Local tranquillity scores
Below are the average tranquillity scores for the county councils, unitary authorities and largest conurbations of England, in rank order. The figure given is the average across all of the 500 metre by 500 metre squares within each area. The scores range from positive numbers (where factors which make countryside visitors feel tranquil predominate) to negative (where factors which detract from feelings of tranquillity predominate).
As for England’s nine regions, their rank order is: the North East (most tranquil – mean score 15.3) followed by Yorkshire and the Humber (4.16), South West (1.28), the North West (-1.92), East of England (-3.27), East Midlands
(-4.12), South East (-9.12), West Midlands (-9.66), London
(-76.7 – and the lowest scoring). If London is combined with the South East this region has the lowest score.
| Rank | Local authority area – county council / unitary authority | Mean tranquillity score |
| 1 | Northumberland | 28.6 |
| 2 | Cumbria | 20.6 |
| 3 | North Yorkshire | 17.1 |
| 4 | Durham | 12.0 |
| 5 | Devon | 7.00 |
| 6 | Lincolnshire | 6.04 |
| 7 | East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority | 5.91 |
| 8 | Norfolk | 4.45 |
| 9 | Shropshire | 3.18 |
| 10 | Wiltshire | 3.04 |
| 11 | County of Herefordshire Unitary Authority | 2.95 |
| 12 | Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | 2.54 |
| 13 | Dorset | 2.39 |
| 14 | Somerset | 2.37 |
| 15 | Cambridgeshire | 1.74 |
| 16 | North Lincolnshire Unitary Authority | 0.55 |
| 17 | Rutland Unitary Authority | -0.48 |
| 18 | Lancashire | -0.96 |
| 19 | Suffolk | -1.02 |
| 20 | West Berkshire Unitary Authority | -1.83 |
| 21 | Gloucestershire | -2.91 |
| 22 | Hampshire | -3.17 |
| 23 | Oxfordshire | -3.24 |
| 24 | Peterborough Unitary Authority | -3.64 |
| 25 | Isle of Wight Unitary Authority | -3.70 |
| 26 | East Sussex | -4.48 |
| 27 | West Sussex | -6.18 |
| 28 | Northamptonshire | -6.95 |
| 29 | Kent | -7.62 |
| 30 | Essex | -8.15 |
| 31 | Bedfordshire | -9.29 |
| 32 | Leicestershire | -9.36 |
| 33 | Worcestershire | -10.0 |
| 34 | Derbyshire | -10.8 |
| 35 | Nottinghamshire | -11.4 |
| 36 | Warwickshire | -12.5 |
| 37 | Staffordshire | -13.0 |
| 38 | Telford and Wrekin Unitary Authority | -13.1 |
| 39 | Darlington Unitary Authority | -13.1 |
| 40 | Redcar and Cleveland Unitary Authority | -13.3 |
| 41 | Buckinghamshire | -13.6 |
| 42 | York Unitary Authority | -14.4 |
| 43 | Bath and North East Somerset Unitary Authority | -14.5 |
| 44 | North Somerset Unitary Authority | -14.7 |
| 45 | Medway Unitary Authority | -14.7 |
| 46 | Milton Keynes Unitary Authority | -15.9 |
| 47 | South Gloucestershire Unitary Authority | -16.1 |
| 48 | North East Lincolnshire Unitary Authority | -16.7 |
| 49 | South Yorkshire conurbation (Sheffield plus surrounding metropolitan boroughs) | -19.2 |
| 50 | Swindon Unitary Authority | -19.5 |
| 51 | Blackburn with Darwen Unitary Authority | -20.2 |
| 52 | Hartlepool Unitary Authority | -21.2 |
| 53 | Hertfordshire | -22.9 |
| 54 | West Yorkshire conurbation (Leeds and surrounding metropolitan boroughs) | -23.3 |
| 55 | Stockton-on-Tees Unitary Authority | -24.6 |
| 56 | Cheshire | -24.6 |
| 57 | Thurrock Unitary Authority | -25.2 |
| 58 | Surrey | -25.7 |
| 59 | Wokingham Unitary Authority | -31.4 |
| 60 | Brighton and Hove Unitary Authority | -37.0 |
| 61 | Torbay Unitary Authority | -40.6 |
| 62 | Windsor and Maidenhead Unitary Authority | -42.4 |
| 63 | Bracknell Forest Unitary Authority | -42.8 |
| 64 | Tyne and Wear conurbation (Newcastle and surrounding metropolitan boroughs) | -43.4 |
| 65 | Stoke-on-Trent Unitary Authority | -44.6 |
| 66 | Bristol, City of Unitary Authority | -46.4 |
| 67 | Merseyside conurbation | -47.1 |
| 68 | City of Kingston upon Hull Unitary Authority | -49.1 |
| 69 | Warrington Unitary Authority | -50.8 |
| 70 | Greater Manchester conurbation | -50.9 |
| 71 | Leicester Unitary Authority | -52.0 |
| 72 | Plymouth Unitary Authority | -53.1 |
| 73 | Poole Unitary Authority | -53.2 |
| 74 | Nottingham Unitary Authority | -54.8 |
| 75 | Southend-on-Sea Unitary Authority | -55.6 |
| 76 | Middlesbrough Unitary Authority | -55.9 |
| 77 | Halton Unitary Authority | -56.5 |
| 78 | Bournemouth Unitary Authority | -56.6 |
| 79 | Reading Unitary Authority | -58.5 |
| 80 | Derby Unitary Authority | -59.1 |
| 81 | Southampton Unitary Authority | -61.1 |
| 82 | Portsmouth Unitary Authority | -61.6 |
| 83 | Blackpool Unitary Authority | -63.6 |
| 84 | West Midlands conurbation (Birmingham plus surrounding metropolitan boroughs) | -64.4 |
| 85 | Luton Unitary Authority | -70.8 |
| 86 | Greater London | -76.7 |
| 87 | Slough Unitary Authority | -79.5 |
