Happiest place to live in London revealed – and it’s not at all surprising

The place you live has a huge effect on your happiness.

Whether it’s the community spirit or the number of local amenities, many factors influence residents’ happiness.

But one place in London took the top spot as the happiest place in the capital (and second in the UK) and you won’t be at all surprised.

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Rightmove conducted the survey called the “happy at home” index, now in its 10th year, and asked more than 21,000 people across Britain how they feel about various aspects of where they live.

Richmond Park

The South West London borough of Richmond-upon-Thames has been named the happiest place to live in the capital.

It’s come out on top for the seventh consecutive year.

It also came second overall in the UK, pipped at the post by the market town of Hexham in Northumberland, which previously topped the index in 2019.

But what makes it so great?

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The dream house in St Margarets, Richmond

With its tree-lined streets, period homes, riverside pubs and home to London’s biggest green space, many would describe it as an idyllic setting

It is also easily commutable to Central London.

But all of this means living in Richmond comes at a cost.

The average house prices are £1.2 million, well beyond the average London house price which now stands at an estimated £526,000, and three times more than first place on the index – Hexham (£297,088).

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Rowers on the River Tyne at Hexham, Northumberland. Rightmove has ranked the happiest places to live across Britain, using a survey of more than 21,000 people.

Happiness measures in the index include friendliness and community spirit, whether people feel they can be themselves, nature and green spaces, opportunities locally to develop skills, and amenities including schools, restaurants, shops, and sports facilities.

Rightmove’s study also found that people living in coastal villages tended to be the happiest group in the study.

St Ives in Cornwall, which came top last year, was eighth in this year’s rankings.

The study found that more than two-thirds (69%) of people who had moved in the last year relocated to a different area.

Nearly two-thirds of these people (64%) reported feeling happier where they now live.

The full list

Here are the happiest places in Britain, according to Rightmove, with the average asking price for a home and the average monthly asking rental price:

1. Hexham, Northumberland, £297,088, £842

2. Richmond-upon-Thames, London, £1,196,892, £3,235

3. Harrogate, Yorkshire and the Humber, £353,624, £1,163

4. Hove, East Sussex, £525,906, £1,879

5. Llandrindod Wells, Wales, £193,601, £445

6. Stirling, Scotland, £191,226, £877

7. Monmouth, Wales, £312,649, £929

8. St Ives, Cornwall, £494,393, £1,150

9. Anglesey, Wales, £278,391, £776

10. Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, £350,981, £1,203

11. Perth, Scotland, £167,160, £679

12. Hitchin, Cambridgeshire, £491,223, £1,392

13. Woodbridge, Suffolk, £427,542, £1,129

14. Kendal, Cumbria, £258,961, £837

15. Macclesfield, Cheshire, £277,772, £981

16. Exeter, Devon, £303,215, £1,234

17. Salisbury, Wiltshire, £318,806, £1,090

18. Horsham, West Sussex, £433,892, £1,433

19. St Albans, Hertfordshire, £632,320, £1,888

20. Guildford, Surrey, £542,947, £1,913

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