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Usk and Monmouth named as best places to live in Wales

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Thursday, 21 June 2018 21:45

Usk and Monmouth have made the list of best market towns to live and work in Wales.

Denbigh, in the north of Wales, takes the top place scoring consistently above average across various measures of work-life balance particularly for short commuting distances and working hours.

Also based in the north, Mold takes second place where low unemployment and short working hours make up for weaker school scores.

Moving south of the country, Usk takes third place thanks in particular to good schools and low crime. Towards the centre of the country, Welshpool (5th) has relatively affordable housing, low unemployment and good school scores.

Builth Wells (4th), Ruthin (6th), Monmouth (7th), Flint (8th), Dolgellau (9th) and Carmarthen (10th) also feature in the top ten.

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