A map illustrating the UK's top literary locations
NEW research has named the Lake District as one of the top UK literary locations outside London.
Holiday lettings company holidaycottages.co.uk analysed areas across the UK, on factors including number of bookstores, literary festivals, books set in the location and number of authors who were born, who lived, or worked there.
The Lake District, renowned worldwide for authors including Beatrix Potter, Arthur Ransome and poet William Wordsworth, placed ninth in the top 10.
The top literary locations are as follows:
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Manchester, Greater Manchester
- Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Brighton & Hove, East Sussex
- Bath, Somerset
- Cardiff, Wales
- Liverpool, Merseyside
- Lake District, Cumbria
- Swansea, Wales
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