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Here are the most eco-friendly cities in the UK:

per 100k of the population

City	EV points	Littering reports	Average monthly searches for 'eco' terms	Percentage of yearly waste recycled	Average distance to nearest park (meters)	Index score
1Bristol	34.33	437.88	494.08	47%	333	35
2Sheffield	46.75	792.72	274.7	34%	567	36
3Cheltenham	60.37	460.51	429.46	53%	586	37
4Birmingham	49.05	500.35	341.36	21%	527	37
5Milton Keynes	303.52	105.39	397.26	48%	611	38
6Solihull	317.47	68.69	180.08	43%	1,175	38
7Exeter	158.53	19.02	228.29	52%	533	39
8Cambridge	122.44	16.37	159.11	49%	688	39
9Reading	134.93	62.31	245.33	45%	594	39
10Oxford	101.29	176.82	74.94	57%	531	40
11London	209.91	118.46	339.19	31%	393	40
12Coventry	497.5	265.74	308.72	29%	664	40
13Manchester	73.98	321.42	512.11	48%	443	41
14Leeds	98.26	25.92	349.42	36%	816	41
15Liverpool	120.22	159.51	336.59	37%	353	42
16Brighton and Hove	157.7	142.54	219.05	29%	594	43
17Glasgow	69.5	301.41	263.9	24%	480	43
18Edinburgh	99.94	224.81	315.45	21%	505	43
19Lincoln	107.11	322.29	443.74	39%	547	44
20Swansea	117.61	34.69	448.09	38%	875	44
21Salford	117.15	120.84	415.09	48%	528	45
22York	103.76	105.17	323.28	41%	892	45
23Swindon	89.31	46.83	292.97	37%	865	45
24Newcastle upon Tyne	71.21	89.02	341.75	25%	360	45
25Bournemouth	93.66	10.69	363.46	46%	646	46
26Maidstone	66.67	22.83	264.86	42%	1,162	46
27Bradford	64.09	51.51	153.03	38%	751	46
28Nottingham	87.39	45.03	152.1	27%	466	46
29Worthing	73.46	46.59	152.3	52%	554	47
30Oldham	94.84	44.26	360.38	48%	751	47
31Colchester	74.47	105.95	245.69	48%	1,331	47
32Worcester	56.9	41.72	344.22	43%	573	48
33Basingstoke	99.82	77.64	174.05	38%	1,020	48
34Derby	65.68	69.67	79.1	38%	602	48
35Southampton	44.07	76.52	195.11	25%	510	48
36Gloucester	45.55	331.53	247.17	53%	602	49
37Peterborough	62.96	51.42	325.84	42%	932	49
38Crawley	103.69	90.42	171.71	52%	838	50
39Chelmsford	55.15	141.95	420.41	48%	889	50
40Rochdale	53.93	72.8	373.9	48%	697	50
41Cardiff	45.33	160.09	113.04	39%	483	50
42Newport	108.48	135.98	0	38%	722	50
43Ipswich	73.9	74.56	226.31	37%	598	50
44Sunderland	200.27	23.77	115.88	30%	637	50
45Portsmouth	50.6	111.95	268.68	28%	499	50
46Stockport	67.83	31.37	485.84	48%	510	51
47Warrington	76.59	5.14	299.51	44%	508	51
48Norwich	56.29	211.7	354.67	43%	599	51
49Bolton	41.29	54.33	391.69	48%	653	52
50Basildon	62.95	18.11	145.73	41%	697	52
51Plymouth	70.42	11.61	289.16	34%	753	52
52Belfast	60.69	18.75	336.18	32%	400	52
53Leicester	41.32	70.83	179.3	43%	431	53
54Wolverhampton	34.19	202.55	312.8	35%	698	53
55Gateshead	170.83	19.08	65.91	31%	481	53
56Aberdeen	90.2	3.06	271.12	25%	742	53
57Middlesbrough	39.13	33.73	222.64	24%	721	54
58Dundee	126.67	57.89	198.86	18%	494	54
59Telford	47.8	14.02	179.1	52%	459	55
60Watford	258.14	134.02	79.19	50%	380	55
61Luton	32.55	308.35	155.03	25%	605	55
62Slough	45.54	91.68	174.38	23%	579	55
63Kingston upon Hull	40.62	148.82	90.1	47%	831	57
64Southend-on-Sea	20.3	85.03	185.42	42%	576	57
65Blackburn	45.61	162.42	297.64	27%	737	57
66Blackpool	33.54	25.49	223.41	45%	709	60
67St. Helens	37.15	8.36	454.14	37%	454	60
68Huddersfield	10.59	19.06	382.52	25%	280	63
69Northampton	9.45	369.59	132.23	43%	935	67
70Stoke-on-Trent	31.08	40.29	125.48	31%	281	67

