The rankings for the worst and best places to retire have been released and London did not score well.

The capital was among the worst in the UK, citing low life satisfaction and high costs for its low ranking.

Data was collected by Compare the Market to find out where in the UK the top locations for an ageing population are.

They did this by investigating 32 of the UK’s most populated towns and cities and compared them against various ranges of data points.

Including the amount of people at retirement age, the number of care homes, the rating of the healthcare system, life satisfaction, average weekly care home costs and the number of parks, bingo halls and fish and chip shops.

Here's why London ranked so low.

London ranked among the worst places to retire

Out of the bottom 10, London ranked eighth worst, gaining a low score for the Percentage of the population of retirement age at 13.2% and another low mark for the number of bingo clubs per 10k pensioners at 0.3.

However, London did score high for categories like health care system, with a score of 70, and the number of parks per 10k pensioners at 10.

In terms of life satisfaction score out of 11, the capital score was 7.4 while the number of fish and chips per 10k pensioners was high at nine. 

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Explaining why Compare the Market looked at the lowest ranking, they said: "While some locations excel in catering to retirees, others present challenges.

"Our research found that locations in the West Midlands are the least suitable of all for an ageing population, with all five of the least suitable locations being in this region."

London was not ranked the worst in the UK, Birmingham was - with a lower number of care homes, a high cost of living and low marks for life satisfaction.