The sun, the pier, what’s not to love? Picture: REX)

People spend a lot of time complaining about their home towns, but get strangely angry when anyone else criticises them.

Now YouGov have conducted some research into the British towns with the proudest residents.

It wasn’t the swagger of Liverpool or the trendiness of London that won out – Brighton was named as the proudest town in the UK.

One in ten Brightonians said they were proud of their town, citing the local culture, the people and the restaurants as some of the reasons they love it so much.


Not everyone is as happy with their town as the coastal dwellers however – only seven out of ten people from Birmingham said they are proud of their town, while more than 25% of them said they were not proud of their city.



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One of the main reasons given were the negative stereotypes of the people from Birmingham.

Edinburgh and Cardiff both have a fairly proud populace, as does London.

However the majority of people living in the capital polled by YouGov said they were likely to leave the city in the future.

Mary Wheeler, Senior Research Executive, YouGov CityBus said: ‘Whether it is the sea air and iconic beaches, lovely locals or a diverse cultural landscape, it is clear those in Brighton have a good deal to be rightly proud of.

‘More generally, the results suggest that the majority of those in the cities surveyed are proud to live where they do, and will defend them against negative stereotypes that do abound.’