Plenty of Brits move abroad each year, but many relocate within the UK too, and a popular Merseyside port town seems to be a popular choice.
Birkenhead, on the Wirral peninsula, seems to be attracting hordes of people with its relatively low house prices.
New research by storage software company, Stora, analysed net migration figures and average house prices in 50 different locations across the country from 2025 to mid-2024.
Birkenhead came out as the most popular place for Brits to move to in the UK.
The town has seen a 27 per cent increase in people relocating there, and 2,446 net migration. Just over 11,000 moved to Birkenhead, and 9,000 left.
Average house prices in the area work out to be around £210,338, which is notably lower than the national average of £272,000.
Wigan, near the cities Manchester and Liverpool, ranked second and has experienced an overall increase of 26 per cent.
Let’s move to the Wirral! The industrial port town in Merseyside seems to be attracting hordes of people with its relatively low house prices
The northern hub saw 15,000 people settle down there.
Northampton followed in third and has seen a 24 per cent increase, this is despite house prices being higher at at average of £255,130.
Midlands locations proved to be popular; Mansfield ranked fourth with a 10 per cent surge, followed by Dudley in fifth place, which saw an eight per cent increase.
As for the less popular spots, Luton faired the worst with more people moving out of the area than in, resulting in a -39 per cent decrease in migration.
The net migration for Luton is almost -7,000 and the house prices are above the national average at around £280,000.
Portsmouth ranked second for the least popular spots and has seen over 18,000 residents leave the area.
Meanwhile, Leicester came third and saw 31,000 people move away.
With 22,000 new residents moving to the area, it puts migration to the city at -30 per cent.
As for the less popular spots, Luton, located nearby London faired the worst with more people moving out of the area than in, resulting in a -39 per cent decrease in migration
Kingston upon Hull followed in fourth place, with a -24 per cent shift in migration and Slough ranked fifth.
The research found that Birmingham had the highest number of people move away – a whopping 79,500 locals relocating from the city.
Meanwhile, the City of Westminster proved to be the most expensive place to live averaging at £976,519 for a house there.
