BRADFORD has been ranked as the second most romantic city in the UK, according to a survey.

Ahead of Valentine’s Day, only Leicester pipped Bradford to the title in the research compiled by Picodi.com.

The research involve the ‘romantic’ queries on the internet in 15 largest cities and created the ranking of the most romantic places in the UK.

Elsewhere, residents of Cardiff turned out to be the least interested in Valentine’s Day.

The ranking was based on the increase in popularity of various keywords connected to Valentine’s Day.

The 15 cities considered in the research all had more than 300,000 residents.

The full rankings were: 1 Leicester 2 Bradford 3 Belfast 4 Birmingham 5 Nottingham 6 Glasgow 7 Coventry 8 Manchester 9 Sheffield 10 Liverpool 11 Leeds 12 Edinburgh 13 Bristol 14 London 15 Cardiff