Swansea, Cardiff and Norwich also feature in top 10 list
Peterborough is the United Kingdom’s wood-burning stove capital, according to one of the country’s leading online retailers of stoves.
Gr8Fires.co.uk has declared the Cambridgeshire city the home of the recent resurgence in the popularity of wood burners, with Swansea, Cardiff, Norwich and Llandudno also featuring prominently in a list of the top 10 locations for stove sales.
Residents in the Peterborough postcode area have bought more stoves than any other part of the country, Gr8Fires.co.uk’s sales figures show.
Gr8Fires.co.uk’s customer support manager Adam Fowler said: “Over the past few years, there has been a huge increase in the popularity of wood-burning stoves and nowhere more so than in Peterborough.
“Since we launched in January 2009, we have sold almost 16,000 woodburners and more of those have gone to properties in the Peterborough area than any other part of the UK.”
Wood-burning stoves sales have grown considerably in recent years, with the opportunity to reduce energy bills and achieve carbon neutral home heating both cited as major reasons for the boom.
But a good old case of keeping up with the Joneses might also be playing a part
Adam continued: “Stoves have certainly become a very desirable item, so it is possible that there is a bit of a domino effect
“When one person buys a woodburner, it is very common for friends, family or neighbours to get one soon afterwards.
“It is possible this is helping to drive wood-burning stove sales in clusters in places like Peterborough, Swansea and Cardiff.”
The Top 10 Wood-Burning Stove Sales Locations
- Peterborough
- Swansea
- Cardiff
- Norwich
- Llandudno
- Tonbridge
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Nottingham
- Sheffield
- York
