THE MOST INSTAGRAMMABLE VILLAGES IN THE UK
With headlines like ‘Lockdown leads to spike in interest in country life’ and ‘Escape to the country? Rise in the number of buyers leaving London’ sprouting thick and fast online, it’s only a matter of time before houses for sale in the UK’s prettiest villages are snapped up!
To identify which areas are home to the most picture-perfect villages, Bankrate took to Instagram and assessed the number of hashtags for 100 rural locations dotted around the UK. From the tip of Scotland to every nook and cranny of Cornwall, we’ve found the prettiest villages to scope out for your next staycation.
Clovelly is the UK’s Most Instagrammable Village
Clovelly North Devon – image by Helen Hotson
Clovelly, a stunning harbour village in Devon, is the UK’s most Instagrammable village. It has been captured on Instagram 134,353 times. Portmeirion, an enchanting Italianate style village in Wales, is runner-up with 114,323 Instagram hashtags.
Castle Combe, a village within the Cotswolds Area of Natural Beauty in Wiltshire, is the third most Instagrammable village (99,641 hashtags.)
Castle Combe, Cotswolds, Wiltshire – image by Anna Jastrzebska
While lying in the lee of mysterious Mam Tor, locally known as the ‘Shivering Mountain’, Castleton follows (91,848 hashtags.)
Castleton, Derbyshire – image by Kevin Eaves
Next, Grasmere, a village in the centre of the Lake District, takes its name from the adjacent lake and lands in the number 5 spot (87,367 hashtags.)
Grasmere, Lake District
Wales
Portmeirion, Wales. – image Gockcin Onur
Portmeirion aside, Beddgelert, Snowdonia, and Porthdinllaen are among the most Instagrammable villages in Wales – with 22,055 and 5,816 hashtags on Instagram, respectively.
Scotland
Crail, Scotland
The most photogenic villages in Scotland are Crail (26,834 hashtags), Fort Augustus (24,609 hashtags) and Plockton (14,569 hashtags.)
Northern Ireland
Over in Northern Ireland, Cushendun (7,258 hashtags) and Carnlough (6,928 hashtags) in County Antrim are among the most Instagrammable villages. While Groomsport in County Down is popular for pictures too, at 6,458 Instagram hashtags!
Other noteworthy villages worth visiting for your instagram feed
Lavenham, Suffolk – image by Helen Hotson
Mousehole, Cornwall – image by Helen Hotson
Bibury, Cotswolds
Polperro, Cornwall – image by Rolf E. Staerk
Isle of Wight – image by Oscar Johns Shanklin
Corfe Castle, Dorset – image by Patryk Kosmider
