Eight of the 10 cheapest places to buy a house in the UK are in the south Wales valleys according to new figures from mouseprice.com. The property website named Ferndale in the Rhondda Valleys as the cheapest town with an average home costing £29,693.

Other towns in the top 10 include New Tredegar, Treorchy, and Pentre.

The top 10 list of least expensive towns in the UK was based upon the average property selling price of towns in Land Registry figures since April 2000.

However, in the last five years, a housing boom has seen many areas double in price - which could explain why the housing figure for Ferndale is so low in the new figures released.