The green, green grass…of Salford is celebrated as best in Britain

The green, green grass…of Salford! Area once dubbed a ‘dirty old town’ by folk singer Ewan MacColl is crowned the greenest place to live in England and Wales

It was fondly dubbed a ‘dirty old town’ by folk singer Ewan MacColl. 

But now Salford has been crowned the greenest place to live in England and Wales.

The city in Greater Manchester is building the most energy-efficient new homes in the country and creating more green space than any other council, according to the study by the Centre for Thriving Places.

Greenest place to live: Salford has won the title after previously been dubbed a ‘dirty old town.’ Nearby Heaton Park in Manchester is pictured

New housing with green open space in Manchester are transforming the city on the site of old housing estate 

The least sustainable area in England and Wales is Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham.

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