{"id":15967,"date":"2024-02-07T13:58:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T13:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog-content.thortful.com\/?p=15967"},"modified":"2024-02-07T13:58:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T13:58:22","slug":"uks-most-romantic-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog-content.thortful.com\/uks-most-romantic-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"The UK\u2019s most and least romantic cities revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Valentine\u2019s Day is almost upon us which means it\u2019s nearly time for couples to just generally shower your partner with lots and lots of love. But which cities are the most romantic and ready to write out their sweet nothings in a card?<\/p>\n

Well, we\u2019ve used thortful\u2019s own Valentine\u2019s Day card sales data from 2023-2024* to see which UK cities have been buying the most and least Valentine\u2019s cards, as well as the types of cards they\u2019re buying.<\/p>\n

Essentially, we\u2019ve managed to figure out the most and least romantic cities in the UK. So, just keep reading to discover if your city managed to make our top or bottom five.<\/p>\n

Alternatively, you might be more interested in finding out if it\u2019s just your partner who doesn\u2019t really do the whole card thing or whether it\u2019s actually the same for a lot of other people in your city!<\/p>\n

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Revealed: Best and worst cities for sending Valentine\u2019s Day cards<\/h2>\n

How about we start off with the most romantic cities where people simply can\u2019t wait to pick up a Valentine\u2019s Day card for their other half?<\/p>\n

Taking the title for the most romantic city in the UK is Leeds with 6,420 cards sold there. So, if you\u2019re in a relationship or married and happen to live around the Leeds area, you\u2019re in luck!<\/p>\n

Birmingham manages to claim the next spot with residents having picked up a total of 4,160 cards from our very own range. Perhaps charming words are truly the way to a Brummy\u2019s heart?<\/p>\n

Not too far behind is Sheffield with 3,844 of our cards having been sold to lovey-dovey people ready to celebrate February 14th over there.<\/p>\n

Last but not least, it seems that love is very much in the air in Scotland with the last two cities to make our top five being Glasgow (3,517) and Edinburgh (3,133), respectively.<\/p>\n

And now we move on to the cities that seemingly prefer to avoid celebrating Valentine\u2019s Day, or at least don\u2019t do so in the typical fashion.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s particularly sad news for any hopeful romantics in Middlesbrough as the chances of receiving a card from your loved one are pretty low with only 833 sold in the city.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Leicester isn\u2019t much better with just 856 cards sold to residents from the area. Moving quickly on, the remaining cities filling up our five least romantic cities are Stoke-on-Trent (1,262), Nottingham (1,463), and Southampton (1,655).<\/p>\n

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Men or women: Who\u2019s most likely to pick up a card?<\/h2>\n

Perhaps unsurprising to many but women were revealed to be most likely to purchase one of our Valentine\u2019s Day cards in each of the cities included in our research. Come on lads, what\u2019s that all about?!<\/p>\n

Looking further into this, the largest gender gap was found to be in Nottingham where only 40% of our cards sold in the city were bought by men. Meanwhile, further up north in Middlesbrough, men are much more likely to pick up a card for the special occasion with 47% of those sold being purchased by men.<\/p>\n

What types of Valentine\u2019s cards are Brits sending?<\/h2>\n

As anyone who\u2019s ever gone shopping for a Valentine\u2019s Day card will know, they can come in a range of styles. Of course, you\u2019re guaranteed to come across lots of romantic Valentine\u2019s cards<\/a> featuring cute messaging and designs that will easily melt hearts. There are also those which are more on the funny side and will bring a smile to the recipient\u2019s face. Alternatively, you can even find rude Valentine\u2019s Day cards<\/a> which are likely to get your partner blushing.<\/p>\n

When it comes to which city sends the most romantic and pretty cards, Belfast seems to be all about keeping it traditional and heartfelt with 33% of cards sold there falling into this category.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, it seems there are some particularly cheeky partners in Stoke-on-Trent as a whopping 50% of cards sold there fall under our rude or funny categories. This actually means that, according to our data, they\u2019re the top UK city for sending funny or rude Valentine\u2019s cards. So, let\u2019s just hope the other person shares the same sense of humour!<\/p>\n

And if you still haven\u2019t picked up a card for your beloved yet, this is your official reminder to do so before the day arrives!<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t even need to look far as we\u2019ve got lots of\u00a0 great Valentine\u2019s Day cards<\/a> to choose from. We\u2019ve got everything from pretty designs and pop culture references to punny messaging and even X-rated options.\u00a0Have a quick peek at what you can find in our range below:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jelly Armchair<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/div>

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The Girl Next Draw<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/div>

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I AM NOT AN ARTIST<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/div>

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Pickled Post<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/div>

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Hannah Jayne Lewin<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/div>

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la la la Designs<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n

Perhaps you\u2019re also in need of some fun first date ideas<\/a> or are choosing to celebrate Galentine\u2019s Day<\/a> with your closest girlies? You can find all sorts of inspiration for Valentine\u2019s Day over on the thortful blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

*The data was taken from thortful\u2019s Valentine\u2019s Day card sales data for Valentine\u2019s Day 2023 and Valentine\u2019s Day 2024 until 25th January 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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