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Nov 2021
Harrogate back in top three happiest places to live in Britain
Harrogate is back in the top three happiest places to live in Great Britain, according to a survey of tens of thousands of residents now in its tenth year.
Property website Rightmove is behind the poll, which measured factors such as community spirit, nature and the opportunity to develop skills locally.
This year's poll of more than 21,000 people gave the Northumberland market town of Hexham the top spot, Richmond upon Thames in Greater London second place and Harrogate third.
While Harrogate previously topped the "happy at home index" in 2015, the spa town dropped to ninth place in the survey last year.
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Daryll Digpal, the managing director at Beadnall Copley in Harrogate said:
Where are the happiest place to live in Britain?
- Hexham, North East - average asking price £297,088
- Richmond upon Thames, Greater London - average asking price £1,196,892
- Harrogate, Yorkshire and Humber - average asking price £353,624
- Hove, South East - average asking price £525,906
- Llandrindod Wells, Wales - average asking price £193,601
- Stirling, Scotland - average asking price £191,226
- Monmouth, Wales - average asking price £312,649
- St Ives, South West - average asking price £494,393
- Anglesey, Wales - average asking price £278,391
- Leamington Spa, West Midlands - average asking price £350,981
- Perth, Scotland - average asking price £167,160
- Hitchin, East of England - average asking price £491,223
- Woodbridge, East of England - average asking price £427,542
- Kendal, North West - average asking price £258,961
- Macclesfield, North West - average asking price £277,772
- Exeter, South West - average asking price £303,215
- Salisbury, South West - average asking price £318,806
- Horsham, South East - average asking price £433,892
- St Albans, East of England - average asking price £632,320
- Guildford, South East - average asking price £542,947
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