Liverpool has taken the top spot in a new Which? survey identifying the best cities across the UK. Scoring an overall satisfaction and likeliness to recommend score of 84%, Liverpool has been recognised as the perfect city for a weekend getaway. Cities across Britain were scored out of five stars across a range of criteria including accommodation, food and drink, cultural sights and tourist attractions, ease of getting around, lack of crowds, and value for money.
Edinburgh and York narrowly missed out on the top spot, both scoring 83% overall. The hometown of the Beatles astonishingly secured five out of five stars in the cultural sights and tourist attractions category, with individuals noting Liverpool's array of cultural and historical attractions. The "lively" and "buzzing" city also scored four out of five stars in the food and drink, shopping, accommodation, lack of crowds and tourist attraction categories.
Liverpool has been named the UK's best city ( Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto) One survey respondent said: "It's got everything you could possibly want. Great for eating places, great for sights and famous places and very friendly people." Rory Boland, editor of Which? Travel added: "Liverpool stood out among the UK's large cities for its fantastic cultural scene and buzzing atmosphere, beating London and the UK's other capital cities to take first place.
" The city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, northwest England, is often acknowledged for its rich musical h.