Tripadvisor survey finds Gloucestershire best in UK for holiday accommodation

Gloucestershire is one of the best places in the world for holiday rental accommodation, according to an international website survey.
Global travellers were asked to rate 275,000 worldwide holiday rental properties by Tripadvisor.com, and the county topped the charts in the UK with a score of 4.8 out of five.
UK properties exceeded the average global score(4.57), with an average score of 4.71.
Joint top was Somerset, with East Anglia coming in a close second at 4.79.
TravelAdvisor spokesman, Laurel Greatrix, said: "This shows that the UK holiday rentals industry is ahead of the curve.
"It seems property owners here go the extra mile to please their guests and this has evidently paid off, with each of these holiday rental hotspots scoring no less than 4.46 points."
Tripadvisor.com claims to be the largest travel community in the world, attracting more than 74 million visitors per month.
The lowest regional score for the UK was London (4.56), although this was only fractionally below the worldwide average figure.

Points by region
Gloucestershire   4.80
Somerset       4.80
East Anglia     4.79
North Wales     4.78
East Sussex     4.77
Cornwall       4.76
Kent         4.76
Edinburgh      4.75
Devon        4.74
Yorkshire      4.74
Dorset        4.70
Scottish Highlands  4.70
Cumbria       4.58
London        4.46