Head into the pretty village of Christleton in Cheshire and it has all the hallmarks of quintessential rural life. Ducks and swans swim across still waters of the village pond, while parents with kids happily toddle past to enjoy a huge free play area.
There are three 'roaringly good pubs' with brilliant beer gardens that are packed when the sun comes out with both locals and visitors flocking to this village hotspot.
Visitors say they're so good they 'don't want to leave'. So it's perhaps little surprise that Christleton has been named once again in The Sunday Times' Best Places to Live in the UK for 2024 - two years after it was last named in the prestigious guide. READ MORE: The Greater Manchester town packed with "funky independents" named among best in the UK Experts who put together the guide said of Christleton: "Like its resident swans, this serene village has a lot going on underneath the surface." It features in a list alongside six other towns that form the 'best in the north west' - Stockport and Prestwich in Greater Manchester, Knutsford in Cheshire, Sefton Park in Liverpool, Ribble Valley in Lancashire and Kendal in Cumbria.
The Sunday Times describe Christleton as a 'best-of-both-worlds village'. It boasts a "premium postcode with two outstanding state schools, three roaringly good pubs, and upmarket homes in a delightfully rural setting".
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