Two areas of Greater Manchester have ranked in the top 10 most family-friendly places in the UK.
Oldham appears second on the list, behind Preston, while Salford comes in seventh.
The study, from MoneySuperMarket, looked at a range of factors including housing affordability, the cost of childcare, safety, schooling, and general quality of life factors such as the number of family-friendly restaurants and days out in order to find the UK's 50 most family-friendly towns and cities.