Overview
- Taking Care’s study evaluates locations using life expectancy, property prices, average care-home costs, green space, leisure options, bingo halls and English Heritage sites.
- Glossop scores highly with life expectancy near 85, average annual care costs around £37,000, a population just over 22,000 and a roughly 30‑minute drive to Manchester.
- Llandudno claims the top UK slot with a score of 52.8, edging Glossop’s 52.7 by 0.1 percentage points on lifestyle and amenity measures.
- Edinburgh ranks last in the study, with life expectancy of 79, a 3.8 out of 10 lifestyle score, average care costs near £40,000 and one care facility per 778 older residents.
- The published top 10 also features Southport, Ramsbottom, Saffron Walden, Tynemouth, Ilfracombe, Bradford, Falmouth and Alresford.