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What do you consider the prettiest part of the UK?

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Hour · 13/12/2024 14:11

I wfh and can move pretty much anywhere. Giving up on London.

Without being practical ie considering infrastructure, transport, weather, demographics etc - where do you consider the prettiest part of the UK to be? I’m talking in terms of natural scenery and architecture. Or you could split it up.

I personally adore Norfolk. Coastline is unrivalled and the flint and brick is gorgeous. You obviously can’t beat the Cotswolds either for buildings but the landscape isn’t my favourite.

My answer would be:
buildings/architecture - Cotswolds (very unoriginal but I’m a sucker for limestone)
natural beauty - Pembrokeshire

Just hoping to hear about places I’ve never heard of.

Not wanting to offend at all. I LOVE the Pembrokeshire coastline but I’m sorry to say I found the buildings a little bit run down when I visited in Summer.

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LadyWiddiothethird · 13/12/2024 16:55

West Sussex,nothing beats standing up on the downs for me.

Dealingwithatrexrightnow · 13/12/2024 16:48

Gone12 · 13/12/2024 14:59

Definitely Scotland, especially the western coast.

West Sussex countryside is very pretty.

North Somerset e.g around Minehead.

Yorkshire Dales - so green.

Most of Wales.

Edited

Can’t beat North Somerset. I like beauty but also infrastructure

BloodyHellBob · 13/12/2024 16:46

The north coast of Northern Ireland particularly around Ballycastle and the Glens of Antrim are beautiful.

ThePoshUns · 13/12/2024 16:41

The Pembrokeshire coast, it's gorgeous, in fact I'm here right now.

SFRSmum · 13/12/2024 16:40

Where I live is pretty spectacular in SW Scotland, beaches, sea, hills, rolling green fields.

It's not been discovered really yet, house prices are still reasonable compared to most of the rest of the UK.

I always think how lucky we are to live here, especially when returning home after holidays.

Downside, it's miles and miles from anywhere. 30 miles to town, 90 to city.

(Photos from local fb page)

What do you consider the prettiest part of the UK?
What do you consider the prettiest part of the UK?
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zingally · 13/12/2024 16:39

Up in the Shropshire hills on a calm sunny mid-summers day is VERY hard to beat!
It's classed as an "area of outstanding natural beauty" as well.

AuntyMabelandPippin · 13/12/2024 16:37

Lake District, Scotland and Northumberland.

All absolutely stunning.

alloutofcareunits · 13/12/2024 16:37

The Lake District is beautiful, as are parts of Northumberland. But the prettiest place I've visited is probably a tiny village in Devon called Lustleigh. Found it by chance and we have a fortnight holiday there every year now

1457bloom · 13/12/2024 16:34

Hull is nice.

Sourisblanche · 13/12/2024 16:33

Southwell countryside in Notts

Cairngorms on a crisp winters day with endless blue sky.

Jurassic coastline.

I also like looking at the cliffs of Dover disappearing on the ferry to France.

ginasevern · 13/12/2024 16:33

I too love Pembrokeshire and lived there for a long time. However, it certainly isn't a place for chocolate box villages and there is prettier countryside in the UK. Personally I think the Carmathenshire landscape is very underrated. It is incredibly beautiful and quite mystical imo. Edited to add the Wye Valley - just breathtaking and there are pretty villages there too.

Another2Cats · 13/12/2024 16:32

"I personally adore Norfolk."

A couple of other people have mentioned this but I would also say somewhere around the Essex/Suffolk border, places like Dedham or Flatford

"buildings/architecture - Cotswolds (very unoriginal but I’m a sucker for limestone)"

Lincolnshire is also well known for limestone. Collyweston (after which the stone and slate are named) is 4 miles south of Stamford and the villages in that area have lots of limestone buildings.

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user2848502016 · 13/12/2024 16:31

North Yorkshire if you like coastline and pretty buildings

SoySaucy · 13/12/2024 16:29

Purbeck!

MrsMitford3 · 13/12/2024 16:29

Yorkshire Dales

Northumbria-Bamburgh. Gorgeous coast line

Lake District

89redballoons · 13/12/2024 16:29

The North Devon/Cornwall coast, all the way down from around Mortehoe to Padstow. I've done all kinds of travelling, in the UK and abroad, and whenever we're booking a holiday I'm still drawn back to these places. Especially in the off season. Port Isaac, Boscastle, Crackington Haven, Widemouth Bay, Appledore, Saunton Sands.

Squirrelsnut · 13/12/2024 16:27

The Cotswolds. I live on the border. It's ridiculously, insanely pretty. I like lush trees and gentle hills. Bare mountains and craggy hills do nothing for me.

turbonerd · 13/12/2024 16:26

Aberdeenshire.
Lovely coastline. Big and small towns. Slightly better weather than the West coast 😄
Affordable houses and apparently the pints are cheap.
And I love the beaches!

Magnastorm · 13/12/2024 16:26

Ethylred · 13/12/2024 16:00

London is the only part of the UK of any significance to the ROW. So London.

London is many things, but pretty it is not, with the exception of a few isolated bits.

Magnastorm · 13/12/2024 16:25

The west coast and highlands of Scotland, by a country mile.

cosima4 · 13/12/2024 16:25

It's all about the weather - in which case, stay in London!

Annabella92 · 13/12/2024 16:24

West Coast of Scotland, Glencoe, Mull, the other Islands. Further up the Highlands also.

ErrolTheDragon · 13/12/2024 16:22

Ethylred · 13/12/2024 16:00

London is the only part of the UK of any significance to the ROW. So London.

Significance elsewhere isn't relevant to the OPs question about 'prettiness'.

It's impossible to choose, but the U.K. is small enough we can get to most of the lovely places mentioned fairly easily.
So the best thing is to live right in the middle of the country - which gives you the Forest of Bowland on your doorstep, with Lakes, Dales, north wales, Cheshire, Peak District in daytrip reach and the rest within a days drive except for some of the Scottish islands.

FKAT · 13/12/2024 16:17

Yeah, Clee Hill is stunning.

Ohshutupalan · 13/12/2024 16:15

Shropshire where I am lucky to call home.

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