Richmond upon Thames has been voted the happiest place to live in the UK.
Locals have had their say on what they think about the London borough.
Locals have had their say on what they think about the London borough.
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00:00 The happiest places to live in Great Britain have been revealed and London's affluent
00:06 borough of Richmond-upon-Thames has taken top spot. The borough, now famous worldwide
00:13 for being the location of the hit television series Ted Lasso, rose to first from 11th
00:18 place in last year's edition of the Happy at Home Index from property experts Rightmove.
00:24 It marks the first time a London location has been crowned the happiest location in
00:30 the country.
00:31 I have been living for the last 40 years, 42 years and as I said if there is a life
00:40 after death I would choose to come back again in Richmond. I like the people in Richmond,
00:48 they are very nice, it's very cosmopolitan and the riverside is very beautiful, a lot
00:59 of boats go.
01:00 We do live here, it's a great place to live, it feels very safe and I mean the high street
01:09 is great, it has everything you could want, and the park and the riverside, it's all great
01:14 really. I really like it, it's lovely open spaces and yeah it feels quite safe.
01:20 I mean I've lived here now for about 10 years and the high street has really changed, it's
01:26 such a shame that lots of the good kind of independent shops have gone and loads of shops
01:30 are closed now, apart from that.
01:35 I think we could do it at the Christmas market, I think that would make Richmond a hundred
01:39 times better.
01:40 Yeah, yeah.
01:41 Definitely, yeah.
01:42 The area is best known for its green spaces including the 2,500 acre Richmond Park and
01:49 the magical Kew Gardens. The high street has a wide array of restaurants, cafes and also
01:55 the Orange Tree Theatre as well. Residents also scored the area highly for a feeling,
02:01 a sense of belonging and being comfortable to be themselves within the community. However,
02:07 while times are tough for many in the UK, many residents in Richmond might not be feeling
02:12 the pinch as much as others. The average house price in this area is just under ÂŁ1 million,
02:19 sitting at around ÂŁ950,000 and is one of the most expensive boroughs in London and
02:24 therefore one of the most expensive places to live in the UK too.
02:29 Now Rightmove gather their research by asking 26,000 people across Britain how happy they
02:35 are about where they live. The only other London spot that finished in the top 20 happiest
02:40 places to live in the UK was the equally affluent and even slightly more expensive borough of
02:46 Chelsea and Kensington. For more on this and to find out more news from across the capital,
02:52 head to Londonworld.com.
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