Hebden Bridge: What life's really like in real Happy Valley where locals love BBC show

With her acerbic wit and ­no-nonsense attitude, Happy Valley’s Sergeant Catherine Cawood is clearly a force to be reckoned with.

So the image of her walking down the street pushing her elderly dog in a pram is quite the incongruous picture.

But that sight has often greeted the ­residents of the real Happy Valley, as star Sarah Lancashire strolls through the West Yorkshire town of Hebden Bridge where much of the show is set.