Study reveals most musical cities in UK - so where does Derby feature?

A NEW study has ranked 375 towns and cities for their musicality. And researchers from Goldsmiths, University of London and BBC Lab UK, found Derby was ranked 227th... The High Peak did particularly well, coming in 26th, followed by Chesterfield in 36th place and East Staffordshire 125th. Below Derby were North East Derbyshire in 274th position, Derbyshire Dales in 300th place and South Derbyshire in 313th. The study, published in PLOS ONE journal, found that Harry's Styles' home town of Redditch in Worcestershire topped topped a list of places where people were found to have the least musical sophistication - the ability to engage with music. At the opposite end of the scale, people living in the seaside town Hastings were judged to have the highest level of musical sophistication. West Somerset and North Dorset were runners-up. Findings showed musical skills and ability are not evenly distributed across the population and are linked to a person's profession, education level and average income.

Rank	Local Authority	General musical sophistication
1	Hastings	84.27
2	West Somerset	84.23
3	North Dorset	84.01
4	Blaenau Gwent	83.89
5	Haringey	83.87
6	Sevenoaks	83.86
7	Shetland Islands	83.59
8	York	83.57
9	Hackney	83.35
10	Gwynedd	83.34
11	Exeter	83.27
12	Harrow	83.21
13	South Tyneside	83.19
14	Waverley	83.18
15	Barnet	83.05
16	Islington	83.04
17	Tameside	82.99
18	City of London	82.98
19	Wirral	82.97
20	Norwich	82.95
21	Rutland	82.79
22	Cherwell	82.76
23	Neath Port Talbot	82.65
24	Brighton and Hove	82.58
25	Redcar and Cleveland	82.57
26	High Peak	82.55
27	Camden	82.46
28	South Norfolk	82.40
29	Epsom and Ewell	82.36
30	Enfield	82.35
31	Rother	82.28
32	Southend-on-Sea	82.22
33	Chorley	82.21
34	Southwark	82.20
35	Hartlepool	82.19
36	Chesterfield	82.18
37	Lewisham	82.17
38	Waltham Forest	82.10
39	Greenwich	82.10
40	Rotherham	82.04
41	Ealing	82.01
42	Aylesbury Vale	82.00
43	Chichester	81.95
44	Sutton	81.90
45	Merthyr Tydfil	81.86
46	Brent	81.86
47	Rhondda, Cynon, Taff	81.77
48	Selby	81.75
49	Ryedale	81.74
50	Melton	81.71
51	Barrow-in-Furness	81.69
52	Oxford	81.60
53	Kingston upon Thames	81.58
54	Newark and Sherwood	81.58
55	Conwy	81.56
56	Lambeth	81.55
57	Canterbury	81.51
58	Chiltern	81.51
59	North Norfolk	81.48
60	Havant	81.47
61	Tunbridge Wells	81.47
62	Forest of Dean	81.45
63	East Lothian	81.44
64	Newham	81.41
65	Thurrock	81.37
66	Manchester	81.36
67	Broadland	81.30
68	Rochford	81.30
69	East Dorset	81.29
70	Wyre Forest	81.27
71	Arun	81.25
72	Tower Hamlets	81.24
73	Gloucester	81.22
74	Wycombe	81.22
75	Kettering	81.20
76	North Hertfordshire	81.18
77	Hounslow	81.16
78	South Ribble	81.14
79	Great Yarmouth	81.14
80	Portsmouth	81.13
81	Stockport	81.07
82	Kirklees	81.04
83	Tonbridge and Malling	81.02
84	North Lanarkshire	81.02
85	Calderdale	81.00
86	Lichfield	80.98
87	Bromley	80.97
88	Spelthorne	80.96
89	South Northamptonshire	80.96
90	Salford	80.95
91	Kensington and Chelsea	80.95
92	Northampton	80.92
93	Blaby	80.88
94	Torfaen	80.87
95	East Hampshire	80.86
96	Adur	80.85
