Inside super posh UK village with the longest life expectancy in the whole country

Residents successful the affluent colony of Hartley Wintney tin expect to unrecorded agelong lives (Image: Jonathan Buckmaster)

Bret Henderson stood astatine his fishmonger stall successful the centre of Hartley Wintney connected a bitterly cold January afternoon. He has lived successful the country for 45 years successful total, and, going by the latest estimates, helium could beryllium hanging astir the village for a bully portion longer.

Hartley Wintney has been ranked by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) arsenic the spot successful the UK wherever men tin expect to bask the longest life - 83.44 years connected mean for those calved betwixt 2021 and 2023. The territory is sixth connected the leaderboard erstwhile it comes to women, but pistillate residents are inactive person a beingness expectancy of 85.89 years.

Express.co.uk spoke to radical successful Hartley Wintney aft visiting Aldershot. The British Army town, located conscionable 7 miles away, is successful Rushmoor which was precocious rated arsenic the worst spot to live successful the country.

“I wouldn’t person thought determination was that overmuch quality betwixt present and there, actually,” Mr Henderson said. “There are immoderate issues that they person implicit determination that we person implicit here, that’s for sure.”

Bret Henderson runs a food stall successful Hartley Wintney (Image: Jonathan Buckmaster)

As an example, helium cited NHS waiting lists, arsenic the areas are successful the aforesaid catchment area. Mentioning Frimley Park Hospital, the businessman said that it has the aforesaid pressures arsenic each 1 does these days.

But the fishmonger, who utilized to enactment successful the firm world, acknowledged that helium lives successful a “very affluent area” which brings “a definite outlook”. 

“It’s a large consciousness of community,” helium added. “We get large enactment from the section radical astir the stall and the shop.” However, Mr Henderson added that “it’s pugnacious for everyone astatine the moment”, and locals are making “different choices”.

Even successful this affluent village, immoderate section businesses person precocious closed, specified arsenic The Cricketers pub. “They conscionable weren’t getting the footfall,” Mr Henderson said.

The nutrient disposable astatine his stall, for example, is seen arsenic much of a luxury item, and immoderate customers are nowadays buying from him erstwhile alternatively than doubly a week.

The colony is located successful Hart, wherever men tin expect to unrecorded the longest lives successful the UK (Image: Jonathan Buckmaster)

A 62-year-old woman, who wished not to beryllium named, had her rima afloat aft snacking connected a pastry from the William Dyer deli connected the precocious street. After finishing her past bite, she said: “Take up golf; they’re each successful their 80s.”

The woman, who lives successful adjacent Camberley, but visits the colony often, was not amazed astatine the precocious beingness expectancy successful the area, arsenic immoderate of the octogenarians person a 17 handicap. “I emotion it,” she added, “absolutely emotion it."

She continued: “And we did look astatine buying present a fewer years ago, but we didn’t. Our neighbours person moved here. There’re a batch of bully schools successful the locality arsenic well.”

Her emotion of Hartley Wintney stems from “all the small shops”, including 1 that sells wine. She besides meets friends successful the colony and browses antiques.

On adjacent Aldershot, the pistillate added: “Years ago, my household were precocious up successful the army… It’s similar chalk and cheese; you’re trying to comparison apples and oranges."

Marie Jones owns the Sweet Shop successful Hartley Wintney (Image: Jonathan Buckmaster)

Marie Jones, 49, runs the Sweet Shop connected the precocious street. She told Express.co.uk: “It’s nice. [There are] bully people.

“The schools are good, I conjecture that’s different crushed [for the precocious mean beingness expectancy], isn’t it? There are a batch of aged radical here, but besides a batch of radical travel present due to the fact that of the commute to London. 

“And you’ve got the cricket green, bully places to walk. They’re aged quality houses but you get that successful Aldershot arsenic well, don’t you? 

“The colony has doubled successful size since I’ve been present due to the fact that of the mates of caller lodging estates.”

The information that the A30 runs done the colony benefits shops, Ms Jones, who has managed her store for 4 years, she added.

But she caveated this by, similar Mr Henderson earlier, emphasising that radical either are not spending oregon are buying online.

Express newsman Adam Toms visited Hartley Wintney (Image: Jonathan Buckmaster)

“Actually, I didn’t bash excessively severely this twelvemonth - astir apt astir a percent down. I’m a tiny walk shop, truthful hopefully I’m not affected excessively badly.”

The businesswoman past described a alternatively nostalgic country of a flood of schoolchildren successful the store connected Fridays. “It’s a bully atmosphere; it does scare me, though,” Ms Jones said.

“I don’t interest excessively overmuch astir the shoplifters.”

Sophie Carlisle works astatine Auriol Wines, which is owned by her father. She described a “friendly” assemblage successful the village.

The 22-year-old added: “I truly similar it, but being a young idiosyncratic backmost from uni, I’d similar a small spot much to do. 

“But having a household here, it’s great, and it’s safe. You tin decidedly locomotion astir astatine nighttime and consciousness safe.”