BRIGHTON has been crowned the most sustainable city in England.

The research, conducted by travel booking site Omio, revealed the city had the largest variety of vegetarian and vegan restaurants

It was also among the top places for the number of electric car chargers, car sharing, its low bus transport fares and low pollution levels.

Newcastle followed closely behind at number two, ranking within the top five cities for low pollution levels and the number of bike routes.

Of the cities ranked, Milton Keynes and Hull had the cheapest single bus fare tickets at just £1 compared with £2.40 in Nottingham, Wolverhampton and Walsall. 

After London, Nottingham and Coventry ranked top for the best set-up for electric cars, with the most charging points across the cities, according to Zap-Map.

And following London, Bristol has the most cycle routes within five miles of the city centre. When it comes to air pollution Coventry, Plymouth and Bolton were revealed as the cleanest, while Liverpool pipped London to the post as the most air polluted city, according to Omio’s research.

The top 30 most sustainable cities in the UK

  1. Brighton
  2. Newcastle upon Tyne
  3. Nottingham
  4. Bristol
  5. Coventry
  6. Derby
  7. Southampton
  8. Milton Keynes
  9. Leeds
  10. Sheffield
  11. Hull
  12. Birmingham
  13. Plymouth
  14. Leicester
  15. London
  16. Bolton
  17. Manchester
  18. Stoke-on-Trent
  19. Wigan
  20. Walsall
  21. Liverpool
  22. Sunderland
  23. Salford
  24. Doncaster
  25. Wolverhampton
  26. Wakefield
  27. Bradford
  28. Rotherham
  29. Stockport
  30. Dudley