The three Welsh destinations named among the best for a staycation by Which?

Travel experts have ranked thee Welsh cities as the amongst the best in the UK for a staycation break. Consumer champions Which? placed Liverpool as the number one big city, Bath the highest-ranking medium town/city and Wells in Somerset first in the small town/city category.

Edinburgh and York tied for second place in the big city category, with Cardiff making the top 10 and Swansea ranked much lower at 24th in the list of 25. St David's is ranked eighth in the small town/cities group.

Writing about Wales, the report said: "Tiny St David’s in Pembrokeshire was the highest-scoring Welsh city, with 74% in our small cities table. It received four stars for accommodation. Cardiff was mid-table among the large cities, with 72% — much better than Swansea, which got just 58%." Find out about the latest events in Wales by signing up to our What's On newsletter here

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The results come from a survey of almost 4,000 Which? members, who were asked about their experiences visiting UK cities and towns in the past two years. Each location is rated out of five stars on a range of criteria, including accommodation, food and drink, cultural sights and tourist attractions, ease of getting around, lack of crowds, and value for money.

The report says that Liverpool topped the large cities table with a score of 84%. Visitors told them they loved cultural sights such as the museums at Albert Dock, the Walker Gallery and its two cathedrals. The Beatles museum was also very popular.

"I had completely underestimated how much there was to see and do in Liverpool," one person said. Many others enthused over the friendliness of locals.

Bath was the top-rated medium-sized city, with 82%. One person described it as ‘one of the top sites in the UK, indeed Europe,’ for its architecture and historical sites. The city itself is a Unesco World Heritage Centre.

The food and drink research in Cardiff was scored at three out of five and the average hotel room was priced at £111. Meanwhile in Swansea, food and drink was marked at two out of five while the average hotel room was £90.

Find the full list from Which? here:

Large cities

1. Liverpool - 84%

2. Edinburgh - 83%

3. York - 83%

4. Belfast - 77% per cent

5. Glasgow - 76%

6. London - 76%

7. Newcastle-upon-Tyne - 75%

8. Portsmouth - 74%

9. Bristol - 73%

10. Cardiff - 72%

11. Manchester - 71%

12. Brighton & Hove - 67%

13. Leeds - 67%

14. Hull - 66%

15. Nottingham - 66%

16. Plymouth - 66%

17. Birmingham - 64%

18. Coventry - 63%

19. Sheffield - 63%

20. Milton Keynes - 61%

21. Aberdeen - 60%

22. Southampton - 60%

23. Leicester - 58%

24. Swansea - 58%

25. Derby - 56%

Medium towns

1. Bath - 82%

2. Chester - 80%

3. Lincoln - 78%

4. Worcester - 77%

5. Canterbury - 76%

6. Shrewsbury - 75%

7. Harrogate - 74%

8. Oxford - 74%

9. Norwich - 73%

10. Cambridge - 72%

11. Exeter - 71%

12. Cheltenham - 67%

13. Dundee - 62%

14. Eastbourne - 62%

15. Hastings - 62%

16. Gloucester - 61%

17. Ipswich - 59%

18. Bournemouth - 58%

Small towns

1. Wells - 86%

2. Durham - 78%

3. St Andrews - 78%

4. Winchester - 77%

5. Stratford Upon Avon - 76%

6. Salisbury - 75%

7. Stirling - 75%

8. St David's - 74%

9. St Ives - 74%

10. Ely - 73%

11. Windsor - 73%

12. Chichester - 69%

13. Inverness - 69%

14. Oban - 69%

15. Lancaster - 67%

16. Perth - 65%

17. Truro - 61%

18. Fort William - 58%

19. Torquay - 58%