EV points

Littering reports

Average monthly searches for 'eco' terms

Percentage of yearly waste recycled

Average distance to nearest park (meters)

Index score

Per 100k of the population

1Bristol	34.33
2Sheffield	46.75
3Cheltenham	60.37
4Birmingham	49.05
5Milton Keynes	303.52
6Solihull	317.47
7Exeter	158.53
8Cambridge	122.44
9Reading	134.93
10Oxford	101.29
11London	209.91
12Coventry	497.5
13Manchester	73.98
14Leeds	98.26
15Liverpool	120.22
16Brighton and Hove	157.7
17Glasgow	69.5
18Edinburgh	99.94
19Lincoln	107.11
20Swansea	117.61
21Salford	117.15
22York	103.76
23Swindon	89.31
24Newcastle upon Tyne	71.21
25Bournemouth	93.66
26Maidstone	66.67
27Bradford	64.09
28Nottingham	87.39
29Worthing	73.46
30Oldham	94.84
31Colchester	74.47
32Worcester	56.9
33Basingstoke	99.82
34Derby	65.68
35Southampton	44.07
36Gloucester	45.55
37Peterborough	62.96
38Crawley	103.69
39Chelmsford	55.15
40Rochdale	53.93
41Cardiff	45.33
42Newport	108.48
43Ipswich	73.9
44Sunderland	200.27
45Portsmouth	50.6
46Stockport	67.83
47Warrington	76.59
48Norwich	56.29
49Bolton	41.29
50Basildon	62.95
51Plymouth	70.42
52Belfast	60.69
53Leicester	41.32
54Wolverhampton	34.19
55Gateshead	170.83
56Aberdeen	90.2
57Middlesbrough	39.13
58Dundee	126.67
59Telford	47.8
60Watford	258.14
61Luton	32.55
62Slough	45.54
63Kingston upon Hull	40.62
64Southend-on-Sea	20.3
65Blackburn	45.61
66Blackpool	33.54
67St. Helens	37.15
68Huddersfield	10.59
69Northampton	9.45
70Stoke-on-Trent	31.08

Per 100k of the population

1Bristol	437.88
2Sheffield	792.72
3Cheltenham	460.51
4Birmingham	500.35
5Milton Keynes	105.39
6Solihull	68.69
7Exeter	19.02
8Cambridge	16.37
9Reading	62.31
10Oxford	176.82
11London	118.46
12Coventry	265.74
13Manchester	321.42
14Leeds	25.92
15Liverpool	159.51
16Brighton and Hove	142.54
17Glasgow	301.41
18Edinburgh	224.81
19Lincoln	322.29
20Swansea	34.69
21Salford	120.84
22York	105.17
23Swindon	46.83
24Newcastle upon Tyne	89.02
25Bournemouth	10.69
26Maidstone	22.83
27Bradford	51.51
28Nottingham	45.03
29Worthing	46.59
30Oldham	44.26
31Colchester	105.95
32Worcester	41.72
33Basingstoke	77.64
34Derby	69.67
35Southampton	76.52
36Gloucester	331.53
37Peterborough	51.42
38Crawley	90.42
39Chelmsford	141.95
40Rochdale	72.8
41Cardiff	160.09
42Newport	135.98
43Ipswich	74.56
44Sunderland	23.77
45Portsmouth	111.95
46Stockport	31.37
47Warrington	5.14
48Norwich	211.7
49Bolton	54.33
50Basildon	18.11
51Plymouth	11.61
52Belfast	18.75
53Leicester	70.83
54Wolverhampton	202.55
55Gateshead	19.08
56Aberdeen	3.06
57Middlesbrough	33.73
58Dundee	57.89
59Telford	14.02
60Watford	134.02
61Luton	308.35
62Slough	91.68
63Kingston upon Hull	148.82
64Southend-on-Sea	85.03
65Blackburn	162.42
66Blackpool	25.49
67St. Helens	8.36
68Huddersfield	19.06
69Northampton	369.59
70Stoke-on-Trent	40.29

