We the happiest place to live in the Bristol area- it has an award-winning community shop and an ‘outstanding’ school.
Almondsbury was revealed as the happiest place to live in the Bristol area, according to a survey by online store Furniturebox.
The popular village was the highest rated location among Bristol areas and 11th on the main national list.
Locations were ranked based on the beauty of the surroundings and green spaces, provision of good state schools and affordable housing, as well as access to quality pubs, restaurants, independent shops and cultural attractions.
We visited Almondsbury to find out if locals agreed with the verdict.
Almondsbury was revealed as the happiest place to live in the Bristol area, according to a survey by online store Furniturebox.
The popular village was the highest rated location among Bristol areas and 11th on the main national list.
Locations were ranked based on the beauty of the surroundings and green spaces, provision of good state schools and affordable housing, as well as access to quality pubs, restaurants, independent shops and cultural attractions.
We visited Almondsbury to find out if locals agreed with the verdict.
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00:00Almondsbury has been voted the happiest place to live in the Bristol area by a recent study by Furniture Box.
00:07Let's find out if locals agree with the veredict.
00:11This is one of the best villages to live in. I've been here for just over 50 years and I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
00:19It's got a lovely community atmosphere. There's lots of activities going on.
00:24So you name it, it carries on in the village hall. So everybody gets to know each other.
00:30But we don't spy on each other, but we do look out for each other.
00:35And we are very lucky here that we've got our own doctor's surgery and our own dentist.
00:41It's quiet, it's a nice place to live. We're 10 minutes away from Cribbs Causeway which is quite busy at Christmas etc.
00:49And we're about 20 minutes away from the middle of town. So it's a nice little hub really for anything where you need to get around Bristol.
00:56And what are your favourite areas?
01:00Without being a bit biased, I quite enjoy the pub at The Bowl. It's a nice pub, local people, it's a nice little community feel to it.
01:08Especially in the winter time it's nice, especially walking the dog and then I'll go and have a pint on my way back.
01:14The centre of the village is an excellent little hub here.
01:20And it's got everything, it's got what you expect in the centre of a village.
01:24It's got a shop, church and the pub all within walking distance.
01:30But in the wider village it's wonderfully placed.
01:39Fabulous views over the estuary, over the Severn Estuary.
01:43But it's also really convenient for anywhere you want to get to. We're just down off the M4, M5 interchange.
01:51But you really don't notice the fact that the motorways are so close.
01:57It's just a great place for communication wherever you want to go, north, south, east or west.
02:03Are there any issues with the area?
02:07The main issue in the village is rather a lot of people seem to want to park here, particularly at various times of the day.
02:15And it can get very congested.
02:19And the other issue I suppose we have is whenever there's a bog up on the motorway or the A38, we do get a lot of traffic travelling very fast through the village.
02:31Honestly the only issue is probably speed. People who don't live around here use it a bit of a racetrack.
02:37And it's just the speed and with it being quite a small village and a school nearby, it can be quite dangerous at times.
02:44Our problem is that we have no bus, so you are reliant on people taking you backwards and forwards.
02:52There is a bus up the hill, just one that takes you to Bristol.
02:57But it does mean that people are reliant on a car and that does cause congestion in the area.