Beartown - a fantastic place to live

Congleton is located in south east Cheshire at the foothills of the Pennines. The town is surrounded by spectacular countryside, yet is just ten minutes drive from junction 17 of the M6 motorway.

The town has excellent communication links, great schools, a wide variety of shops and a successful business community.

It also benefits from a wealth of voluntary organisations and groups, an active cultural scene and multitude of sporting and leisure activities. All of which, along with the friendly and welcoming residents, makes Congleton a very desirable place in which to live.

Congleton ranked best place to live in the North West for quality of life.

The Halifax independent UK survey for 2009 ranked Beartown as best place to live in the North West for Quality of Life. Factors taken into account include:

• high employment rate,
• high owner-occupation rate
• GCSE passes above the national average and
• healthy residents.