That’s according to the borough’s executive mayor Lutfur Rahman, after Tower Hamlets was ranked 33rd on The Times’ list of the best places to live in the UK – making it the highest-ranked area in east London.
The Times’ list was put together by a panel of expert judges and looked at data for categories such as education, parks and open spaces, healthcare, and crime.
Mr Rahman said: “News that Tower Hamlets is the best place to live in east London, and one of the best locations in the UK, comes as no surprise.
“More people want to live, work, visit and study in Tower Hamlets than ever before and be part of our thriving community.
“With our rich history and incredible diversity, our excellent schools, fantastic green spaces, iconic landmarks, and over 300,000 people working in our borough, we are a global destination for tourism and business providing the third largest economic output in the UK.
“That’s why we are both the fastest growing and most densely populated place in the country.”
Each category was weighted equally and measured with a numerical value from 1 to 291 – the lower the score, the better.
Tower Hamlets scored highly in the education category, which looked at the percentage of schools rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted.
The borough’s children’s services were rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted earlier this year.
The borough also scored well in the ‘community interest companies category’.
A value of 14 was given based on the number of community interest companies registered per 10,000 people in the area.
This was a better score than the top three overall locations in the list.
For ‘parks with a Green Flag award’, which looked at the number of Green Flag parks per 10,000 people, Tower Hamlets scored 52.
Victoria Park holds the People’s Choice recognition as one of the public’s top ten favourite Green Flag parks in the country.
