There are plenty of great places to live in Cambridgeshire aside from Cambridge, but The Sunday Times has named the city among the best places to live in Britain

Thanks to its great links to London, plenty of green spaces, and historic buildings, many people have been moving to Cambridge to enjoy a slightly calmer city lifestyle. Recently, the Sunday Times revealed its best places to live in Britain for 2026 with Cambridge making it onto the list.

The judges visited a huge range of locations and assessed them on different factors, from access to schools and transport to broadband speeds and amenities. They also looked at access to high-quality green spaces and the performance of the high street.

The Sunday Times said: “Cambridge has top-class schools and is also the UK’s cycling capital, with about a third of trips in the town made by bike. The city has strong cultural foundations, a lively coffee scene and an excellent selection of interesting places to eat and drink.”

However, Cambridgeshire has plenty of other places that people flock to in order to escape city life. There are many small towns and villages with great pubs and beautiful walks that you might think are better to live in than Cambridge.

If you do not agree with Cambridge being named one of the best places to live and think somewhere else in Cambridgeshire deserves that title, you can nominate them using our survey below. If the survey does not appear for you, you can open it in a new tab here.