Rising seas could obliterate 7,000 properties around Britain over the next hundred years, according to some sobering new research by the Environment Agency.

After crowning Chagford as the best spot to live in Britain's countryside, the Sunday Times turned its attention to urban areas in the second heat of its annual "Best Places to Live" rundown.

The big purple property portal has pulled together some stats from the last 12 months to compile this rather neat visual overview of the mainstream market... Click the image for the full version zoopla.co.