Love Maccies? Here’s where there are the most McDonald’s branches in the UK
The nation has a surprising McDonald's capital, but if you really love your Big Macs then it's probably time to relocate
IF you love McDonald's, then you should probably consider relocating nearer to the Maccies capital of the UK, where you're never a stone's throw away from a Big Mac.
worked out the place where the most branches per person are located, revealing that central London is the best place in Britain to be a Maccies fan.
Analysis of Britain's 1,200 Maccies outlets allows you to see how many people are served by each store, to reveal where there are the most restaurants per head.
And you certainly wouldn't expect it, but the nation's McDonald's capital is Westminster, in the upmarket heart of London.
Calculating Maccies density based on the country's local authority areas, it turns out that Westminster really is the place to be for Big Mac addicts, with the area's 18 branches ensuring that it takes the top spot on the list.
This means that there is one branch per every 13,461 residents, far fewer people than the national average, which sees a typical McDonald's branch serve a population of 52,763 people.
The second best-served area was revealed to be Bolsover in Derbyshire, where the city's four stores each serve just 9,445 people.
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Meanwhile, Cannock Chase comes in third, with five stores serving 19,707 hungry residents each.
The UK's top ten places to be a McDonald's lover
1. Westminster - one branch per 13,461 people
2. Bolsover - one branch per 19,445 people
3. Cannock Chase - one branch per 19,707 people
4. Newport - one branch per 21,110 people
5. Crawley - one branch per 22,173 people
6. West Dunbartonshire - one branch per 22,398 people
7. Watford - one branch per 24,101 people
8. Lincoln - one branch per 24,266 people
9. Kettering - one branch per 24,413 people
10. Malvern Hills - one branch per 25,244 people
The best-served areas in Britain continue with Newport in fourth place, whilst Crawley rounds off the top five.
And the analysis also revealed the extent of the nation's love affair with the fast food giant, with only 27 out of 380 local authority areas not featuring a single branch.