Per 100k of the population

1Bristol	494.08
2Sheffield	274.7
3Cheltenham	429.46
4Birmingham	341.36
5Milton Keynes	397.26
6Solihull	180.08
7Exeter	228.29
8Cambridge	159.11
9Reading	245.33
10Oxford	74.94
11London	339.19
12Coventry	308.72
13Manchester	512.11
14Leeds	349.42
15Liverpool	336.59
16Brighton and Hove	219.05
17Glasgow	263.9
18Edinburgh	315.45
19Lincoln	443.74
20Swansea	448.09
21Salford	415.09
22York	323.28
23Swindon	292.97
24Newcastle upon Tyne	341.75
25Bournemouth	363.46
26Maidstone	264.86
27Bradford	153.03
28Nottingham	152.1
29Worthing	152.3
30Oldham	360.38
31Colchester	245.69
32Worcester	344.22
33Basingstoke	174.05
34Derby	79.1
35Southampton	195.11
36Gloucester	247.17
37Peterborough	325.84
38Crawley	171.71
39Chelmsford	420.41
40Rochdale	373.9
41Cardiff	113.04
42Newport	0
43Ipswich	226.31
44Sunderland	115.88
45Portsmouth	268.68
46Stockport	485.84
47Warrington	299.51
48Norwich	354.67
49Bolton	391.69
50Basildon	145.73
51Plymouth	289.16
52Belfast	336.18
53Leicester	179.3
54Wolverhampton	312.8
55Gateshead	65.91
56Aberdeen	271.12
57Middlesbrough	222.64
58Dundee	198.86
59Telford	179.1
60Watford	79.19
61Luton	155.03
62Slough	174.38
63Kingston upon Hull	90.1
64Southend-on-Sea	185.42
65Blackburn	297.64
66Blackpool	223.41
67St. Helens	454.14
68Huddersfield	382.52
69Northampton	132.23
70Stoke-on-Trent	125.48

Per 100k of the population

1Bristol	47%
2Sheffield	34%
3Cheltenham	53%
4Birmingham	21%
5Milton Keynes	48%
6Solihull	43%
7Exeter	52%
8Cambridge	49%
9Reading	45%
10Oxford	57%
11London	31%
12Coventry	29%
13Manchester	48%
14Leeds	36%
15Liverpool	37%
16Brighton and Hove	29%
17Glasgow	24%
18Edinburgh	21%
19Lincoln	39%
20Swansea	38%
21Salford	48%
22York	41%
23Swindon	37%
24Newcastle upon Tyne	25%
25Bournemouth	46%
26Maidstone	42%
27Bradford	38%
28Nottingham	27%
29Worthing	52%
30Oldham	48%
31Colchester	48%
32Worcester	43%
33Basingstoke	38%
34Derby	38%
35Southampton	25%
36Gloucester	53%
37Peterborough	42%
38Crawley	52%
39Chelmsford	48%
40Rochdale	48%
41Cardiff	39%
42Newport	38%
43Ipswich	37%
44Sunderland	30%
45Portsmouth	28%
46Stockport	48%
47Warrington	44%
48Norwich	43%
49Bolton	48%
50Basildon	41%
51Plymouth	34%
52Belfast	32%
53Leicester	43%
54Wolverhampton	35%
55Gateshead	31%
56Aberdeen	25%
57Middlesbrough	24%
58Dundee	18%
59Telford	52%
60Watford	50%
61Luton	25%
62Slough	23%
63Kingston upon Hull	47%
64Southend-on-Sea	42%
65Blackburn	27%
66Blackpool	45%
67St. Helens	37%
68Huddersfield	25%
69Northampton	43%
70Stoke-on-Trent	31%

