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In October 2006, Horsham was pronounced the second best place to live in the UK, coming ahead of places such as Epsom and Tunbridge Wells and only beaten by Winchester. This was claimed by a Channel 4 show, The 10 best and worst places to live in the UK.
The programme mentioned that:
- Horsham was in the top 15% for low crime;
- about 70% of students gained 5 A* _ C grades at GCSE;
- over 85% of the workforce is economically active;
- Horsham has a high life expectancy of 76 years for men and 83 for women;
- there are no official homeless people living in Horsham.
In 2007, a Reader's Digest poll put Horsham as the 25th best place in mainland Britain to bring up a family.
On 27 September 2007, Horsham was awarded as the overall winner of Britain in Bloom in the Large town / small city category in the whole of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland with a Gold Award. It also has the honour of being presented with the Royal Horticultural Society's 'Bloomin' Wild' award which reflected the theme for year's national judging.
Horsham is placed number 27 in the book Crap Towns: The 50 Worst Places To Live In The UK. The satirical book describes Horsham as "a No Fun Zone run by old conservatives for old conservatives." This award was given because of the Horsham Council refused to build a Night Club in the town, then carried on to say said that "the weekly disco at the Roffey youth centre would be enough".
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