READING is a city all but name and deserves its place on The Sunday Times’ Best Places to Live 2023 report.
The little big town was cited in the top 10 for the south east for the second year in a row.
The full list will be published in Sunday’s edition of the broadsheet newspaper, and aside from Chichester in first place, the other nine south east towns and cities are in alphabetical order.
The citation for Reading said: “It’s the combination of great job prospects and transport links with relatively affordable property prices that make the town a hard-to-beat option for millennials and Gen Z”.
The report also praised the Ding’s many leisure options including the Thames Lido and Reading Biscuit Factory.
Being in the top 10 for a second year in a row has pleased Nigel Horton-Baker, executive director for REDA, Reading’s Economy and Destination Agency, who said the quality of life in the town was something that attracted people to develop their careers by moving her.
“The opening of the Elizabeth Line and a wave of new leisure investment including the Thames Lido, Reading Rep theatre and Biscuit Factory independent cinema as well as two new swimming pools opening in 2023 and a planned £20 million investment in the Hexagon Theatre and Central Library is adding to Reading’s growing reputation as a great lifestyle choice as well as business location,” continued.
“A city in all but name, in Reading you can live life well and carve out your career in one of the UK’s best places to work and do business, with leading businesses in sectors from security software to energy, financial services to mobile technology.
“And now, with 18 new film studios being built at Shinfield Studios, Reading is set to become a leading player in the UK creative sector.”
