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cherish123 · 11/04/2025 01:43

Surrey or Edinburgh (Lothian)

bettydavieseyes · 11/04/2025 01:42

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.😂

That's where I live. It's a big area, I wouldn't say it's posh. Maybe it sounds like it.

moto748e · 11/04/2025 01:39

Somerset's OK. It's better than Wiltshire.

BobbySox71 · 11/04/2025 01:32

MrsMoastyToasty · 11/04/2025 00:47

Bath and North East Somerset.

It's small but parks punch. Less than 200,000 live here (mostly in Bath, Midsomer Norton and Keynsham - the rest is rural).It's a double Unesco world heritage site too because of the Roman Baths and the architecture of places like the Royal Crescent.

I currently live in a nice outer London suburb and dream of moving to Somerset.
DH is semi retired, dd has just joined the Royal Navy fleet air arm so there’s nothing to tie us to London anymore. I’m fed up of living next to a HS2 site.
i work in healthcare so my job is transferable

ForeverDelayedEpiphany · 11/04/2025 01:31

Buckinghamshire. I lived there for about 35 years and the homes along Cokes Lane in Little Chalfont grew in price to ridiculous amounts, £2m plus. And Noel Gallagher and The Osbornes lived there so it was extra posh 😂😂😂

VivienneDelacroix · 11/04/2025 01:31

Chungai · 10/04/2025 23:46

West Sussex.

Followed by Bucks or Hants I think.

Wiltshire is rather posh too in parts - but has Swindon in the middle.

Ha ha! West Sussex: Bognor and Littlehampton both rough as hell, Crawley...
Yeah not posh.

WooleyMunky · 11/04/2025 01:28

Eyes98 · 10/04/2025 23:45

Excluding Peterborough what would you say then?

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Are you selling any horses, caravans, or old 4x4s (strictly cash)?
Lived in that neck of the woods, a lot of it is lovely but rough as badger's.

WooleyMunky · 11/04/2025 01:21

Eyes98 · 10/04/2025 23:19

What would we all say about Cambridgeshire?

Nice if you want a cheap caravan and can speak the lingo.

midlandsmummy123 · 11/04/2025 00:58

Can't believe Essex hasn't been mentioned, four of the best Grammar schools in the country, plenty of mansions, top restaurants etc but actually I do think that Essex has a different feel to the home counties.

Franjipanl8r · 11/04/2025 00:54

moto748e · 11/04/2025 00:51

Midsomer Norton is dog-rough, and Keynsham is a drab little town. But I am not a Bath fan.

Don’t worry, Bath hasn’t noticed, it doesn’t miss you.

Pieceofpurplesky · 11/04/2025 00:52

Surrey South, Cheshire North

IfYouPutASausageInItItsNotAViennetta · 11/04/2025 00:52

EconomyClassRockstar · 11/04/2025 00:47

I second Rutland. Even though half of the people on here won't even know where it is.

The Rutlanders are probably still shaking with ghastly shock at the very notion that they were once officially part of Leicestershire

Tarkan · 11/04/2025 00:51

Fife would probably try to say they’re posh just from having St Andrews. 😇🤣 DH’s ex-MIL was very much a “the students are doing WHAT?” sort of person there. 🤣

moto748e · 11/04/2025 00:51

Midsomer Norton is dog-rough, and Keynsham is a drab little town. But I am not a Bath fan.

IfYouPutASausageInItItsNotAViennetta · 11/04/2025 00:50

Franjipanl8r · 11/04/2025 00:43

Everyone’s just naming where they live aren’t they?

I haven't gone anywhere near my own county yet! My county - in the Midlands - is, like most of the others, a place of contrasts. We have some rather posh areas (although not 'headline' posh) and some really 'earthy' places too (although, again, not 'headline' underprivileged).

Inasmuch as it isn't homogenous either, what about Northumberland? Some very posh and desirable places there!

EconomyClassRockstar · 11/04/2025 00:47

I second Rutland. Even though half of the people on here won't even know where it is.

MrsMoastyToasty · 11/04/2025 00:47

Bath and North East Somerset.

It's small but parks punch. Less than 200,000 live here (mostly in Bath, Midsomer Norton and Keynsham - the rest is rural).It's a double Unesco world heritage site too because of the Roman Baths and the architecture of places like the Royal Crescent.

IfYouPutASausageInItItsNotAViennetta · 11/04/2025 00:46

Calliopespa · 11/04/2025 00:36

I was thinking more Eton, Winchester.

Nothing wrong with grammar schools but they are hardly what you’d call posh,

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I seem to recall the good people of Eton - and maybe Maidenhead too, actually - campaigning a few years back to change their Slough (SL) postcode!

Franjipanl8r · 11/04/2025 00:43

Everyone’s just naming where they live aren’t they?

IfYouPutASausageInItItsNotAViennetta · 11/04/2025 00:42

SiobhanSharpe · 11/04/2025 00:32

Yes, the council is very anti-car and keeps closing important roads in the city with the result that the city centre is mostly gridlocked during the week.
They were supposed to be bringing in all-singing, all-dancing bus services. Hasn't hsppened yet and I'm not holding my breath.
Newmarket seems quite nice, it's a very prosperous 'horsey' town.

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Suffolk won't like Cambridgeshire trying to nick Newmarket off them, though

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Eyes98 · 11/04/2025 00:42

SiobhanSharpe · 11/04/2025 00:32

Yes, the council is very anti-car and keeps closing important roads in the city with the result that the city centre is mostly gridlocked during the week.
They were supposed to be bringing in all-singing, all-dancing bus services. Hasn't hsppened yet and I'm not holding my breath.
Newmarket seems quite nice, it's a very prosperous 'horsey' town.

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Newmarket is Suffolk though isn’t it?

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MarxistMags · 11/04/2025 00:41

Wiltshire.

Calliopespa · 11/04/2025 00:41

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 is quite suburban in a McMansion-y kind of way.

Being expensive doesn’t stop it being suburban.

I think this thread won’t get much agreement because some people are calling £££ posh and others aren’t.

SomethingUniqueThisTime · 11/04/2025 00:40

Slough hasn’t been in Bucks since 1974 when it changed to Berks

Bluebellwood129 · 11/04/2025 00:39

Buckinghamshire