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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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moto748e · 11/04/2025 11:26

What's so great about Rutland? What's there, apart from an unremarkable town (Oakham) and a large artificial lake?

themadhat · 11/04/2025 11:14

Rutland, I can’t believe it’s not included in your poll.

CuddlyDodoToy · 11/04/2025 11:13

Rutland in England. Conwy in Wales.

HauntedBungalow · 11/04/2025 11:13

Cleveland : The County That Dissolved Of Shame

kazvdcfc · 11/04/2025 11:12

AbsolutelyZero · 10/04/2025 23:40

Nailed on Berkshire.

Cheshire in the Midlands.

North Yorkshire in the North.

Cheshire isn’t the Midlands, it’s in the North West!

user1471516498 · 11/04/2025 11:10

Ultrarunner · 11/04/2025 10:40

Least posh probably south Yorkshire/Lincolnshire or whatever they call the county with Middlesbrough in it?

Erm, that would be North Yorkshire which has already had several votes. Something tells me you're a Southerner 😉

I think you are thinking of Cleveland, which encompassed Middlesbrough, Stockton, Hartlepool and Redcar. However, it was dissolved 30 years ago, so those towns are now split between N Yorkshire and Co Durham. Stockton is in fact in both counties, as the river Tees is the boundary.

Ultrarunner · 11/04/2025 10:40

Least posh probably south Yorkshire/Lincolnshire or whatever they call the county with Middlesbrough in it?

Erm, that would be North Yorkshire which has already had several votes. Something tells me you're a Southerner 😉

juldan · 11/04/2025 10:30

Smidge001 · 10/04/2025 23:57

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

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@Smidge001 Slough is definitely in Berkshire. Buckinghamshire has a weird shape. If you go West along A4 or the train line ,you have Slough in Berkshire, Burnham and Taplow in Buckinghamshire and then Maidenhead in Berkshire again.

Purplebunnie · 11/04/2025 10:29

snowmichael · 11/04/2025 10:11

And to everyone saying 'Bucks' I have one word for you
Slough
So bad Bucks pretends it's in Berks, and even Berks doesn't want it

Slough is in Berkshire not Buckinghamshire as many have pointed out

SpanThatWorld · 11/04/2025 10:29

JustHereWithMyPopcorn · 11/04/2025 09:40

Bucks or Herts

Herts is not posh.

Some of it is pleasant eg Hitchin.

Potters Bar, Hatfield, Stevenage, Borehamwood, some of the outskirts of the nicer towns such as Panshanger and that dismal bit of St Albans whose name i can't remember.

Lots of people left the wrecked bits of London post war to move to the New Towns.

Not posh

SpanThatWorld · 11/04/2025 10:23

Eyes98 · 10/04/2025 23:45

Excluding Peterborough what would you say then?

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Much the same tbf

It doesn't really contain the wealth or the fanciness of the Cotswolds. Outside the city itself, there's a fair number of rural towns and villages with lack of opportunity. Some of the towns are nice but overall nit posh.

Purplebunnie · 11/04/2025 10:21

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 😂😂😂

I had to look up where Coke Lane was as I used to work in Little Chalfont. Yeah I used to drive down there to work sometimes to avoid going through Amersham having come via the back of Chequers when they were building the Wendover bypass. Never knew what it was called

There are some absolutely stunning properties around there and Chalfont St Giles

Pices · 11/04/2025 10:17

Oxfordshire. It can’t be Bucks. It doesn’t have enough private schools. Lots of people move there for the grammars.

WhatATimeToBeAlive · 11/04/2025 10:14

Hampshire or Dorset.

Calliopespa · 11/04/2025 10:12

snowmichael · 11/04/2025 10:11

And to everyone saying 'Bucks' I have one word for you
Slough
So bad Bucks pretends it's in Berks, and even Berks doesn't want it

Bucks is not posh.

SleeplessInWherever · 11/04/2025 10:12

Having relocated from Middlesbrough to Cheshire, I can confirm that it’s definitely posher.. and more expensive!

Whether it’s fully posh I don’t know, since I clearly originate from the slums 😂

I am surprised by how widely known it apparently is that Boro is “rough,” I always thought we were basically an unknown place on a map!

snowmichael · 11/04/2025 10:11

And to everyone saying 'Bucks' I have one word for you
Slough
So bad Bucks pretends it's in Berks, and even Berks doesn't want it

Calliopespa · 11/04/2025 10:11

100percenthagitude · 11/04/2025 10:04

Define "posh". Are we talking old money or those nasty arrivistes?

Find it fascinating that pretty much all of your posts are questions @Eyes98 . Can see you're on housewife capital of the UK this morning, too. Feels very researchy. If you were knocking some column filling dross for one of those very unposh women's mags! 🤣🤣

And the poll is rigged.

InWithThePlums · 11/04/2025 10:10

AbsolutelyZero · 10/04/2025 23:40

Nailed on Berkshire.

Cheshire in the Midlands.

North Yorkshire in the North.

Cheshire is not in the Midlands!

snowmichael · 11/04/2025 10:09

Obviously Surrey

100percenthagitude · 11/04/2025 10:04

Define "posh". Are we talking old money or those nasty arrivistes?

Find it fascinating that pretty much all of your posts are questions @Eyes98 . Can see you're on housewife capital of the UK this morning, too. Feels very researchy. If you were knocking some column filling dross for one of those very unposh women's mags! 🤣🤣

HonoraBridge · 11/04/2025 09:56

Norfolk. Lots of royals including the King at Sandringham.

ACynicalDad · 11/04/2025 09:52

despairdespair · 10/04/2025 23:19

Kent,we have the best schools,and I live in a bubble where the celebrities live in a road that homes are worth 5-7 million quid. Lovely neighbours,so absolutely not bothered.
They are just people who go to same supermarkets and walk their friendly dogs.

If you split them West Kent isn't that dissimilar to Surrey, but it's still not top tier. From someone who grew up in West Kent then moved East.

Bobbie1976 · 11/04/2025 09:51

Norfolk

Biffbaff · 11/04/2025 09:51

Cambridgeshire is a hole!

Cornwall has to win the award for most snooty

Surrey most pretentious

The "rough" parts of Oxford are as good as it gets elsewhere.