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Eyes98 · 2025-04-10T21:57:16+00:00

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.😂

Jijithecat · 11/04/2025 08:55

Calliopespa · 11/04/2025 00:41

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.

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Surrey is a bit more nuanced than that. North Surrey is more suburban, which is likely due to it's proximity to London.
Towns like Haslemere and Cranleigh with it's surrounding villages are pretty and leafy.
Loads of National Trust properties, listed buildings and independent schools like Charterhouse and Cranleigh.
Surrey's definitely not like that all over, it has it's rough patches, but it's also not all new money either.

Trumpsgoneloco · 11/04/2025 08:53

A lot of posters are confusing wealth with posh is more like it I’d say …

Agree, Virginia Water & Cobham are ££££ but not posh to me.

Calliopespa · 11/04/2025 08:53

Embarrassinglyuseless · 11/04/2025 08:52

Absolutely not Surrey (I live in a very green + beautiful part of the Surrey hills) - it’s expensive, it’s close to London. It isn’t smart in the way that parts of Norfolk / Aberdeenshire are.

ultimately the word ‘posh’ means very different things to different people though. And even the smartest rural areas have pockets of deprivation or urban areas that aren’t so ‘fancy’

I don’t think there’s a conclusive answer here OP

Aberdeenshire is a good contender.

Calliopespa · 11/04/2025 08:52

Delphigirl · 11/04/2025 08:51

Every smart county needs its rough parts, otherwise where would the staff and tradesmen live?
🤣🤣🤣

Quite!

Embarrassinglyuseless · 11/04/2025 08:52

Absolutely not Surrey (I live in a very green + beautiful part of the Surrey hills) - it’s expensive, it’s close to London. It isn’t smart in the way that parts of Norfolk / Aberdeenshire are.

ultimately the word ‘posh’ means very different things to different people though. And even the smartest rural areas have pockets of deprivation or urban areas that aren’t so ‘fancy’

I don’t think there’s a conclusive answer here OP

Calliopespa · 11/04/2025 08:52

DevonCreamTeaPlease · 11/04/2025 08:51

I think Surrey or Berks are the winners.

A lot of posters are confusing 'pretty villages' with wealth.

A lot of posters are confusing wealth with posh is more like it I’d say …

DevonCreamTeaPlease · 11/04/2025 08:51

I think Surrey or Berks are the winners.

A lot of posters are confusing 'pretty villages' with wealth.

Delphigirl · 11/04/2025 08:51

Every smart county needs its rough parts, otherwise where would the staff and tradesmen live?
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GetMeOutOfMeta · 11/04/2025 08:51

Lived in Kent and Surrey and can say there are certainly bad parts of both. Surrey is incredibly dull but lots of money usually from banking and legal roles. Kent is more interesting but possibly poorer over all.

I always thought places like Wiltshire would be where the real old money was, keeping far quieter than Surrey!

Delphigirl · 11/04/2025 08:50

What this thread proves is that only those who are smart know where smart people live

and everyone else doesn’t really understand the question

ho hum

back to Tatler

Calliopespa · 11/04/2025 08:46

ProfessionalPirate · 11/04/2025 08:33

Fully agree! The poshest people I know all love to make out like they are struggling with the school fees and drive crappy old cars, but they have estates and properties worth hundreds of millions.

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So not in a Surrey McMansion then!? 😂

Calliopespa · 11/04/2025 08:45

Wintersgirl · 11/04/2025 08:41

This thread is exhausting and a bit pointless really, can we all agree that EVERY county has posh and rough parts? When a poster points out posh county there's always a counter post with "yeah but it has Shithole on Sea so can't be posh"

Agree.

Also think everyone has their own “concept” of posh.

Assistantarchibald · 11/04/2025 08:43

Surrey easily wins. 29% of kids at independent school, highest house prices outside of London, more than 120 golf courses. Most wooded county in England.

Wintersgirl · 11/04/2025 08:41

This thread is exhausting and a bit pointless really, can we all agree that EVERY county has posh and rough parts? When a poster points out posh county there's always a counter post with "yeah but it has Shithole on Sea so can't be posh"

marchblossom · 11/04/2025 08:40

@DevonCreamTeaPlease So, Henley then?

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DevonCreamTeaPlease · 11/04/2025 08:39

Abenny · 11/04/2025 08:34

Oxfordshire, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire.

Definitely not Surrey (depending on how you define posh). I’m reminded of the bit in The Pursuit of Love where Sadie finds out that Tony Kroesig’s family live in Surrey

All those counties are quite deprived in places and the only rich people are landowners, not ordinary families. You're describing the Cotswolds. Pretty and some rich spots, but a lot of deprivation- Swindon and Gloucester themselves.

DevonCreamTeaPlease · 11/04/2025 08:34

Delphigirl · 11/04/2025 08:20

1st tier is Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, West Sussex, North Yorkshire I’d say

2nd tier is Berkshire, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Devon, northants

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Nooooo

Hampshire is not posh. Aldershot anyone?

Oxfordshire- not really.

Gloucestershire- hmmm- pockets of deprivation.

West Sussex- some parts but not overall.

North York- some parts are idyllic but there is a lot of poverty and unemployment in some areas.

I think you're confusing 'pretty villages and towns' with real wealth.

None of the west country is 'posh'- most people are really poor apart from tourist hot spots.

Posh parts are those bordering the Thames, near Eton, Ascot, Virginia Water- so some parts of Surrey, part of Bucks and Berkshire.

Abenny · 11/04/2025 08:34

Oxfordshire, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire.

Definitely not Surrey (depending on how you define posh). I’m reminded of the bit in The Pursuit of Love where Sadie finds out that Tony Kroesig’s family live in Surrey

ProfessionalPirate · 11/04/2025 08:33

Calliopespa · 11/04/2025 08:22

I think posh has to have an element of understatement or it isn’t properly posh, it’s just flashy.

So a “ flashy” stately home is fine so long as it needs a new roof! 🤣

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Fully agree! The poshest people I know all love to make out like they are struggling with the school fees and drive crappy old cars, but they have estates and properties worth hundreds of millions.

MrsMoastyToasty · 11/04/2025 08:30

While we are talking about counties may I remind you that the County of Avon no longer exists?
(Despite many companies addressing mail to it).

I've also noticed our Scottish and Welsh counties haven't been mentioned...

Calliopespa · 11/04/2025 08:29

stringbean · 11/04/2025 08:27

Not Hampshire - anywhere that contains Southampton, Portsmouth, Basingstoke, Totton and Eastleigh cannot be considered posh. There are pockets - places in the New Forest, Winchester - but not posh as a county overall.

I’m realising they are all “ pock-marked” with less nice bits.

I think you have to take an overall assessment.

stringbean · 11/04/2025 08:27

Not Hampshire - anywhere that contains Southampton, Portsmouth, Basingstoke, Totton and Eastleigh cannot be considered posh. There are pockets - places in the New Forest, Winchester - but not posh as a county overall.

Calliopespa · 11/04/2025 08:27

MistyMoistyMorningCloud · 11/04/2025 08:25

No

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Agreed. Cambridgeshire has nothing too posh about it. It’s nice enough.

Brutalist · 11/04/2025 08:26

@YourAzureEagle don't think anyone here looks at Swindon as part of the county.

For this alone I think you win.

EdithBond · 11/04/2025 08:26

Berkshire, Buckinghamshire or Oxfordshire.