Liverpool's best commuter towns 2023: The best places to live just outside of Liverpool

High-octane city-living isn't for everyone. There are some trendy suburbs, quaint rustic villages, coastal locations and areas with thriving independent scenes within an easy commute of Liverpool.

We all love Liverpool - but the daily hustle bustle of the city centre isn't for everyone - especially if it is time to settle down and start a family or you want to do things a bit differently. So, we have taken a look at some of the best commuter towns around Liverpool.

With the range of options including trendy and upcoming suburbs, quaint rustic villages, coastal locations and areas with thriving independent scenes the decision can be a tough one.

That’s where we come in. Barrows and Forrester property group have helped us to combine house price data around Liverpool with local authority scores in the National Happiness Index compiled by the Office for National Statistics.

The results have revealed a series of postcodes in and around Liverpool that are deemed the happiest and most desirable places to live, based on an overall ‘life satisfaction’ score.

Below are the top ten ranked places to live in Merseyside. For anyone thinking of selling up and moving out, we’ve also included how much property is likely to set you back there.

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