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Do people in hilly towns have better health than those in flat towns?

Not necessarily, say our readers - the (flat) Milton Keynes was recently named the healthiest place in the UK and hilly towns may be smaller, with less access to cheap supermarkets

24 January 2024

2JAN5P2 Holland Street meets the steep Albion Hill in the Hanover neighbourhood of Brighton

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Do people who live in hilly towns have better health than those who live in flat towns?

Mark Thompson
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, UK

If we look at the of the healthiest places in the UK, then first place goes to Milton Keynes, which is flat. Second place goes to Brighton and Hove (despite being on the coast, the city is quite hilly); joint third to Swansea and Middlesbrough (both hilly and on the coast); fifth to Sunderland (mostly hilly and also on the coast); and sixth to Plymouth (again, despite being on the coast, the town is quite…

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