Bexley has been revealed as the happiest borough to live in London, according to tweets.

Data analysis Tekja produced a new Twitter study which gave an insight into the capital’s happiest to saddest boroughs.

The data was collected through 50,000 tweets each day and Bexley came out on top – with Lewisham third bottom and Sutton last.

The point of a tweet was determined by examining each word against a list of 2,500 English words rated for happiness from -5 (negative) to +5 (positive).

All of the results are being displayed at Somerset House’s Big Bang Data exhibition which runs until February 28.

Director of exhibitions at Somerset House Claire Catterall said: “It is interesting that it is the outer boroughs which all take the top spots at both ends of the happiness scale.

"Before we analysed the data, we automatically assumed that people would be posting the happiest tweets from the top attractions of London in the centre of the city.

"But, with the likes of Bexley, you have the bright lights of London only a few miles away.

"It seems like in order to be truly happy in London, you need to experience the best of both worlds.”