Barking and Dagenham has been named the saddest borough to live in London, according to a new study by Rightmove.
The property website surveyed more than 35,000 UK residents for its Happy at Home study - revealing that the borough is the unhappiest in London.
It is also the third saddest place to live in the country as a whole - beaten in unhappiness only by Bradford and Slough.
Havering was also one of the saddest places to live, with Rightmove ranking it the sixth unhappiest borough in London and the 11th saddest place to live in the country as a whole.
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The happiest east London borough is Waltham Forest - rated by Rightmove as the 7th happiest place to live in London overall.
This is the 13th annual Happy at Home Index put together by Rightmove, collecting scores from each area from the residents themselves.
According to the survey, a range of factors make people happy where they live, such as a welcoming community, access to nature, and the proximity of schools, doctors and shops.
Woodbridge, in Suffolk, won the title of the happiest place to live in the UK, while Slough, in Berkshire, was named the unhappiest.
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