Not really, it's just something I've observed in the area. I assume it applies to the whole country as energy prices and wages are pretty normalised.
Depends how much time you spend in that room.
London Pollution
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After hearing all this, you want to research unblocking your chimney? 
It heats up one room much more efficiently than others and when not being used, creates a place for heat to escape much easier. It can also be noisy on very windy nights or if you get pigeons decide to nest at the top.
People swear that it creates no smell but when i leave my family's house after Christmas, my jumpers most definitely smell of wood-smoke.
Whether it is cheaper is anybody's guess but i wouldn't be switching due to expense. If there was a reason to go for a wood fire, it would be because you enjoy a wood fire rather than the cost.
It heats up one room much more efficiently than others and when not being used, creates a place for heat to escape much easier. It can also be noisy on very windy nights or if you get pigeons decide to nest at the top.
People swear that it creates no smell but when i leave my family's house after Christmas, my jumpers most definitely smell of wood-smoke.
Whether it is cheaper is anybody's guess but i wouldn't be switching due to expense. If there was a reason to go for a wood fire, it would be because you enjoy a wood fire rather than the cost.
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After hearing all this, you want to research unblocking your chimney?
It heats up one room much more efficiently than others and when not being used, creates a place for heat to escape much easier. It can also be noisy on very windy nights or if you get pigeons decide to nest at the top.
People swear that it creates no smell but when i leave my family's house after Christmas, my jumpers most definitely smell of wood-smoke.
Same as London then
After hearing all this, you want to research unblocking your chimney?
I wouldn't do it for the cost savings no, I was just intrigued as to whether there was any actual data behind it, or whether it was just something someone reckoned on an internet forum.
We currently have a gas fire in the fireplace (moved in last year and not got around to that room yet) but I'll be getting a proper fire in there soon as we don't ever 'need' to use the gas one. I do enjoy burning stuff though!
Wonder how many dwellings in London are capable of hosting a wood burner? When I lived there I was typically in flats with no fireplace, a lot of the houses I saw had been converted to flats and some of them had a chimney but this would be just in one person's bedroom. It's definitely a lifestyle thing rather than a cost thing in London.
It's probably fair to say that about anywhere that has 'modern utilities' like gas or electricity fitted and decent insulation, not just London.