Crisis in UK’s ‘most gentrified’ town as house prices nearly triple | UK | News
England and Wales’s “most gentrified” area has been revealed but it’s not all good news. Charlestown, near Salford in Greater Manchester, has come at the top of the rankings following new research.It improved the most in each of The Telegraph’s gentrification metrics — including education level, income, house prices and local amenities — over the last decade. House prices in Charlestown have almost tripled over the period from £73,000 to £212,000, with earnings increasing by almost 50% and the share of residents university-educated steadily rising.The arrival of the huge MediaCityUK...