The best place to live in the country

People living in mid-Suffolk have the best quality of life in rural Britain, new research claims. It has higher than average home ownership at 77 per cent, and residents there are among the healthiest in the UK, while babies born there are expected to live until 80. People in south Cambridgeshire were found to have the next best quality of life, followed by those in east Hertfordshire. Overall, the east of England has seven of the top 10 rural areas for the best quality of life.