Eighth Best Place to Live

Only eighth? Surely the Times Top 30 Places to live in the UK has made some mistake?
Top of the list came Arundel in West Sussex, but they do have a cathedral as well as a castle, and we don't want to give Father Richard delusions of grandeur!
Also on the list is Grantham, birthplace of Baroness Thatcher, and Beaconsfield, home of Enid Blyton (though her house was pulled down some years ago). Bradford-on-Avon is there, and that is a lovely town - and so is Keswick in the Lake District, which has jazz, beer and literary festivals (and there are some very good breweries up in that part of the world).
Second on the list is Bakewell, which has a tart and nearby Chatsworth House. The weather was not all it could have been on the day I visited, but I'm sure it's lovely on a sunny day.
Chipping Norton, home of David and Samantha Cameron (and lots of other very rich people) is on the list, as is Alnwick, where the castle was used as the location for Hogwarts in the Harry Potter films (obviously, they couldn't film at Hogwarts itself during term time!).
Clitheroe in Lancashire surprised me, but they too now have their own jazz festival, a food festival, and a cycle race called the Clitheroe Grand Prix.
Tetbury is just down the road from Prince Charles' estate of Highgrove, a foodie heaven and multiple winner of Britain in Bloom awards.
Uppingham in Rutland is lovely, home of a public school and close to Rutland Water - and it has a lovely little castle where I've spent a weekend being medieval (pity about the stone throwing local yoof).
Lewes is famous for its Bonfire Nights and Thirsk is famous for James Herriot, and close to the North York Moors.
And then there's Altrincham, near Manchester. Seriously? Altrincham is number 28?
And it doesn't even have a castle.