97	Shepway	80.83
98	Bracknell Forest	80.82
99	Halton	80.79
100	Purbeck	80.79
101	Peterborough	80.74
102	Bath and North East Somerset	80.69
103	Bournemouth	80.68
104	Merton	80.67
105	Tamworth	80.66
106	Walsall	80.66
107	Braintree	80.65
108	St Edmundsbury	80.64
109	Westminster	80.62
110	Oldham	80.62
111	Windsor and Maidenhead	80.61
112	Renfrewshire	80.59
113	West Berkshire	80.57
114	Liverpool	80.55
115	Torbay	80.53
116	Solihull	80.52
117	Lewes	80.51
118	Caerphilly	80.49
119	Horsham	80.48
120	Warwick	80.47
121	Hammersmith and Fulham	80.47
122	Barking and Dagenham	80.45
123	Burnley	80.43
124	Hart	80.42
125	East Staffordshire	80.42
126	South Lanarkshire	80.41
127	Edinburgh, City of	80.40
128	Middlesbrough	80.39
129	Lancaster	80.39
130	Leeds	80.37
131	Bexley	80.37
132	Birmingham	80.36
133	Suffolk Coastal	80.36
134	Castle Point	80.36
135	West Lancashire	80.32
136	Cornwall	80.31
137	Winchester	80.31
138	Bridgend	80.28
139	North Devon	80.23
140	Carmarthenshire	80.23
141	Falkirk	80.21
142	Cardiff	80.20
143	Bedford	80.16
144	Cambridge	80.16
145	Allerdale	80.14
146	Barnsley	80.13
147	Mendip	80.10
148	Southampton	80.09
149	Wrexham	80.08
150	Teignbridge	80.06
151	Ashford	80.06
152	South Lakeland	80.05
153	Mid Sussex	80.05
154	East Renfrewshire	80.05
155	Coventry	80.03
156	East Hertfordshire	80.01
157	Wakefield	80.00
158	Rossendale	79.99
159	Thanet	79.98
160	Worthing	79.96
161	Nottingham	79.96
162	Bassetlaw	79.93
163	Mid Suffolk	79.92
164	Pembrokeshire	79.91
165	East Northamptonshire	79.91
166	County Durham	79.90
167	Ribble Valley	79.89
168	Nuneaton and Bedworth	79.89
169	Richmond upon Thames	79.89
170	Dundee City	79.89
171	Wealden	79.87
172	Kingston upon Hull, City of	79.87
173	South Kesteven	79.87
174	Dudley	79.86
175	North East Lincolnshire	79.85
176	Sheffield	79.84
177	Croydon	79.84
178	Wolverhampton	79.83
179	Three Rivers	79.82
180	Test Valley	79.80
181	West Dunbartonshire	79.79
182	Eastbourne	79.78
183	Powys	79.78
184	Bristol, City of	79.78
185	North Ayrshire	79.77
186	South Oxfordshire	79.77
187	Worcester	79.77
188	Swansea	79.71
189	Surrey Heath	79.68
190	Moray	79.68
191	Bolton	79.66
192	Stockton-on-Tees	79.66
193	Torridge	79.64
194	Milton Keynes	79.61
195	Dumfries and Galloway	79.57
196	Oadby and Wigston	79.57
197	Luton	79.54
198	Woking	79.52
199	Herefordshire, County of	79.50
200	Leicester	79.50
201	Tandridge	79.48
202	Harlow	79.46
203	Gateshead	79.45
204	Denbighshire	79.44
205	Aberdeenshire	79.43
206	Trafford	79.43
207	Reigate and Banstead	79.42
208	Medway	79.40
209	West Oxfordshire	79.36
210	North Warwickshire	79.35
211	Bury	79.34
212	Amber Valley	79.33
213	Poole	79.33
214	Blackburn with Darwen	79.32
215	West Devon	79.31
216	Guildford	79.31
217	Hyndburn	79.30
218	South Cambridgeshire	79.29
219	Dacorum	79.25
220	Maidstone	79.22
221	Ipswich	79.20
222	North West Leicestershire	79.20
223	Gravesham	79.19
224	Hillingdon	79.18
225	Sunderland	79.13
226	Lincoln	79.13
227	Derby	79.11
228	Doncaster	79.07
229	Mansfield	79.06
230	Plymouth	79.05
231	Harrogate	79.05
232	Darlington	79.05
233	Tewkesbury	79.02
234	Breckland	79.02
235	Shropshire	79.02