Per 100k of the population

1Bristol	333
2Sheffield	567
3Cheltenham	586
4Birmingham	527
5Milton Keynes	611
6Solihull	1,175
7Exeter	533
8Cambridge	688
9Reading	594
10Oxford	531
11London	393
12Coventry	664
13Manchester	443
14Leeds	816
15Liverpool	353
16Brighton and Hove	594
17Glasgow	480
18Edinburgh	505
19Lincoln	547
20Swansea	875
21Salford	528
22York	892
23Swindon	865
24Newcastle upon Tyne	360
25Bournemouth	646
26Maidstone	1,162
27Bradford	751
28Nottingham	466
29Worthing	554
30Oldham	751
31Colchester	1,331
32Worcester	573
33Basingstoke	1,020
34Derby	602
35Southampton	510
36Gloucester	602
37Peterborough	932
38Crawley	838
39Chelmsford	889
40Rochdale	697
41Cardiff	483
42Newport	722
43Ipswich	598
44Sunderland	637
45Portsmouth	499
46Stockport	510
47Warrington	508
48Norwich	599
49Bolton	653
50Basildon	697
51Plymouth	753
52Belfast	400
53Leicester	431
54Wolverhampton	698
55Gateshead	481
56Aberdeen	742
57Middlesbrough	721
58Dundee	494
59Telford	459
60Watford	380
61Luton	605
62Slough	579
63Kingston upon Hull	831
64Southend-on-Sea	576
65Blackburn	737
66Blackpool	709
67St. Helens	454
68Huddersfield	280
69Northampton	935
70Stoke-on-Trent	281

Per 100k of the population

1Bristol	35
2Sheffield	36
3Cheltenham	37
4Birmingham	37
5Milton Keynes	38
6Solihull	38
7Exeter	39
8Cambridge	39
9Reading	39
10Oxford	40
11London	40
12Coventry	40
13Manchester	41
14Leeds	41
15Liverpool	42
16Brighton and Hove	43
17Glasgow	43
18Edinburgh	43
19Lincoln	44
20Swansea	44
21Salford	45
22York	45
23Swindon	45
24Newcastle upon Tyne	45
25Bournemouth	46
26Maidstone	46
27Bradford	46
28Nottingham	46
29Worthing	47
30Oldham	47
31Colchester	47
32Worcester	48
33Basingstoke	48
34Derby	48
35Southampton	48
36Gloucester	49
37Peterborough	49
38Crawley	50
39Chelmsford	50
40Rochdale	50
41Cardiff	50
42Newport	50
43Ipswich	50
44Sunderland	50
45Portsmouth	50
46Stockport	51
47Warrington	51
48Norwich	51
49Bolton	52
50Basildon	52
51Plymouth	52
52Belfast	52
53Leicester	53
54Wolverhampton	53
55Gateshead	53
56Aberdeen	53
57Middlesbrough	54
58Dundee	54
59Telford	55
60Watford	55
61Luton	55
62Slough	55
63Kingston upon Hull	57
64Southend-on-Sea	57
65Blackburn	57
66Blackpool	60
67St. Helens	60
68Huddersfield	63
69Northampton	67
70Stoke-on-Trent	67

The UK’s Most Eco-Friendly Cities in 2024

At Oceans, we pride ourselves on providing a sustainable product to our customers, with full transparency on the manufacturing processes we use.

Here are the most eco-friendly cities in the UK: