Happy Valley may refer to:

Places

American Samoa

* Happy Valley, American Samoa, a residential area in Pago Pago

Australia

* Happy Valley,

New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , es ...

* Happy Valley, Queensland (K'gari) * Happy Valley, Queensland (Mount Isa) * Happy Valley, South Australia *

Happy Valley, Victoria (Golden Plains Shire) Happy Valley is a locality in the Local Government Area of the Golden Plains Shire. It shares the same name with Happy Valley in Northern Victoria. Happy Valley is a former gold mining town south-west of Ballarat that is now only a rural loc ...

Happy Valley, Victoria Happy Valley is a town located in the Local Government Area of the Rural City of Swan Hill. It shares the same name with Happy Valley in Western Victoria. References Towns in Victoria (Australia) Towns in Mallee Rural City of Swan H ...

* Happy Valley,

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

, in the Millbrook State Forest *

City of Happy Valley The City of Happy Valley, formerly the District Council of Meadows, was a local government area in South Australia from 1935 until 1997. History The District Council of Meadows was established on 1 May 1935 by amalgamation of most of the District ...

, a local government area in South Australia from 1935 to 1997 *

City of Happy Valley, Noarlunga and Willunga The City of Onkaparinga () is a local government area (LGA) located on the southern fringe of Adelaide, South Australia. It is named after the Onkaparinga River, whose name comes from ''Ngangkiparinga'', a Kaurna word meaning women's river. It i ...

, a former name of City of Onkaparinga, South Australia

Canada

* Happy Valley, British Columbia * Happy Valley, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, a ghost town *

Happy Valley Forest Happy Valley Forest is a 6.48 square kilometre provincially significant ecological area, classified as an Area of Natural and Scientific Interest by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. It consists of an upland forest on steeply rolling topo ...

, in King, Ontario **

Happy Valley, King, Ontario Happy Valley is an unincorporated rural community in King, Ontario, King Township, York Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada. Geography Happy Valley Forest is a provincially significant ecology, ecological area located near the settlement. I ...

, a community within the forest *

Happy Valley-Goose Bay Happy Valley-Goose Bay (Inuit: ''Vâli'') is a town in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Located in the central part of Labrador on the coast of Lake Melville and the Churchill River, Happy Valley-Goose Bay is the largest popul ...

, Newfoundland and Labrador * Rural Municipality of Happy Valley No. 10, Saskatchewan

China

Hong Kong is listed separately. * Happy Valley (amusement parks), a chain of theme parks, including a list of the eight parks * Western Surprise Happy Valley, in

Shifang Shifang is a county-level city in Sichuan, China, under administration of Deyang prefecture-level city. It is located directly about from Chengdu. It had an area of and a population of 430,000 in 2004. Shifang has a history stretching ba ...

, Sichuan Province, not related to Happy Valley (amusement parks) *

Happy Valley (Guangzhou) Happy Valley () is a shopping mall in the Zhujiang New Town of the Tianhe District, Guangzhou, China. Overview The mall, completed in 2012, has of floor space designed by Altoon-Partners and Benoy Ltd. The total floor area makes it the bigge ...

, a shopping mall in Guangzhou

Germany

* Happy Valley, a nickname for Hoppstädten-Weiersbach Airfield in Germany * Happy Valley, an ironic nickname used by RAF bomber crews during World War II for the Ruhr; see Battle of the Ruhr

Hong Kong

* Happy Valley, Hong Kong

India

* Happy Valley, Shillong, Meghalaya *

Happy Valley, Mussoorie Happy Valley is an area situated within the hill station of Mussoorie with majority of Tibetans settled in area in Dehradun district, Uttarakhand, India. Location Happy Valley is near the Indian Administrative Services Academy - Lal Bahadur ...

, Uttarakhand

Kenya

Happy Valley, Kenya The Happy Valley set was a group of hedonistic, largely British and Anglo-Irish aristocrats and adventurers who settled in the "Happy Valley" region of the Wanjohi Valley, near the Aberdare mountain range, in colonial Kenya and Uganda betwee ...

, a region of the Wanjohi Valley in colonial British Kenya

New Zealand

Happy Valley, Wellington Happy Valley is a southern suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, although it is not an "official" suburb to the Wellington City Council. It is a main thoroughfare between Wellington city and Wellington's somewhat rugged and scenic southern coast. ...

Happy Valley, West Coast Happiness, in the context of mental or emotional states, is positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. Other forms include life satisfaction, well-being, subjective well-being, flourishing and eudaimonia. Since ...

; see

Save Happy Valley Coalition The Save Happy Valley Coalition (SHVC) is an environmental activist movement formed with the express purpose of preventing the Cypress mine, an open cast coal mine on the West Coast of New Zealand, from proceeding. The Coalition is a member of t ...

* Happy Valley, a beginner's area at

Whakapapa skifield Whakapapa skifield is a commercial skifield on the northern side of Mount Ruapehu in Tongariro National Park, New Zealand. It is one of three skifields on the mountain, the others being Turoa, which is on Ruapehu's south-western slopes and Tukin ...

United Kingdom

Happy Valley (garden) Happy Valley is a garden created by Edwin Harrold in Stenness, Orkney, Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border wit ...

, in Orkney, Scotland *

Happy Valley Park Happy Valley Park is a public park in Coulsdon in the London Borough of Croydon. It is owned and managed by Croydon Council. Located in the Metropolitan Green Belt, Green Belt, most of it forms part of the Farthing Downs and Happy Valley Site of ...

