Edinburgh named the best city for ‘Edutainment’ providing families with fun and educational day out
Scottish capital trumps the rest of the UK when it comes to things to do that will boost your brainpower
Edinburgh has been crowned the best city in the UK for providing educational days out in a new report announced today.
The Scottish capital topped the rankings after analysis by London’s optical illusion Twist Museum revealing the best UK cities to offer ‘edutainment’ – fun and engaging activities which will also help improve your brain power.
Analysis of edutainment facilities available per 100,000 residents found Edinburgh scored the top mark of 85.3 out of 100, well clear of the next best city of Bristol earning a score of 75.4.
The study analysed the total number of museums, nature reserves, historical sites and landmarks and the number of libraries per 100,000 residents across the UK’s biggest cities to reveal the UK’s biggest edutainment hotspots.
All were given a score based on their attractions per 100,000 residents, leading to the overall final mark which placed Edinburgh above Bristol, Sheffield and Newcastle. London finished a surprising fifth place in the analysis.
UK Cities ranked for ‘edutainment’ opportunities
Top five UK cities ranked for ‘edutainment’ opportunities
Edinburgh: 85.3
Bristol: 75.4
Sheffield: 71.1
Newcastle: 69.5
London: 67.4
While London clearly had the most museums – 167 across a population of 8.77million they could offer just 1.9 per 100,000 residents, well short of the 5.9 offered by Edinburgh.
The English capital did rank the best for the number of parks, offering 35.2 per 100,000 residents, double the number of nearest rivals Sheffield.
But when it came to historical sites and landmarks, Edinburgh blew everyone else out of the water with 11.1 per 100,000 residents. Manchester and Belfast were the next best in that category.
Birmingham ranked the worst of them all, with poor scores in museums and historical sites and landmarks contributing to an overall mark of just 51.7.
Bottom three UK cities ranked for ‘edutainment’ opportunities
Nottingham: 60.4
Liverpool: 59.1
Birmingham: 51.7
Methodology
- Libraries per 100,000 residents were sourced from the ONS (for England), Wikipedia (for Scotland), TripAdvisor (for Northern Ireland), and Word of Statistics (for London).
- The number of museums, nature reserves, parks, and historical sites & landmarks per 100,000 residents was sourced from top-rated.online.
- Each city was assigned a score for each metric, ranging from 50 to 100, with 100 representing the highest score in each category. A minimum score of 50 was used as a baseline, as all the cities offer a range of attractions.
