Cheapest village to live in the UK revealed where houses go for as little as £55k
The hamlet is on the shores of a beautiful lake and nestled beneath mountains in one of the most stunning parts of the country.
If you're looking to escape the rat race and find a tranquil corner of the UK to settle down, then there's one location north of the border that offers the cheapest houses in Britain.
Cairndow is a stunning hamlet on the majestic shores of Loch Fyne in Argyll and Bute, in the Scottish Highlands, around 460 miles north of London.
As well as being geographically far from the capital, local real estate prices are also world's apart from down south, with the average price for a property hovering at just £55,000 last year.
In London the average house price is 12 times higher, at around £706,000.
According to lifestyle site Restless, half of the top 20 postcodes where you can buy the cheapest properties in the UK are in Scotland, including Renfrewshire, Glasgow and North Ayrshire
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The north east has the lowest prices in England, with Berwick Hills, in Middlesborough, ranking around £95,000 for a home, cheaper than the lowest example in Wales, in Ferndale, where the average was £118,000.
In research from GetAgent.co.uk the most expensive postcode outside London in the UK was revealed to be the GU25 region in the village of Virginia Water, Surrey.
Cairndow however will offer homebuyers the chance to get change out of £60,000, as well as giving them access to one of the most remote and stunning regions of the country.
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Nearby landmarks include Inveraray Castle which has been the home of the Dukes of Argyll, chiefs of Clan Campbell, since the 18th century.
Visit Scotland says Cairndow offers a "quiet, safe haven for residents" in the settlement which is set just off the A83 running from Glasgow to Inveraray.
On the tourism agencies website, it states: "In the centre of the village is the Stagecoach Inn which is one of the oldest coaching inns in Scotland. Travellers have been fed and rested here for many centuries.
"Notable visitors include Queen Victoria, who changed horses here in 1875, Dorothy Wordsworth, sister of the famous poet, and the poet Keats. The Stable Restaurant is built where the original stables were.
"At the south end of the village lies Kilmorich Parish Church which was built in 1820. The church is one of only two in Scotland to be built with an interesting hexagonal shape and is very picturesque in its surroundings."
