Curtain twitch capitals of Britain: How Newcastle and Liverpool are home to the UK's nosiest neighbours

  • Neighbours are most likely to snoop on your business in Newcastle, poll finds
  • Pensioners make the best neighbours followed by teachers and IT workers
  • The study also found that the biggest gossips who dished the dirt live in Bristol

By Mail on Sunday Reporter

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Everybody needs good neighbours – but not if they’re serial curtain-twitchers. And now the UK’s nosiest busybodies have been revealed. 

Some 45 per cent of homeowners in Newcastle said their neighbours liked to snoop on their business, a poll of 2,000 Britons revealed. 

Liverpool was second on 40 per cent, followed by Norwich on 39 per cent.

Everybody needs good neighbours ¿ but not if they¿re serial curtain-twitchers. The best neighbours were found to be pensioners, followed by teachers and IT workers, according to the study by property buyer Good Move [File photo]

Everybody needs good neighbours – but not if they’re serial curtain-twitchers. The best neighbours were found to be pensioners, followed by teachers and IT workers, according to the study by property buyer Good Move [File photo]

The study also found that the biggest gossips lived in Bristol, where 38 per cent said the people next door were always dishing dirt.

The best neighbours were found to be pensioners, followed by teachers and IT workers, according to the study by property buyer Good Move.

Some 45 per cent of homeowners in Newcastle said their neighbours liked to snoop on their business, a poll of 2,000 Britons revealed. The study also found that the biggest gossips lived in Bristol, where 38 per cent said the people next door were always dishing dirt [File photo]

Some 45 per cent of homeowners in Newcastle said their neighbours liked to snoop on their business, a poll of 2,000 Britons revealed. The study also found that the biggest gossips lived in Bristol, where 38 per cent said the people next door were always dishing dirt [File photo]

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