Wells has been ranked as the best city to win someone's heart in the UK, based on the unusual factor of sharing dessert with someone.

Previous research from Purdue University in Indiana, USA found that a dinner date with a shared dessert at the end could really "ignite the flames of passion" in a potential couple.

Writing in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, they said research reveals that sweet taste and feelings of love share a similar part of the brain.

Therefore, the activation of areas associated with sweet taste experiences may be linked with romantic perception, The Express reports.

Somerset County Gazette: Previous research has claimed sweet taste experienced may be linked with romantic perceptionPrevious research has claimed sweet taste experienced may be linked with romantic perception (Image: Canva)

Building on this concept, Supreme Whip scraped the data for the number of dessert restaurants rated 4/5 and above for every UK city.

From this, they worked out the rankings by calculating which cities had the highest number of 4/5 and above dessert restaurants per 100,000 people which gave them the breakdown of the best cities to win someone's heart.

Best UK cities to win someone's heart in the UK

According to the research from Supreme Whip, the top 10 best cities to win someone's heart by sharing a dessert are:

  1. Wells, Somerset 
  2. Chester, Cheshire
  3. Bangor, Gwynedd,
  4. Ripon, North Yorkshire
  5. Durham, County Durham
  6. Truro, Cornwall
  7. Salford, Greater Manchester
  8. Chichester, West Sussex
  9. Dunfermline, Fife
  10. Bath, Somerset

Well-received restaurants that people could seek out in Wells include Flapjackery on Sadler Street which has a 4/5 rating on Tripadvisor.

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Additionally, Cafe Nostra on Broad Street could be an option with it having a 4.7/5 score on Google Reviews.

One person wrote: "Love this place with all its homemade goodies and amazing people who run it"

Another shared: "Fantastic restaurant, lovely lunches, ice cream to die for! Every time my family visit Wells we always come here!"