NORTH QUEENSFERRY has been named among the Best Places to Live in Britain by The Sunday Times.

The accolade comes in part one of The Sunday Times' Best Places to Live guide, which is published on Sunday.

The annual supplements combine data and statistics such as crime rates, house prices and school performance with the local knowledge and expertise of Sunday Times writers to compile the definitive top locations to make your home.

The locations were selected for offering the best quality of life to the widest number of people and combining desirable features such as a positive community spirit, good local shops and services and attractive outdoor spaces.

Other Scottish places that made the list were: 

Stockbridge, Dunblane, Dundee, Galashiels, Glasgow, the Orkney Islands, Tobermory, Ullapool and Wigtown.

The Sunday Times Best Places to Live in Britain Part 1 is the first of a two-part series. This weekend it reveals the best places to live in the South-east, East, North-east and Yorkshire, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales.

Part two, published on Sunday, March 20, will reveal the best places in the South-west, Midlands, London and the North-west, as well as the overall best place to live in the UK.

Home editor Helen Davies said: "Britain is full of great places to live and our annual supplement celebrates the richness on offer from bustling market towns and buzzing city centres to sociable suburbs and sleepy hamlets.

"We go beyond dry statistics, drawing on personal experience and the expertise of our writers, to create the definitive list of the best places to live in the UK."