Best cities for sports in East Midlands

BookrGo Best Sport Cities ranking: we rank the cities of East Midlands by their 0-10 sports score, which combines density of centers per resident, variety of sports, listing quality and real activity. To keep the comparison fair, we measure every city's offering with the same sources of national coverage. An honest way to see where it's easiest (and hardest) to find somewhere to play.

479 scorable cities in East Midlands.

#	City	Score /10	Centers
1	Collingtree and Milton Malsor	9.1	16
2	Moulton	8.9	15
3	Bestwood Village	8.8	20
4	Quarndon	8.8	9
5	North Hykeham	8.6	14
6	Findern	8.6	9
7	Boughton	8.5	12
8	Bakewell	8.5	6
9	Bitteswell	8.4	15
10	Stamford	8.2	18
11	Enderby and Narborough	8.2	13
12	Nuthall and Watnall	8.1	17
13	Alfreton	8.1	12
14	Balderton	8.1	10
15	Alford	8.1	6
16	Oadby	8.0	30
17	Holmesfield	8.0	23
18	Sleaford	8.0	14
19	Mansfield Woodhouse	8.0	12
20	Uppingham	8.0	9
21	Wilford	7.9	39
22	Kettering	7.9	36
23	Worksop	7.9	24
24	Brackley	7.9	17
25	Stapleford	7.9	13
26	Ashby-de-la-Zouch	7.9	12
27	Cottingham and Middleton	7.9	11
28	Etwall	7.9	5
29	Thurmaston	7.8	26
30	Long Eaton	7.8	16
31	Calverton	7.8	8
32	Bingham	7.8	8
33	North Greetwell	7.8	8
34	Southwell	7.8	7
35	Exton	7.8	2
36	Grantham	7.7	29
37	Breadsall	7.7	15
38	Barwell	7.7	11
39	Harpole	7.7	9
40	Market Bosworth	7.7	7
41	Asfordby Hill	7.7	4
42	Baslow	7.7	3
43	Dronfield	7.6	35
44	Mansfield	7.6	31
45	West Bridgford	7.6	31
46	Skegness	7.6	16
47	Edwalton	7.6	7
48	Woodhouse	7.6	2
49	Hinckley	7.5	27
50	Clifton	7.5	12
51	Kirkby-in-Ashfield	7.5	10
52	Deanshanger	7.5	6
53	Houghton on the Hill	7.5	6
54	Trowell	7.5	5
55	Wilby	7.5	4
56	Highlane	7.4	23
57	Market Harborough	7.4	13
58	Horncastle	7.4	13
59	Unstone Green	7.4	6
60	Woodhouse Eaves	7.4	4
61	Holymoorside	7.4	3
62	Caistor	7.4	3
63	Loughborough	7.3	33
64	Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe	7.3	20
65	Louth	7.3	20
66	Gamston	7.3	11
67	Belper	7.3	11
68	Killamarsh	7.3	9
69	Weldon	7.3	5
70	Legbourne	7.3	4
71	Carlton	7.2	32
72	Gainsborough	7.2	16
73	Buxton	7.2	15
74	Oundle	7.2	13
75	Groby	7.2	7
76	Wollaston	7.2	5
77	Hathern	7.2	4
78	Empingham	7.2	2
79	Packington	7.2	2
80	Welbourn	7.2	2
81	Wellingborough	7.1	29
82	Beeston	7.1	27
83	Higham Ferrers	7.1	10
84	Clowne	7.1	6
85	Welton	7.1	5
86	New Ollerton and Ollerton	7.1	5
87	Repton	7.1	5
88	Winthorpe	7.1	4
89	Cranwell	7.1	3
90	Bourne	7.0	17
91	Woodhall Spa	7.0	11
92	Syston	7.0	9
93	Hope	7.0	2
94	Arnold	6.9	38
95	Retford	6.9	26
96	Daventry	6.9	22
97	Matlock	6.9	13
98	Shepshed	6.9	10
99	Barrow upon Trent	6.9	10
100	Barleythorpe	6.9	8

How do we calculate the score?

Variety (25%) — how many different sports the city covers.
Quality (20%) — richness of each center's information.
Activity (20%) — real user interest over the last 30 days.
Scale (15%) — number of centers in the city.
Density (10%) — centers per resident (dampened).
Courts (10%) — total capacity: number of courts.

Each section is measured as a percentile against the other cities in the United Kingdom and combined into the final score, on a 0-10 scale. Variety and density are measured with a uniform instrument (only sources with homogeneous national coverage) so that no city is favored by having a more complete open catalog. We only score cities with population data and a presence in those sources.