And the least romantic place in the UK is…..
Poor old Hull has been voted the least romantic destination in the UK in a poll by hotels.com.
Despite being chosen as the City of Culture for 2017, the northern city failed to ignite passion among the British public when it comes to romantic breaks.
Hull was voted by 19% of Brits to be the least romantic destination, rising three spaces from last year’s report and knocking off last year’s champion, Slough, which didn’t feature in this year’s list at all.
Birmingham came in second for the second year in a row with 11% of the vote, while both London (up four) and Blackpool (up seven) came in at joint third place.
Other new entries in this year’s least romantic report included Leicester, Glasgow and Coventry who all featured in fifth place with 4% of the nation’s vote.
Bizarrely, although London came in third in the least romantic list, it also took the top spot as the most romantic UK city.
As Valentine’s Day approaches, the hotel website’s reported that 18% of the 1,000 Brits questioned chose the capital as the top location to take a loved one this year, with last year’s winner, the Lake District, slipping to second place.
Still popular with those aged over 45, 20% of middle aged respondents voted the Lakes the most romantic.
Here are the full results of the poll:
Least romantic UK destination 2015
Percentage of votes (2014 ranking)
1 Hull 19% (4)
2 Birmingham 11% (2)
3= London 7% (7)
3= Blackpool 7% (10)
5= Leicester (new entry) 4% (-)
5= Glasgow (new entry) 4% (-)
5= Coventry (new entry) 4% (-)
8= Swansea (new entry) 3% (-)
8= Liverpool (new entry) 3% (-)
8= Sheffield (new entry) 3% (-)
Most romantic UK destination 2015
Percentage of votes (2014 ranking)
1 London 18% (3)
2 Lake District 15% (1)
3 Cornwall 7% (4)
4= Cotswolds 6% (2)
4= Edinburgh 6% (7)
6 Stratford-Upon-Avon 5% (5)
7= York (new entry) 4% (-)
7= Devon (new entry) 3% (-)
9= Bristol (new entry) 2% (-)
9= Cardiff (new entry) 2% (-)
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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