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The poshest county in the UK?

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Eyes98 · 10/04/2025 22:57

Which one county would you say is the outright poshest in the UK? Let’s not use Greater London here, and I know there will be social diversity in all, but which would you say is the poshest overall?
I’m going with Berkshire, darling.😂

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Meredusoleil · 11/04/2025 07:52

Mielikki · 11/04/2025 07:50

Well, postal counties were abolished 30 years ago so no-one should be using them in their addresses at all but some people and businesses are a bit slow on the uptake.

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I live in an outer London Borough and still have Middlesex as part of my postal adress!

VonRyansExpress · 11/04/2025 07:52

Must be Surrey surely?

(And no, I don't live there !)

Wintersgirl · 11/04/2025 07:52

Mielikki · 11/04/2025 07:48

It’s the most wooded county in England. I think people who consider Surrey to just be suburban are only thinking of the bit within the M25 (Epsom, Ewell, Staines etc). Most of Surrey is rural or semi-rural.

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I have to agree, Surrey has stunning villages countryside and woodland.

Trumpsgoneloco · 11/04/2025 07:51

I know someone who lives in Mitcham but says she lives in Surrey 😆

Mielikki · 11/04/2025 07:50

Meredusoleil · 11/04/2025 07:28

You're right - my mistake! Some of the postal addresses still use Surrey despite being in a London Borough.

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Well, postal counties were abolished 30 years ago so no-one should be using them in their addresses at all but some people and businesses are a bit slow on the uptake.

Katemax82 · 11/04/2025 07:49

Trumpsgoneloco · 10/04/2025 23:54

Hampshire?

I grew up there....not posh! Us in Portsmouth called Southampton "scummers land"

Mielikki · 11/04/2025 07:48

Jijithecat · 10/04/2025 23:40

I'm not sure I'd call St George’s Hill suburban.

I'm sure I read that Surrey is the leafiest county in England.

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It’s the most wooded county in England. I think people who consider Surrey to just be suburban are only thinking of the bit within the M25 (Epsom, Ewell, Staines etc). Most of Surrey is rural or semi-rural.

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Pedant1Scorner · 11/04/2025 07:45

@SwornToSilence , did you mean ridiculous?

Myblueclematis · 11/04/2025 07:45

FilthyforFirth · 11/04/2025 07:31

Outrageous that Hampshire has got no love on this thread!

Yes, I agree, I live in Hampshire and I consider it pretty posh but I don't live in a posh part of it.

There are some beautiful places in the county but also some that are considered really rough and not very nice.

muddyford · 11/04/2025 07:44

Rutland.

Augustusjoop · 11/04/2025 07:44

Eyes98 · 10/04/2025 23:19

What would we all say about Cambridgeshire?

Definitely not!

Wintersgirl · 11/04/2025 07:43

5foot5 · 11/04/2025 00:20

Prestbury. But also Crewe

Maybe this is the case with all counties, so trying to identify the "poshest" is difficult

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Yeah this is the point I made earlier, every county will have a posh and rough area..

Rewis · 11/04/2025 07:42

Royal County of Berkshire

Cause I've heard posh people say it out loud and it sounds very posh

Notgoodatpoetrybutgreatatlit · 11/04/2025 07:41

I grew up in Cambridgeshire actually South Cambridgeshire which tends to feature in those best places to live magazine articles. I looked up the demographics of the village my parents lived in and it has the most weird statistics. The average educational qualification was PhD! I'm assuming it's something to do with its proximity to Cambridge. I know my Gran lived next to a retired Professor and her deputy as chair of the parish Council was another professor.
Maybe not posh but certainly knew how to spell. Gran still ran the village though.

Toptotoe · 11/04/2025 07:40

Herefordshire

Spirallingdownwards · 11/04/2025 07:40

Eyes98 · 10/04/2025 23:19

What would we all say about Cambridgeshire?

I live in Cambridge which would be posh (based on house prices) but much of Cambridgeshire is remarkably deprived eg Fenland, Peterborough.

BTW your choice of Berkshire has Slough - Deffo not posh.

I would go with Buckinghamshire and Surrey.

Wintersgirl · 11/04/2025 07:40

FilthyforFirth · 11/04/2025 07:31

Outrageous that Hampshire has got no love on this thread!

Ooh I forgot lovely Hampshire, Winchester and the surrounding villages are rather posh!

OudAndRose · 11/04/2025 07:37

Surrey and Berkshire tied.

We needed a poll OP!

marchblossom · 11/04/2025 07:36

Lots of interesting thoughts. If you’ve mentioned ‘celebs’ and ‘footballers’ as part of the reasoning then yeah, not posh😂

Essex, Cheshire and Kent are extremely wealthy in parts but not at all posh.

I grew up in one of those ‘tougher’ Oxford suburbs. (And live up in the Cotswoldy bit now) None of them are as bad as people make out. Love where I grew up and still hang out there. The whole county is probably quite posh and desirable comparatively. The history makes it feel so.

But I’d probably go Buckinghamshire or Surrey tbh. Possibly Cornwall.

The poshest people I know (family crest, family tartan, landed-gentry-type-posh) do live in Oxon but are from Lincolnshire so perhaps that’s the real answer!

NotSayingImBatman · 11/04/2025 07:35

Middlesbrough/stockton/hartlepool.

So posh, they don’t have to follow the conventions of actually being in a county. They’re like royalty. Different rules to the plebs.

Brutalist · 11/04/2025 07:33

Hard question to answer if you haven’t lived EVERYWHERE… But, Rutland is far from poshest in the country 😂

95percentcocoa · 11/04/2025 07:33

Warwickshire

Bushmillsbabe · 11/04/2025 07:32

Smidge001 · 10/04/2025 23:57

Slough isn't in Berkshire, it's in Bucks.

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Slough used to be Bucks but now is Berks.

Moved to a south bucks village a few years ago, it is a lovely area to live

TheOnlyAletheia · 11/04/2025 07:32

PigglyWigglyOhYeah · 11/04/2025 06:50

I agree. A very high concentration of men wearing red trousers.

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We call them “ancestral trousers” 😂 The more dirty they are, the posher the wearer 😂