The UK is often seen as something of a prudish country, where we’re reluctant to talk about what goes on between the sheets, but just how true is this?
With Valentine's Day fast approaching, we’ve analysed search data from across the across the country to find out the favourite sex position in the UK's biggest towns and cities.
Here's what Brits as a whole are preferring, position wise...
But, perhaps more interestingly; how does this look on a regional level, looking at the data on a city-by-city basis?
Every City's Favourite Sex Position
| Town/City | Favourite Sex Position |
|---|---|
| Aberdeen | Missionary |
| Basildon | Reverse Cowgirl |
| Basingstoke | Reverse Cowgirl |
| Bath | Reverse Cowgirl |
| Belfast | Doggy Style |
| Birkenhead | Reverse Cowgirl |
| Birmingham | Missionary |
| Blackburn | Doggy Style |
| Blackpool | Reverse Cowgirl |
| Bolton | Missionary |
| Bournemouth | Doggy Style |
| Bradford | Doggy Style |
| Brighton | Missionary |
| Bristol | Missionary |
| Cambridge | Missionary |
| Cardiff | Missionary |
| Chelmsford | Reverse Cowgirl |
| Cheltenham | Doggy Style |
| Colchester | Missionary |
| Coventry | Missionary |
| Crawley | Doggy Style |
| Derby | Missionary |
| Doncaster | Doggy Style |
| Dundee | Reverse Cowgirl |
| Eastbourne | Doggy Style |
| Edinburgh | Missionary |
| Exeter | Doggy Style |
| Gateshead | Reverse Cowgirl |
| Glasgow | Missionary |
| Gloucester | Reverse Cowgirl |
| Hemel Hempstead | Doggy Style |
| High Wycombe | Reverse Cowgirl |
| Huddersfield | Missionary |
| Ipswich | Reverse Cowgirl |
| Kingston upon Hull | Missionary |
| Leeds | Missionary |
| Leicester | Missionary |
| Lincoln | Doggy Style |
| Liverpool | Missionary |
| London | Missionary |
| Luton | Missionary |
| Maidstone | Reverse Cowgirl |
| Manchester | Missionary |
| Middlesbrough | Doggy Style |
| Milton Keynes | Doggy Style |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | Missionary |
| Newport | Reverse Cowgirl |
| Northampton | Missionary |
| Norwich | Doggy Style |
| Nottingham | Missionary |
| Oldham | Missionary |
| Oxford | Missionary |
| Peterborough | Missionary |
| Plymouth | Missionary |
| Poole | Reverse Cowgirl |
| Portsmouth | Missionary |
| Reading | Missionary |
| Rochdale | Reverse Cowgirl |
| Rotherham | Doggy Style |
| Sale | Reverse Cowgirl |
| Salford | Reverse Cowgirl |
| Sheffield | Missionary |
| Slough | Doggy Style |
| Solihull | Reverse Cowgirl |
| Southampton | Missionary |
| Southend-on-Sea | Missionary |
| St. Helens | Missionary |
| Stockport | Doggy Style |
| Stoke-on-Trent | Missionary |
| Sunderland | Doggy Style |
| Sutton Coldfield | Reverse Cowgirl |
| Swansea | Missionary |
| Swindon | Missionary |
| Telford | Doggy Style |
| Wakefield | Reverse Cowgirl |
| Warrington | Reverse Cowgirl |
| Watford | Doggy Style |
| Wigan | Reverse Cowgirl |
| Woking | Doggy Style |
| Wolverhampton | Missionary |
| Worcester | Doggy Style |
| Worthing | Doggy Style |
| York | Missionary |
Methodology
For a core group of sex positions, we analysed the data surrounding four related search terms (e.g. Missionary, Missionary Position, Missionary Sex and Missionary Sex Position) and combined the average monthly search volume for each, according to Google Keyword Planner.
We analysed data behind each UK town or city with a population of over 100,000 people, according to latest government estimates.
