HAPPY HOT SPOTS

HERE are the top 50 places in the UK with the best quality of life, according to Halifax:

1. East Hertfordshire, East of England 2. Fareham, South East

3. Hart, South East

4. Horsham, South East 5. Maldon, East of England

6. Selby, Yorkshire and the Humber 7. Hambleton, Yorkshire and the Humber

8. Babergh, East of England 9. St Edmundsbury, East of England 10. Wokingham, South East 11. Ryedale, Yorkshire and the Humber 12. South Derbyshire, East Midlands 13. South Cambridgeshire,

East of England 14. Tonbridge and Malling, South East 15. Rugby, West Midlands 16. Runnymede, South East 17. Wychavon, West Midlands 18. Orkney, Scotland

19. Woking, South East 20. Warwick, West Midlands 21. South Oxfordshire, South East 22. Rushcliffe, East Midlands 23. Huntingdonshire, East of England 24. Newark and Sherwood,

East Midlands 25. Rushmoor, South East

26. Forest Heath, East of England 27. Elmbridge, South East 28. Wiltshire, South West 29. Gedling, East Midlands

30. North Dorset, South West 31. Rutland, East Midlands 32. Tewkesbury, South West 33. Rochford, East of England 34. Winchester, South East 35. Bracknell Forest, South East 36. Cherwell, South East 37. Central Bedfordshire,

East of England 38. Charnwood, East Midlands 39. Forest of Dean, South West 40. Vale of White Horse, South East 41. West Berkshire, South East

42. New Forest, South East

43. North Warwickshire, West Midlands 44. Guildford, South East 45. Swindon, South West 46. Lichfield, West Midlands 47. Suffolk Coastal, East of England 48. York, Yorkshire and the Humber 49. Basingstoke and Deane, South East 50. Erewash, East Midlands