Mansfield has been named one of Britain's most "miserable" places to live. The market town in north Nottinghamshire ranked seventh lowest of UK local authorities in terms of "happiness" in the most recent personal wellbeing survey by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
The annual study asked people across the UK to rate how happy they felt yesterday (Dec 12) out of 10. Respondents also gave a rating for their overall life satisfaction, how worthwhile they feel, and how anxious they felt yesterday, as reported by the Mirror.
Mansfield - located 15 miles north of Nottingham, with a proud history of coal mining and textiles industries - had an average happiness rating of seven. This was some way below the average across the UK of 7.45, and was the lowest happiness score recorded for area since 2011/12.
