Best cities for sports in Yorkshire and The Humber

BookrGo Best Sport Cities ranking: we rank the cities of Yorkshire and The Humber 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.

446 scorable cities in Yorkshire and The Humber.

#	City	Score /10	Centers
1	Bramhope	9.3	24
2	Huntington	9.0	34
3	Scalby	9.0	13
4	Heslington	8.9	12
5	Brayton	8.8	8
6	Hampsthwaite	8.7	5
7	Scholes	8.6	21
8	Dodworth	8.6	11
9	Giggleswick	8.6	10
10	Carlton	8.6	9
11	Shadwell	8.4	24
12	Rawdon	8.4	21
13	Ripon	8.3	19
14	Netherton	8.3	12
15	Kirkheaton	8.2	20
16	Skipton	8.2	17
17	Richmond	8.2	12
18	Pannal	8.2	8
19	Ampleforth	8.2	4
20	Threshfield	8.1	4
21	Oakenshaw	8.0	20
22	Hessle	8.0	17
23	Guiseley	8.0	14
24	Bedale	8.0	8
25	Easingwold	8.0	6
26	Hornsea	8.0	6
27	Bottom Boat	8.0	6
28	Harrogate	7.9	34
29	Worrall	7.9	30
30	Garforth	7.9	19
31	Bingley	7.9	17
32	Thorpe on the Hill	7.9	12
33	Pocklington	7.9	10
34	Carlton	7.9	9
35	Pickering	7.9	9
36	Hellaby	7.9	6
37	Shipley	7.8	35
38	Ecclesfield and Grenoside	7.8	30
39	Bilton	7.8	22
40	Sowerby Bridge	7.8	14
41	Ilkley	7.8	13
42	Nether Poppleton	7.8	12
43	Malton	7.8	9
44	Ealand	7.8	3
45	Knaresborough	7.7	25
46	Holywell Green and Stainland	7.7	12
47	Humberston and New Waltham	7.7	8
48	Killinghall	7.7	7
49	Epworth	7.7	6
50	Skelmanthorpe	7.7	5
51	Bubwith	7.7	2
52	Scunthorpe	7.6	39
53	Whitby	7.6	18
54	Baildon	7.6	12
55	Osbaldwick	7.6	11
56	Wetherby	7.6	11
57	Doncaster	7.5	30
58	Willerby and Anlaby	7.5	21
59	Scarborough	7.5	17
60	Dunswell	7.5	12
61	Kirkhamgate	7.5	11
62	Driffield	7.5	8
63	Bishopthorpe	7.5	6
64	Nawton and Beadlam	7.5	3
65	Auckley	7.5	3
66	Huddersfield	7.4	47
67	Morley	7.4	29
68	Brighouse	7.4	22
69	Armthorpe	7.4	15
70	Walton	7.4	14
71	Horbury	7.4	8
72	Kirkbymoorside	7.4	8
73	Healing	7.4	5
74	Stokesley	7.4	4
75	Skidby	7.4	3
76	Skipsea	7.4	2
77	Pudsey	7.3	53
78	Linthwaite and Slaithwaite	7.3	13
79	Stocksbridge	7.3	11
80	Flamborough	7.3	5
81	Cleethorpes	7.2	31
82	Queensbury	7.2	22
83	Lofthouse and Robin Hood	7.2	9
84	Norton-on-Derwent	7.2	8
85	Arksey	7.2	6
86	Filey	7.2	6
87	Winterton	7.2	5
88	Leyburn	7.2	3
89	Waverley and Catcliffe	7.1	16
90	Thorne	7.1	9
91	Brough	7.1	7
92	Toll Bar	7.1	4
93	Austwick	7.1	3
94	Elland	7.0	22
95	Gomersal and Birkenshaw	7.0	8
96	Kiveton Park	7.0	7
97	Pateley Bridge	7.0	6
98	Scotton	7.0	4
99	Strensall	7.0	4
100	Brigg	7.0	4

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.