| Chorleywood | |
|---|---|
  Chorleywood Location within Hertfordshire | |
| Population | 11,286 (2011 Census, Parish)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TQ025965 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Rickmansworth |
| Postcode district | WD3 |
| Dialling code | 01923 |
| Police | Hertfordshire |
| Fire | Hertfordshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
Chorleywood is a village and civil parish in the Three Rivers District, Hertfordshire, on the border with Buckinghamshire, approximately 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Charing Cross. The village is adjacent to the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is part of the London commuter belt included in the government-defined Greater London Urban Area. Chorleywood was historically part of the parish of Rickmansworth, becoming a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1845 and a separate civil parish in 1898. The population of the parish was 11,286 at the 2011 census.
In 2004, a study by The Social Disadvantage Research Centre at the University of Oxford named Chorleywood as the “happiest place” to live in the UK.[2][3] Of the 32,482 communities surveyed, Chorleywood came out top. More recently, Chorleywood has been ranked as the “least deprived” area in the country by the Department of Communities and Local Government.[4][5]
- ^ "Chorleywood Parish". NOMIS. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ "Suburbs score in quality of life". BBC News. 6 May 2004. Retrieved 10 September 2006.
- ^ "The happiest town in Britain..." The Independent. 6 May 2004. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ^ "Why is Chorleywood, Hertfordshire the happiest place to live in the UK?". Sewell & Gardner. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ^ "Chorleywood: The village that was once named the happiest place in the UK". Hertfordshire Mercury. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2022.