A league table ranking the ‘unhealthiest places in the UK’ has named North Killingholme as the country’s second worst offender.

Researchers at the University of Liverpool scored  neighbourhoods on their access to fast food outlets, off licences, boozers and proximity to health services, parks and recreational spaces.

North Killingholme, South Killingholme, Immingham and surrounding areas on the University of Liverpool's CDRC Map

Their ‘lifestyle and environmental measures’ also include air pollution statistics from the Environment Agency, but do not include proximity to open fields – which surround North Killingholme.

Senior lecturer in health geography, Dr Mark Green said: “The statistics reveal important insights about the concentration of certain amenities that may be damaging or promote health.

Grimsby, Cleethorpes and surrounding areas on the University of Liverpool's CDRC Map

“These statistics reveal troubling issues with the neighbourhoods we live in and how they may be damaging to our health.”

Their interactive map ranks North Killingholme as the ‘worst performing decile’ with 10 points (or 51 per cent).

In comparison, areas in Immingham were ranked with nine points (or 29 per cent), Scartho with seven (or 23 per cent), Humberston with six (or 20 per cent) and Waltham with five (or 19 per cent).

Top 10 healthiest places in the UK
  1. Great Torrington, Devon
  2. Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire
  3. Fauldhouse, West Lothian
  4. Foxbar, Renfrewshire Marnoch,
  5. North Lanarkshire
  6. Ryton, Gateshead
  7. Ballingry, Fife
  8. Coupar Angus, Perth and Kinross
  9. Kinghorn, Fife
  10. Kilsyth Bogside, North Lanarkshire

Deputy director of the Consumer Data Research Centre, professor Alex Singleton said: “Our study found that access was not evenly spread across Great Britain – rural areas have poorer access to many health services, and those services which are seen as damaging to health are often concentrated in poorer areas.

“For example, 62 per cent of people who live in the 10 per cent most deprived areas are within 1km of a fast food outlet compared to 24 per cent in the 10 per cent least deprived areas.”

Top 10 unhealthiest places in the UK
  1. Soho, Westminster
  2. North Killingholme
  3. Shotley Gate, Suffolk
  4. St. Giles, Camden
  5. Bank, City of London
  6. Spitalfields, Tower Hamlets
  7. Farringdon, Islington
  8. Ottringham, East Riding
  9. Finsbury, Islington
  10. Barbican, City of London

Across the UK, Soho, in Westminster, ranks as the ‘unhealthiest place in the UK’, followed by North Killingholme, Shotley Gate in Suffolk, St Giles in Camden, and Bank in City of London.

The top five ‘healthiest places in the UK’ are Great Torrington in Devon, Lochwinnoch in Renfrewshire, Fauldhouse in West Lothian, Foxbar in Renfrewshire, and Marnoch in North Lanarkshire.

View the University of Liverpool’s interactive map here to find out how your neighbourhood fares.

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