NEW research has revealed that the North East ranks fifth in the UK’s most welcoming regions for wildlife.
Data from Flowercard studied the UK’s most populated towns and cities, assessing each region's wildlife areas, the number of nature and park attractions, quality of green spaces and parks, pollution index and air quality levels, providing an overall wildlife-friendly score and revealing the UK’s best regions for wildlife.
The UK’s Top 10 Regions For Wildlife:
1st: Scotland
2nd: East
3rd: Wales
4th: East Midlands
5th: North East
6th: South East
7th: South West
8th: Yorkshire and The Humber
9th: North West
10th: West Midlands
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The UK’s Top 10 Most Wildlife-Friendly Towns and Cities:
1st: Dundee, Scotland
2nd: Oxford, South East
3rd: Chesterfield, East Midlands
4th: Cambridge, East
5th: Edinburgh, Scotland
6th: Swansea, Wales
7th: Norwich, East
8th: Preston, North West
9th: Glasgow, Scotland
10th: Aberdeen, Scotland
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