THESE are the worst places in the UK to live - and it is good news for people living in Essex.
More than 125,680 people took part in the annual survey from iLiveHere.co.uk, which asks residents in England where is the worst place to live.
For the third year running, Peterborough was voted the worst place to live in the country.
Essex residents will be glad to read that only one town from the county made it onto the list of 50 places - Jaywick Sands at number eight.
Here is the full rankings below:
- Peterborough
- Huddersfield
- Liverpool
- Bradford
- Hull
- Wakefield
- Luton
- Jaywick Sands
- Torquay
- Halifax
- Doncaster
- Keighley
- Castleford
- Barnsley
- Blackpool
- Grimsby
- Oldham
- Aylesbury
- Newton Abbot
- Wigan
- Swanley
- Andover
- Rochdale
- Slough
- Ipswich
- Sunderland
- Nottingham
- Blackburn
- Bolton
- Aldershot
- Middlesbrough
- Croydon
- Boscombe
- Rotherham
- Accrington
- Stoke on Trent
- Leicester
- Burnley
- Reading
- Southampton
- York
- Brandon, Suffolk
- Barking and Dagenham
- Didcot
- Northampton
- Walsall
- Chichester
- Wolverhampton
- Boston
- Sheffield
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