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English second home hotspots

Research by Knight Frank Residential Research March 2007

The numbers:

There are 280,000 second homes in the UK (2007)
The number of second homes in the UK has grown by 17% in three years

Location with the highest number of second homes:

LOCAL AUTHORITY	Number of second homes
Westminster	9,235
Birmingham	7,117
Kensington & Chelsea	6,719
North Norfolk	4,884
South Hams (Devon)	4,207
Tower Hamlets	4,016
North Cornwall	3,915
South Lakeland	3,763
Scarborough	3,716
Bournemouth UA	3,376
Isle of Wight UA	3,301
Camden	3,283
Barnet	2,862
Chichester	2,766
Great Yarmouth	2,764
Kings Lynn & West Norfolk	2,748
Penwith (Cornwall)	2,558
Brighton and Hove	2,534
West Dorset	2,491
Suffolk Coastal	2,450