environmental measures and reports on their ‘health’.
It considers jobs and wage growth, business activity, educational attainment, house prices, green space, crime rates, sustainability, lifestyle and health, and other desirable factors.
Milton Keynes is ranked number two in the Index, climbing six positions from last year’s findings. It comes second only to Windsor and Maidenhead, which is counted as one borough.
Many of this year’s top 10 towns and cities are in or close to the Oxford-MK-Cambridge Growth Corridor, including Oxford, Reading and High Wycombe.
The Vitality Index comes just after Milton Keynes was named one of the UK’s top cities for high wages, innovation, and housing growth in the Cities Outlook 2025 report last month, and the city council’s announcement last week that MK has smashed its national housebuilding targets for the seventh year running.
“This report takes an objective look into what makes a thriving and modern city, so it’s no surprise that Milton Keynes is performing so brilliantly,” said Cllr Pete Marland, Milton Keynes City Council Leader.
“We work hard on creating the right conditions for what people value the most: a healthy, green and welcoming place in which to live and work, with good jobs, facilities and affordable housing for a secure future.”
