The Best Cities to Pop the Question Based on the Number of Restaurants

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The new study by Purely Diamonds reveals the top UK cities for getting engaged, based on the elements that go into planning the perfect proposal.

Taking a seed list of 24 of the UK’s largest cities, the analysts at Purely Diamonds scored each city based on the number of engagement images tagged on Instagram, plus other factors such as the cost of a night in a hotel, number of restaurants, weather and overall romance rating.

Using a weighted ranking system, the report assigned a score to each city which took into account the factors described above, revealing the UK’s most engagement friendly cities.

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The UK’s capital city, London took the top spot for the number of restaurant options for that pre or post engagement candlelight dinner. The London restaurant scene has plenty of options with around 19,594 eateries to choose from.

The Top Ten Cities for Restaurant options Ranked: 

  1. London – 19,594
  2. Manchester – 2,595
  3. Birmingham – 1,943
  4. Edinburgh – 1,870
  5. Glasgow – 1,864
  6. Leeds – 1,673
  7. Liverpool – 1,530
  8. Bristol – 1,260
  9. Sheffield – 1,235
  10. Brighton – 1,131

The North West city of Manchester takes the second position within the study with around 2,595 restaurants to plan the perfect proposal popping setting around.

Followed by Birmingham in third place with 1,943 restaurant options and Edinburgh (1,870) and Glasgow (1,864) in fourth and fifth positions.