Happy Valley may refer to:

Places

American Samoa

Happy Valley, American Samoa Happy Valley is a residential area with farmland located near Mount Tepatasi in Pago Pago, American Samoa. Six World War II ammunition bunkers are visible along the main road leading into Happy Valley, situated on the left-hand side before reaching ...

, a residential area in Pago Pago

Antarctica

Happy Valley, Antarctica The Behrendt Mountains () is a group of mountains, long, aligned in the form of a horseshoe with the opening to the southwest, standing southwest of the Merrick Mountains in Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. Location The Behrendt Mountains are in th ...

, a valley in the Behrendt Mountains, Ellsworth Land

Australia

* Happy Valley,

New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...

* Happy Valley, Queensland (Fraser Island), a town in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland *

Happy Valley, Queensland (Mount Isa) Happy Valley is a suburb of the town of Mount Isa in the City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. In the , Happy Valley had a population of 733 people. Geography The Leichhardt River flows north–south through the town of Mount Isa, dividi ...

, a suburb in Mount Isa, Queensland *

Happy Valley, South Australia Happy Valley is a metropolitan suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located 20 km south of the Central Business District of Adelaide. Within the suburb is the Happy Valley Reservoir accompanied by South Australia's largest water trea ...

* Happy Valley, Victoria (Golden Plains Shire) *

Happy Valley, Victoria Happy Valley is a locality located in the Local Government Area of the Rural City of Swan Hill The Rural City of Swan Hill is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the north-western part of the state. It covers an area ...

* Happy Valley,

Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...

, in the Millbrook State Forest *

City of Happy Valley A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

, a local government area in South Australia from 1935 to 1997 * City of Happy Valley, Noarlunga and Willunga, a former name of City of Onkaparinga, South Australia

Canada

Happy Valley, British Columbia Happy Valley is an unincorporated settlement in the Western Communities area of Greater Victoria on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. ...

* Happy Valley, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, a ghost town * Happy Valley Forest, in King, Ontario ** Happy Valley, King, Ontario, 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 central Labrador on the coast of Lake Melville and the Churchill River, Happy Valley-Goose Bay is the largest population centre ...

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

China

Hong Kong is listed separately. *

Happy Valley (amusement parks) Happy Valley () is a chain of amusement parks located in various cities of China. The first park opened in 1998 in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. Since then seven more amusement parks have opened in Beijing, Chengdu, Shanghai, Wuhan, Tianjin, Cho ...

, a chain of theme parks, including a list of the eight 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 bigges ...

, a shopping mall in Guangzhou * Happy Valley, the nickname of the 1940s

Sino-American Cooperative Organization The Sino-American Special Technical Cooperative Organization, also known as the Sino-American Cooperative Organization (SACO), was an intelligence gathering organization created by China and the United States during the Second World War. It was f ...

near Chongqing

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 The Battle of the Ruhr (5 March – 31 July 1943) was a strategic bombing campaign against the Ruhr Area in Nazi Germany carried out by RAF Bomber Command during the Second World War. The Ruhr was the main centre of German heavy industry with ...

Hong Kong

Happy Valley, Hong Kong Happy Valley ( zh, first=t, t=跑馬地) is an upper-income residential List of places in Hong Kong, area in Hong Kong, located on Hong Kong Island. The area is bordered by Caroline Hill to the east, Jardine's Lookout to the south, Morrison Hi ...

, an upper-income residential area on Hong Kong Island **

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 capacit ...

, a horse-racing course and tourist attraction

India

* Happy Valley, Shillong, Meghalaya * Happy Valley, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand

Kenya

Happy Valley, Kenya The Happy Valley set was a group of mostly 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 between the 1920s and the 1940s. ...

, a region of the Wanjohi Valley in colonial British Kenya

New Zealand

* Happy Valley, Wellington *

Happy Valley, West Coast Happiness is a complex and multifaceted emotion that encompasses a range of positive feelings, from contentment to intense joy. It is often associated with positive life experiences, such as achieving goals, spending time with loved ones, ...

; see Save Happy Valley Coalition * 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 Tu ...

United Kingdom

Happy Valley (garden) Happy Valley is a garden created by Edwin Harrold in Stenness, Orkney, Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, con ...

, in Orkney, Scotland * Happy Valley Park, Coulsdon, London * A landmark in

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

* A nickname for

Bollington Bollington is a town and civil parish in Cheshire, England, to the east of Prestbury. In the Middle Ages, it was part of the Earl of Chester's manor of Macclesfield and the ancient parish of Prestbury. At the 2021 census, the parish had a pop ...

, Cheshire * An area on the side of the Great Orme in Llandudno, North Wales * A nickname for

Calder Valley Calder may refer to: People * Calder (surname) * Clan Calder, a Highland Scottish clan Places * Calder, Tasmania, Australia, a locality * Calder, Edmonton, a neighbourhood in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada * Calder, Saskatchewan, Canada ...

in Yorkshire, England, based on its drug problem; see

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 The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. s ...

* Happy Valley, Shasta County, California * 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 is a suburban city in the Portland metropolitan area. Happy Valley is near the northwest edge of Clackamas County, Oregon, United States approximately 13 miles to the southeast of downtown Portland. The population was 23,733 at the ...

Happy Valley (Pennsylvania) Happy Valley is a region in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. The region contains the borough of State College, and five townships, College, Halfmoon, Harris, Patton, and Ferguson. The region is part of the larger Nittany Valley, a ...

, a region of Centre County * Happy Valley, Tennessee (disambiguation) * A nickname for

State College, Pennsylvania State College is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough and Home rule municipality (Pennsylvania), home rule municipality in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a college town, home to the University Park, Pennsylvania, University Park ...

* A nickname for

Utah County, Utah Utah County is the second-most populous County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Utah. The county seat and largest city is Provo, Utah, Provo, which is the state's fourth-largest city, and the largest outside of Salt Lake County. As ...

* 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, fishin ...

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 film, musical fantasy film, fantasy anthology film produced by Walt Disney and Ben Sharpsteen and released on September 27, 1947, by RKO Radio Pictures. The film is a compilation of two ...

'' * ''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 BBC One, BBC1 on 6 September 1987 in the ''Sunday Premiere'' strand. It was written by David Reid (television producer), David Reid, directed by Ross Devenish, and produced by C ...

'', 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 ''The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia'', originally titled ''The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale'', though often abbreviated to ''Rasselas'', is an apologue about bliss and ignorance by Samuel Johnson. The book's original working title was ...

'' by Samuel Johnson

Education

Happy Valley Elementary School District Happy Valley Elementary School District is a public school district based in Santa Cruz County, California, United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily locate ...

, Santa Cruz County, California, United States *

Happy Valley Union Elementary School District Happy Valley Elementary School District is a public school district based in Santa Cruz County, California, United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily loca ...

, Santa Cruz County, California, United States

Sports

Happy Valley AA Happy Valley Athletic Association (), known simply as Happy Valley or HVAA, is a Hong Kong sports club which no longer competes in the Hong Kong football league system. They are historically one of the most successful football clubs in Hong K ...

, 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 to ...

, South Australia *

, a racecourse for horse racing in Hong Kong

Other uses

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

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 mostly 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 between the 1920s and the 1940s. ...

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