London is NOT the most expensive place to get a taxi

Facing critics that a 10-minute journey will cost you £50 quid or a night journey will cost you your first house.

But now it's time to clear the slate and give a break to London cabs as new data has discovered that the region is actually cheaper than one other UK spot.

London does NOT have the most expensive taxis 

Taxi Calculator has revealed that London is not the most expensive place to catch a ride as a small town in the North West took the spot and London second.

Crewe a small town in Cheshire has taxis that cost £2 more than the standard rate in London.

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In Crewe, the base fee starts at £2 while London is most expensive at £3.80, however, the price per kilometre makes the difference.

London costs £1.71 for 1-10 kilometres with each extra costing £2.30, but Crewe has a kilometre price of £2.

While London is not the most expensive all around, it does top the list for prices waiting time, costing £30 per hour.

Third on the list of most costly spots for taxis was Scotland's capital of Edinburgh, followed by Manchester, Leeds, Leicester and Sheffield.

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The cheapest list was won by Glasgow followed by Dundee, Birmingham, Belfast, Cardiff, Liverpool and Bristol. 

Taxi Calculator works out their prices, by calculating the cheapest and most expensive tariffs of a taxi ride of 8 kilometres in the day tariff.

In the UK, Taxi tariffs are set by local authorities, and it is binding for all taxis and taxi companies within the compulsory driving area and may not be exceeded or undercut.