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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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ERthree · 11/04/2025 09:48

Sutherland

ERthree · 11/04/2025 09:47

Eyes98 · 10/04/2025 23:05

Interesting when you consider a few of the Oxford city suburbs are very rough indeed!

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But Barton is lovely 😁

suah · 11/04/2025 09:47

AelinAG · 11/04/2025 09:41

Wherever Windsor is?

Definitely not. Windsor and Slough basically form a continuous metropolitan area.

Calliopespa · 11/04/2025 09:41

toomanyseasonsinoneday · 11/04/2025 09:33

That's been going on since the 50s. Everyone I went to school with, their parents had moved out from London and that was in the 70s and 80s.

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Yes

AelinAG · 11/04/2025 09:41

Wherever Windsor is?

JustHereWithMyPopcorn · 11/04/2025 09:40

Bucks or Herts

Shetlands · 11/04/2025 09:38

What do you mean by 'posh'?
If it's 'new money' rich people who have a couple of generations of wealth created from 'trade' then they aren't the same 'posh' as 'old money' landed estate families.

The former might be more concentrated around the home counties with easy access to London.

Many of the latter have roots in counties with prime agricultural land and profitable tenanted farms. They often have a town house in London too.

BobbyBiscuits · 11/04/2025 09:36

I would say Surrey or Bucks. But I used to live in high wycombe which is a crud hole. Even in chesham there are some rough estates. Aylesbury is another dreadful place that looks superficially quite 'naice.'

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

ofcourseitschanged · 11/04/2025 09:33

Oxfordshire and ignore the Town itself especially the pretentiousness of Summertown, (parts of)

toomanyseasonsinoneday · 11/04/2025 09:33

Calliopespa · 11/04/2025 09:25

Berkshire has suffered from proximity to London creep

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That's been going on since the 50s. Everyone I went to school with, their parents had moved out from London and that was in the 70s and 80s.

80smonster · 11/04/2025 09:32

ElbowsUp · 10/04/2025 23:01

Yup, can't argue with the science:

https://www.crownpavilions.com/news/the-poshest-home-counties-revealed/

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Kent definitely is NOT posh.

IfYouPutASausageInItItsNotAViennetta · 11/04/2025 09:32

DevonCreamTeaPlease · 11/04/2025 09:28

Or worse if they go on the hunts.

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Indeed! Most people use it as an inoffensive term to mean 'silly people' without actually knowing the rhyming etymology!

IfYouPutASausageInItItsNotAViennetta · 11/04/2025 09:30

Berkshire NHS Trust covers Slough.

AmIthatSpringy · 11/04/2025 09:30

HauntedBungalow · 10/04/2025 23:09

North Lanarkshire

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

DevonCreamTeaPlease · 11/04/2025 09:28

IfYouPutASausageInItItsNotAViennetta · 11/04/2025 09:25

Do you think they're just a load of berks? Grin

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Or worse if they go on the hunts.

Smarties2 · 11/04/2025 09:28

OneLemonGuide · 11/04/2025 06:40

Berkshire doesn’t actually exist any more, apart from as a historical county, so it’s a moot point to ask whether Slough is in it.

Historically though, I believe it was.

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They dissolved the county council but Berkshire still exists geographically.

Trumpsgoneloco · 11/04/2025 09:27

Well I’m backing off because the more I think about it, the more it seems it’s hard to define posh without starting to be a bit rude.

Same, does anyone remember the Fucking Fulfords? 🤣

TiredCatLady · 11/04/2025 09:26

I would have said Surrey before I actually spent any time there. It has some spectacularly rough parts absolute shitholes rubbing up against the private schools, mansions and golf courses.
As @PyongyangKipperbang says though - what definition of “posh” are we going by? Old money, new money, RP, royalty? Port out starboard home isn’t really a measure.

Wintersgirl · 11/04/2025 09:26

Calliopespa · 11/04/2025 09:24

There’s very posh bits in Hampshire but it’s also quite uneven. I’m not sure that makes it any less posh than other counties though.

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Yes Petersfield comes to mind, very much the green wellie brigade!

IfYouPutASausageInItItsNotAViennetta · 11/04/2025 09:25

suah · 11/04/2025 09:23

I live in Berkshire and I’m guessing the people who think Berkshire is posh are people who have never been here!

Do you think they're just a load of berks? Grin

Calliopespa · 11/04/2025 09:25

suah · 11/04/2025 09:23

I live in Berkshire and I’m guessing the people who think Berkshire is posh are people who have never been here!

Berkshire has suffered from proximity to London creep

LadyLucyWells · 11/04/2025 09:25

I would say either Surrey or Kent. Probably Kent just pips Surrey to the post.

IfYouPutASausageInItItsNotAViennetta · 11/04/2025 09:24

DevonCreamTeaPlease · 11/04/2025 09:04

so how do you define posh?

There will be an ONS survey on this and posh will be defined by both the cost of housing and the income of the residents.

So it will come down to wealth.

If you want to define 'posh' as going to Glyndebourne, wearing tatty old tweeds, driving an ancient Jaguar, hunting, having an Aga or two, and eschewing the trappings of wealth as shown by Oligarchs, that's different.

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There are ONS surveys at the other end of the spectrum, with deprivation indices. You can input your (full) postcode and see where you come out of around 30,000 postcode areas.

Obviously, poor ≠ non-posh; but it covers all kinds of circumstances for each area: financial, employment opportunities, transport links etc.

Last time I looked at the main deprivation index, 8 out of the 10 most deprived postcodes in England were in Blackpool; yet - like every other county - Lancashire also has some very posh and well-to-do areas too.

Calliopespa · 11/04/2025 09:24

Wintersgirl · 11/04/2025 09:22

Hampshire is a massive county, it's not all Eastleigh and Basingstoke..

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There’s very posh bits in Hampshire but it’s also quite uneven. I’m not sure that makes it any less posh than other counties though.

ProfessionalPirate · 11/04/2025 09:24

DevonCreamTeaPlease · 11/04/2025 09:07

You can be wealthy AND posh- and sometimes they do go together (ignoring people like the Beckhams.)

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Of course you can, but you can also be wealthy without being posh, and even posh without being wealthy in some cases.