, Coulsdon, London * A landmark in

Stockport Stockport is a town and borough in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey here. Most of the town is within ...

* A nickname for Bollington, Cheshire * An area on the side of the Great Orme in Llandudno, North Wales * The name " Happy Valley" is what local police in the

Calder Valley Calder is a Scottish name and may refer to: People *Calder (surname) *Calder baronets, two baronetcies created for people with the surname Calder *Alexander Calder (1898-1976), the American sculptor known for his mobiles, son of Alexander Stirlin ...

in Yorkshire, England, call the area because of its drug problem.

United States

* Happy Valley, Alaska * Happy Valley, Calaveras County, California *

Happy Valley, Plumas County, California Happy Valley is an area in Plumas County, California, United States, is located in Grizzly Valley The grizzly bear (''Ursus arctos horribilis''), also known as the North American brown bear or simply grizzly, is a population or subspecies of ...

Happy Valley, Shasta County, California Happy Valley is an unincorporated community 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Redding, California. It lies at an elevation of roughly 850 feet. Its population is 4,949 as of the 2020 census. It is roughly divided into Cloverdale and Olinda acros ...

* Happy Valley, Kentucky *

Happy Valley, New Mexico Happy Valley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 519 as of the 2010 census. The community is located on the western edge of Carlsbad; New Mexico State Road 524 ...

* Happy Valley, Oregon *

Happy Valley (Pennsylvania) Happy Valley, Pennsylvania is a region of Centre County that contains the borough of State College, and the townships of College, Harris, Patton, and Ferguson. Collectively, these municipalities comprise the Centre Region Council of Governments. ...

, a region of Centre County * A nickname for State College, Pennsylvania * Happy Valley, Tennessee (disambiguation) * A nickname for Utah County, Utah * Happy Valley Wildlife Management Area, in Oswego County, New York; part of the

New York State Wildlife Management Areas New York State Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) are conservation areas managed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) primarily for the benefit of wildlife, and used extensively by the public for hunting, fishing, ...

Vietnam

Happy Valley, Vietnam Happy Valley () was the name given by US Marines to a valley southwest of Danang in Quảng Nam Province, Vietnam Vietnam War Base camp Happy Valley was a major Vietcong (VC)/People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) base camp, storage area and supply in ...

Arts, entertainment, and media

* Happy Valley, a setting in the 1947 film segment ''

Mickey and the Beanstalk ''Fun and Fancy Free'' is a 1947 American animated musical fantasy package film produced by Walt Disney and released on September 27, 1947 by RKO Radio Pictures. It is the ninth Disney animated feature film and the fourth of the package films th ...

'' * ''Happy Valley'' (film), a 2014 documentary film about the Penn State child sex abuse scandal * ''Happy Valley'' (novel), a 1939 novel by Patrick White * ''Happy Valley'' (TV series), a BBC One drama series broadcast in 2014, 2016 and 2023 * ''

The Happy Valley ''The Happy Valley'' is a British television drama, first shown on BBC1 on 6 September 1987 in the ''Sunday Premiere'' strand. It was written by David Reid, directed by Ross Devenish, and produced by Cedric Messina. It stars Holly Aird as Juan ...

'', a 1987 TV film set in 1930s Kenya * "Happy Valley", a composition by Vanessa-Mae from her album '' China Girl: The Classical Album 2'' (1997) * The setting of '' The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia'' by Samuel Johnson

Education

* Happy Valley Elementary School District, Santa Cruz County, California, United States * Happy Valley Union Elementary School District, Santa Cruz County, California, United States

Sports

* Happy Valley AA, an association football team based in Hong Kong *

Happy Valley Football Club The Happy Valley Football Club is an Australian rules football club that competes in the Southern Football League. History The club first formed in 1952 playing in the former Hills Central Football League. In 1964, Happy Valley transferred ...

, South Australia *

Happy Valley Racecourse The Happy Valley Racecourse is one of the two racecourses for horse racing and is a tourist attraction in Hong Kong. It is located in Happy Valley on Hong Kong Island, surrounded by Wong Nai Chung Road and Morrison Hill Road. The capacity ...

, a racecourse for horse racing in Hong Kong

Transport

* Happy Valley station (disambiguation)

Other uses

* Happy Valley (constituency), a constituency in the Wan Chai District of Hong Kong *

, an Australian rules football club *

Happy Valley Reservoir The Happy Valley Reservoir is a water reservoir located in the southern Adelaide suburb of Happy Valley, South Australia. Constructed when the total population of Adelaide numbered 315,200 (1893 census), the Happy Valley Reservoir now supplies o ...

, a water reservoir in Adelaide, Australia *

Happy Valley set The Happy Valley set was a group of hedonistic, largely British and Anglo-Irish aristocrats and adventurers who settled in the "Happy Valley" region of the Wanjohi Valley, near the Aberdare mountain range, in colonial Kenya and Uganda between ...

, a notorious group of British expatriates in Kenya from the 1920s-1940s *

Happy Valley Tea Estate Happy Valley Tea Estate is a tea garden in Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Established in 1854, it is Darjeeling's second oldest tea estate. Spread over , it is situated at a height of above sea level, north of Darje ...

, a tea garden in Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India * Happy Valley, a chain of regional amusement parks in China owned by Overseas Chinese Town Enterprises

References

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