NEW research suggests Swindon is the fourth-best place in the UK for commuting.

Uswitch analysed local authorities in the country, looking into things like average commute time and the cost of getting to work as well as green factors including the number of electric vehicles and charging points on the roads.

The company then revealed the best and worst areas for commuting.

Milton Keynes topped the table with a score of 8.07 out of 10 based on an average monthly public transport pass cost of £61.50, a median commuting time of 14.1 minutes, 48. tons of CO2 emitted per capita, and there being 6,956 electric vehicles and 134 public charging stations per 100,000 people.

Coventry came second with a score of 6.74 and Peterborough's 6.60 rating placed it third.

Swindon scored 6.46 out of 10, with an average monthly public transport pass costing £55 and commutes taking a median time of 18.8 minutes.

The town had 4.6 tonnes of CO2 emitted per capita as well as 7,862 electric vehicles and 20 public charging points per 100,000 people.

On the other end of the rankings, Stafford was the worst place to commute in the UK due to a low number of charging points and high CO2 emissions, narrowly beating London to the lowest score.

Overall, the United Kingdom came out as the second-worst country for commuters..

Florence Codjoe, car insurance expert, said: “After nearly two years of lockdowns and working from home, the world is finally beginning to open up again, which means across the globe many of us are heading back into the office and having to deal with the stress of the daily commute.

“It’s interesting to see our research reveals Ireland and the United Kingdom are the two worst countries in the world for commuting. Ireland comes out as the worst, notably having the highest public transport pass cost, followed closely by the UK which scores poorly across the board - from high transport costs to a long average commute time. Turkey came out as the best country for commuting largely due to the affordability of commuting and for scoring highly on the green factors which we looked at.

“It will be interesting to see if the daily commute improves over the coming years, with more countries adopting a hybrid way of working, which in return should hopefully see the average commute time decrease in countries across the world.”