SEVEN spots in Scotland have been selected as the best to live in the newly released Sunday Times Best Places to Live 2022 list, released today.
Locations were judged on factors including schools, transport and broadband to culture, green spaces and the health of the high street.
So – which spots nabbed top marks?
ISLE OF BUTE, ARGYLL
The Isle of Bute won the coveted title of the best place to live in Scotland. Just 90 minutes from Glasgow, the Sunday Times state that Bute stands “head and shoulders” above all the other Scottish Islands for commutability, and it’s full of adventurous locals fizzing with ideas to make their neighbourhoods shine.
BRAEMAR, ABERDEENSHIRE
This elevated village shows Scotland at its most rugged and beautiful, but also its most sophisticated, thanks to a high street that sells everything from cashmere and posh chocolates to walking boots and skis.
CULROSS, FIFE
Sea views and the period charm of its cobbled, winding streets make this one of Scotland’s most spellbinding villages, all within an hour’s drive of both Glasgow and Edinburgh.
DUNBLANE, STIRLING
One of the best state secondaries in Scotland, glorious countryside and a strong sporting tradition – not only for tennis – make this the perfect perch for families. (Image credit: Wikimedia)
SHAWLANDS, GLASGOW
The Southside’s premium coffee and cake quarter is both practical and cool – and perfectly placed to take advantage of Pollok Country Park, and the reopened Burrell Collection. (Image credit: Flickr)
MELROSE, BORDERS
You don’t have to like rugby to live here (it does help) – you can also enjoy the views of the Eildon Hills, and the town’s literary reputation, which comes to the fore every summer in the Borders Book Festival. (Source: Flickr)
NORTH BERWICK, EAST LOTHIAN
The jewel of the East Lothian coast is too good to leave out of the list, thanks to its unbeatable combination of schools, independent shops, laid-back beach life and trains to the capital.
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