Dartford, just three miles from south east London, is often best known for its busy Dartford Crossing first built in 1963, spanning the river Thames and linking drivers with the busy M25.
However, despite its reputation as a busy area for traffic, Dartford was recently ranked as England’s most “relaxed” area, according to a study by fitness supplier Mirafit.
The fitness equipment supplier analysed data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Health index to judge 307 England’s local authorities on three factors.
Despite its reputation as a busy area for traffic, Dartford was recently ranked as England’s most “relaxed” area. (Image: Dartford Borough Council) Survey respondents were asked to give a score out of 10 for how anxious they felt on the previous day, how happy they felt on the previous day, and how satisfied they are with their life.
Dartford was revealed to be the most relaxed, where respondents scored an average of 1.7 for feelings of anxiety, 7.93 on average for general happiness, and 8.05 for life satisfaction, awarding the area as the top location where residents felt most relaxed.
Here’s the full breakdown of results for Dartford:
- Feelings of anxiety = 1.7 out of 10.
- General happiness = 7.93 out of 10.
- Life satisfaction = 8.05 out of 10.
- Relaxation score = 9.79 out of 10.
This was followed by Surrey Heath where respondents scored 8.01 on average for life satisfaction and Hambleton which received a score of 8.09 for life satisfaction.
Survey respondents were asked to give scores out of 10 for anxiety, happiness and life satisfaction. (Image: Dartford Borough Council) Here’s the full list:
- Dartford scored 1.7 for anxiety, 7.93 for happiness and 8.05 for satisfaction, with an overall relaxation score of 9.79.
- Surrey Heath scored 1.91 for anxiety, 7.82 for happiness and 8.01 for satisfaction, with an overall relaxation score of 9.36.
- Hambleton scored 2.17 for anxiety, 8.05 for happiness and 8.09 for satisfaction, with an overall relaxation score of 9.13.
- Richmondshire scored 2.22 for anxiety, 7.99 for happiness and 8.16 for satisfaction, with an overall relaxation score of 9.08.
- Torridge scored 2.4 for anxiety, 8.16 for happiness and 8.25 for satisfaction, with an overall relaxation score of 8.99.
- Pendle scored 2.28 for anxiety, 8.1 for happiness and 7.98 for satisfaction, with an overall relaxation score of 8.98.
- High Peak scored 2.36 for anxiety, 7.91 for happiness and 8.34 for satisfaction, with an overall relaxation score of 8.97.
- Lichfield scored 2.34 for anxiety, 8.1 for happiness and 8.06 for satisfaction, with an overall relaxation score of 8.95.
- Rochford scored 2.34 for anxiety, 7.97 for happiness and 7.96 for satisfaction, with an overall relaxation score of 8.86.
- Fylde scored 2.49 for anxiety, 7.89 for happiness and 7.88 for satisfaction, with an overall relaxation score of 8.65.
