BRADFORD has been named as the least vegan-friendly city in the UK, according to a survey.

The UK has no shortage of people making the transition to becoming vegan, with a 62% increase in veganism over the past 12 months.

So with Veganuary in full swing, which UK city is the most vegan-friendly? To find out, Saveonenergy.com/uk considered several criteria and created an index to find out the answer.

For each city, they looked at its number of vegan-friendly restaurants; Organic health food shops; Vegan supplement stores and its total 'vegan' monthly search volumes (per 1,000 population).

Coming in last place is Bradford with a total score of 19. The number of vegan restaurants in Bradford totals 129, sixth from the bottom of the list.

When it comes to organic and health food shops, Bradford places at the bottom of the list with only 10.

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Bradford also had the penultimate result when looking at search volumes, with a total number of just 310 a month.

Meanwhile, Bristol is the most vegan-friendly city in the whole of the UK.

With an overall score of 133 - it has 197 vegan-friendly restaurants, 18 organic health food shops, 14 supplement stores, 2,350 monthly ‘vegan’ searches, and came in at number one when looking at the searches per 1,000 of their local population at 3.43.

With a score of 120, London comes in second place (286 vegan-friendly restaurants and 24,520 total ‘vegan’ searches).

In third place is Edinburgh, with a total score of 113 - showcasing 185 vegan-friendly restaurants and 1,630 ‘vegan’ searches.

In second to last place with a total score of 39 is the city of Southampton. If you’re travelling to the south coast of England, and have these specific dietary restrictions, Southampton may be the best city to avoid. With only 88 vegan or restaurants, it placed bottom of the list for having the vegan-friendly restaurants.