For many of us, getting engaged is one of the most memorable and special days in our lives. Luxury jewellery brand Glamira has carried out new research using Instagram and Google Trends to learn where the most popular places to get engaged are right now – and London ranks in first place!

Glamira counted how many Instagram posts about getting engaged were located in each UK region or city, with the hashtags #proposal or #engagement. They also used Google Trends to search for the popularity of different locations along with the keywords “proposal ideas”, “best place to propose”, “engagement ideas”, and “romantic proposal location”.

London ranked in first place, with 332,000 Instagram posts and content about proposals showing the capital’s major landmarks like Tower Bridge, Hyde Park and Primrose Hill – as well as upscale restaurants in Mayfair and Covent Garden. It also achieved a Google Trends score of 97.5 out of a possible 100.

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The top five UK destinations, based on Instagram and Google Trends data, were as follows:

1. London

2. Edinburgh

3. Lake District

4. Manchester

5. Cornwall