What are the most vegan friendly cities in the UK to eat out? Here we keep score of the vegan density of eateries in each city and how many each city has.

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This is the half yearly update for how vegan the cities are in the UK. Just like the original update at the end of 2018 we go through all the food options available in and around a city and most importantly, find the vegan friendly eateries and then work out a score for each city.

As well as this score, we also show how many eateries each city has which cater for vegans.

Leicester

Leiecester has a massive improvement, going from 7.12% to 12.02%, this is made up from more vegan eateries and less restaurants in the city.

The city has 119 vegan friendly places to eat which is the second most options in the UK. This keeps it in first place for vegan density and in second place for options.

Brighton

Brighton holds on to it's second place with it's vegan density score of 4.38% of the cities eateries are vegan friendly.

It sits in third with 50 vegan friendly options and this is why Brighton is well known amongst the vegan community in the UK.

Bristol

Bristol has quite a good year from 2018 to 2019, going from a density of 2.58% to 3.65%. This is a combination of more vegan offerings and less overall count of restaurants in the city.

Bristol isn't far behind Brighton in terms of vegan options with a fantastic 45 eateries which are vegan friendly.

Birmingham

Birmingham moves from 10th to 4th in terms of vegan density and has a great selection of vegan eateries and a total of 29 options.

Cardiff

Cardiff drops down from 3rd to 5th and drops it's density from 2.88% to 2.44% of eateries being vegan friendly in Cardiff. This is mostly due to new non-vegan restaurants opening in 2019.

Cardiff still has some great options and has 22 vegan friendly eateries for you to try out.

Sheffield

Sheffield moves up a spot but the cities vegan food density score drops slightly, again, due to more overall eateries in the city.

Sheffield and it's surrounding area has 27 food options which are vegan friendly.

Leeds

Leeds has changed a lot in the last few years and with this change has seen more vegan eateries and offerings. It's sitting in 7th in the UK vegan city list for density and has a whopping 37 options to explore.

Fort William

It's a small city in the Highlands of Scotland and only has one real vegan friendly eatery, there are other options and chain restaurants but only one real vegan eatery.

Even with this low number of offerings it puts them in 8th on the vegan density score because of the so few places to eat in Fort William.

Edinburgh

Edinburgh is one of the best places in Scotland to explore a city and it's vegan offerings. It sits in 10th on the list and has 31 vegan friendly options.

Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton has 7 vegan options and a vegan density of 1.66%.

Glasgow

Another of Scotlands best vegan cities, closely tied with Edinburgh.

It has a density of 1.53% and 29 vegan friendly options, just two less than Edinburgh. Both cities should be on your list if you want to visit Scotland.

Manchester

Manchester has the 4th most vegan options in the UK, just behind Bristol with 42 vegan friendly eateries in the city. This makes it the most vegan friendly city in the north England with plenty of options to try out.

Newcastle

Newcastle has a much smaller number of options compared to Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds but the ones it does have are worth checking out. There are a total of 14 options in this city.

Portsmouth

Portsmouth has 9 vegan friendly eateries, which is a small amount compared to others on the south coast.

Liverpool

Liverpool has 13 vegan friendly eateries which is by far the smallest in the north of England. It has a density of 0.88% which means that not even every 1 in 100 restaurants and cafes are vegan in the city.

This doesn't mean there aren't great places to try vegan food though as there are definitely a handful of great places to eat there.

Bangor

Bangor in North Wales has only 1 true vegan friendly eatery, Voltaire. It's a uni city so there should be more offerings, but they are few and far between in this part of the world.

London

London has the most vegan options of any city in the UK but it also has a crazy total amount non-vegan options too. This keeps its vegan density low at 0.78% but it has 148 vegan friendly eateries.

If you're looking for a city with many vegan options, London should be top of your list for new vegan things to try.

Southampton

Southampton only has 4 vegan friendly eateries and comes in lower down the list of cities to visit if you're on a vegan tour of the UK.

Nottingham

Nottingham has 5 vegan friendly offerings but this puts it lower down on the vegan city score chart.

York

York only has 3 vegan offerings, they should still be checked out though. If you're in York you're not far from Leeds which means you could try both cities and fit them in to a single day with a quick train journey between.

Hull

Hull only has a handful of vegan options, hopefully in 2020 this improves and we can update this page with more options for all those living and visiting hull and looking for a vegan meal.

Aberdeen

One of the most northerly cities in the UK, Aberdeen only has 2 vegan options and a vegan density score of 0.39%.

Bradford

Bradford has 2 vegan friendly eateries in the city, you aren't far from Leeds so visiting both of these cities could make a great day out.

Swansea

It's surprising to see that Swansea only has 1 vegan friendly restaurant considering it's a uni city. Hopefully in 2020 we can see new options open.

Sunderland

The only city in the UK which doesn't have a vegan friendly eatery. Quite surprising considering the size of the city. Lets see what 2020 holds and whether there are any new options opening up in this city.