What is Chorleywood?
'''Chorleywood''' is a [[village]] and a [[civil parish]] in the [[Three Rivers District]], [[Hertfordshire]]. It used to be part of the parish of [[Rickmansworth]]. 11,286 people lived there at the [[2011 United Kingdom census|2011 census]]. In 2004 a study by the [[University of Oxford]] said Chorleywood was the “happiest place” to live in the UK.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2004-05-06|title=Suburbs score in quality of life|language=en-GB|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/3689715.stm|access-date=2023-09-01}}</ref> In 2011 it was said to be the “least deprived” area in the country by the [[Department of Communities and Local Government]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-07-06|title=Why is Chorleywood, Hertfordshire the happiest place to live in the UK? - Sewell & Gardner|url=https://sewellgardner.com/company-community/why-is-chorleywood-hertfordshire-the-happiest-place-to-live-in-the-uk/|access-date=2023-09-01|website=sewellgardner.com|language=en-GB|archive-date=2023-09-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901124315/https://sewellgardner.com/company-community/why-is-chorleywood-hertfordshire-the-happiest-place-to-live-in-the-uk/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Villages in Hertfordshire]] [[Category:Civil parishes in Hertfordshire]] {{multistub|UK|geo}}