236	Aberdeen City	79.01
237	South Bucks	79.00
238	Wychavon	78.98
239	Isle of Wight	78.97
240	Dover	78.97
241	Sandwell	78.96
242	Hinckley and Bosworth	78.96
243	South Somerset	78.95
244	Malvern Hills	78.94
245	Bolsover	78.94
246	Dartford	78.92
247	Stevenage	78.90
248	Sefton	78.89
249	Basingstoke and Deane	78.89
250	The Vale of Glamorgan	78.89
251	Wandsworth	78.88
252	Rochdale	78.88
253	Redbridge	78.85
254	Cheltenham	78.84
255	Wiltshire	78.84
256	Cheshire East	78.80
257	Eilean Siar	78.79
258	South Hams	78.78
259	Havering	78.76
260	Perth and Kinross	78.76
261	Vale of White Horse	78.72
262	Hertsmere	78.71
263	East Ayrshire	78.71
264	Wellingborough	78.70
265	Fareham	78.69
266	Rushcliffe	78.68
267	Bradford	78.66
268	Elmbridge	78.66
269	Scarborough	78.64
270	Gedling	78.63
271	Wigan	78.60
272	Wokingham	78.59
273	Daventry	78.57
274	North East Derbyshire	78.56
275	Newcastle upon Tyne	78.55
276	North Somerset	78.52
277	Reading	78.51
278	Charnwood	78.49
279	Colchester	78.49
280	Preston	78.45
281	Northumberland	78.45
282	Hambleton	78.43
283	Telford and Wrekin	78.41
284	Copeland	78.39
285	Stratford-on-Avon	78.37
286	Crawley	78.36
287	Carlisle	78.33
288	Slough	78.33
289	Bromsgrove	78.30
290	Babergh	78.25
291	Watford	78.19
292	Central Bedfordshire	78.18
293	Taunton Deane	78.17
294	Eden	78.12
295	Tendring	78.07
296	South Ayrshire	78.07
297	Cheshire West and Chester	78.05
298	Scottish Borders	78.04
299	Eastleigh	78.01
300	Derbyshire Dales	77.97
301	Flintshire	77.97
302	Rushmoor	77.90
303	Craven	77.84
304	Waveney	77.77
305	Erewash	77.74
306	Stroud	77.74
307	St. Helens	77.69
308	Basildon	77.68
309	Swindon	77.62
310	Mole Valley	77.59
311	Sedgemoor	77.59
312	Chelmsford	77.58
313	South Derbyshire	77.56
314	Wyre	77.56
315	Runnymede	77.53
316	Highland	77.50
317	East Riding of Yorkshire	77.50
318	Rugby	77.42
319	Cotswold	77.39
320	Monmouthshire	77.32
321	South Holland	77.31
322	Warrington	77.30
323	Stoke-on-Trent	77.29
324	North Tyneside	77.25
325	Ceredigion	77.25
326	Fife	77.25
327	Weymouth and Portland	77.22
328	New Forest	77.21
329	Newport	77.20
330	North Kesteven	77.18
331	Argyll and Bute	77.16
332	East Devon	77.15
333	Epping Forest	77.15
334	Gosport	77.10
335	Fylde	77.09
336	King`s Lynn and West Norfolk	77.07
337	Angus	77.05
338	Forest Heath	77.00
339	West Lothian	76.97
340	Broxtowe	76.96
341	Corby	76.95
342	Harborough	76.77
343	Staffordshire Moorlands	76.72
344	Uttlesford	76.68
345	East Cambridgeshire	76.66
346	Stirling	76.61
347	Inverclyde	76.56
348	Newcastle-under-Lyme	76.52
349	West Dorset	76.51
350	Clackmannanshire	76.45
351	South Gloucestershire	76.35
352	Broxbourne	76.31
353	Mid Devon	76.25
354	Cannock Chase	76.23
355	Knowsley	76.20
356	South Staffordshire	76.14
357	Pendle	75.89
358	Huntingdonshire	75.83
359	Stafford	75.80
360	Midlothian	75.80
361	Orkney Islands	75.57
362	Fenland	75.47
363	Blackpool	75.33
364	West Lindsey	74.94
365	Brentwood	74.67
366	Swale	74.63
367	East Lindsey	74.40
368	Maldon	74.14
369	Boston	74.13
370	North Lincolnshire	73.91
371	Christchurch	73.86
372	Anglesey	73.50
373	Richmondshire	73.25
374	Ashfield	72.93
375	Redditch	72.52