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The happiest place to live in the UK? It’s not London …

Boats moored beside historic Tide Mill in Woodbridge, Suffolk
The mayor of Woodbridge said local happiness was ‘a reflection of the vibrant town centre’. Photograph: Clynt Garnham Suffolk/Alamy

It may not have the bright lights of London or Edinburgh, or even the celebrity or notoriety of some of the Great Britain’s better known villages and towns.

But in one respect, Woodbridge in Suffolk seems to trump them all: it is the happiest place to live in Britain. At least that is the conclusion of a survey by the property website Rightmove.

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