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Our. Life expectancy in Hart is the joint highest in the UK along with South Cambridgeshire, with the male population typically living to the age of 83. The annual Halifax quality of life study looked at a range of factors including health, earnings, crime rates and life expectancy. Along with Hart, many areas in southern England score strongly in categories including the labour markets and health. The town itself features a cathedral, a castle and a High Street steeped in architecture and history, while the Spectrum leisure centre offers ice skating, bowling and swimming. The annual Halifax quality of life study looked at a range of factors including health, earnings, crime … It is also renowned for its motorsport history at Brooklands Museum, and there are plenty of wealthy areas filled with million pound houses and affluent amenities. Discover the best place to live in the UK and the best regional towns and cities to live based on a number of factors including community, CO2 emissions, superfast … As mentioned above, the Hampshire district of Hart is third on the overall list of 50, which is pretty impressive. Best bits: Pricey Hart covers parts of Hampshire and Surrey, with such towns as Fleet, Hook and Crondall. Nowhere in Wales, Northern Ireland or the south west of England made the top 50. The Orkney Islands off the coast of Scotland finished second in the annual Halifax Quality of Life Survey, which ranks UK districts based on their residents' health and life expectancy, wellbeing, earnings, and employment, as well as crime rates and weather. Region: South East. explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. 'A genius': Huge crowds bid farewell to Maradona, Paris police suspended over beating of black man. 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Halifax's Quality of Life survey has ranked the top 50 areas to live in the UK, and there are a number of mentions for the two south-east counties. When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. SurreyLive has listed below all of the Surrey and Hampshire areas that have made the 2020 list, along with a few reasons as to why they are so great. VideoWhen can I get the COVID-19 vaccine? 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It allows our most engaged readers to debate the big issues, share their own experiences, discuss real-world solutions, and more. Scotland's Orkney Islands retained its second place position for a second year, while Rutland in the East Midlands came third. Martin Ellis, a housing economist at Halifax said: "A mixture of good health, high wealth and a generally happy life continues to cement Hart's place as the best place to live in the UK. Ex-convict's tribute to 'special' Jack Merritt. Some 97% said they enjoy good or fairly good health, and the district has the longest average female life expectancy in the UK: an impressive 86.7 years. The area scored highly in terms of health and life expectancy, personal wellbeing, crime rates and weather. Woodfibre LNG: Corruption, a RCMP investigation & good for business? Northern areas tend to perform well on education and benefit from more affordable properties with lower house prices to earnings.". Scotland’s Orkney Islands retained its second place position for a second year, while Rutland in the East Midlands came third. Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates. Average house price: £429,153. It is the fourth year in a row that Hart has topped the list. Hart has come out on top for the fifth time in six years as the best place to live in the UK. The annual research takes into consideration 26 different factors that home buyers may consider when choosing a place to live - for example education, environment, health and lifestyle. It has two main towns, Aldershot and Farnborough, which both offer dozens of leisure activities and things to do. Surrey's Elmbridge and Winchester in Hampshire came second and third on the annual Halifax quality of life survey's top 50 list. Russell Galley, managing director, Halifax, said: "Hart seems to have been offering residents an unrivalled mix of living standards for five of the last six years, seeing employment rates, average earnings and ONS personal wellbeing rankings bounce back after falling from the top spot last year. A number of Surrey and Hampshire areas make the list of the 50 best in the country, Subscribe to our FREE daily newsletter for a round-up of the biggest stories from across Surrey. In previous years it has topped the survey four times. .css-14iz86j-BoldText{font-weight:bold;}The most desirable place to live in the UK has been named as Hart in Hampshire. You can unsubscribe at any time. Hart also benefits from an average of 32.5 hours of sunshine a week - greater than the national average of 29.7 hours. Both are well connected with transport links. Top 10 most desirable places to live 1 Hart, Hampshire 2 Elmbridge, Surrey 3 Winchester, Hampshire 4 Rutland, East Midlands 5 Chiltern, Buckinghamshire 6 Uttlesford, Essex 7 South Northamptonshire 8 Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire 9 Wokingham, Berkshire 10 Waverley, Surrey 97 per cent of Hart residents report being in good health - higher than anywhere else in the country - and life expectancy for women is 86.6 years and 82.4 years for men. The district, centred on the town of Fleet, came top between 2011 and 2013 but was only in 26th position last year.