What's the best county in the U.K.?

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I'm tempted to say Devon but there's so many wonderful places out there and so many I haven't visited. I love Yorkshire too. What's your nomination?

Yorkshire - if im having to be specific York but all of Yorkshire. I could see myself living around there.
Gloucestershire is pretty too.
Nottinghamshire though in my opinion has its positives!

West Sussex!

Northumberland.
Friendly, old fashioned (in a good way), clean and empty.
Stunning beaches, amazing Castles (google Bamburgh for perfect pair)
Lots of pretty little villages with good pubs / cafes with local fresh food
Lindesfarne, Barter Books in Alnwick, the Rose gardens, fishing on the Tweed at Berwick, Kippers at Craster, ices at Amble, more castles :)
And did I mention it's really friendly?

Not mine but a former colleague addressed a letter to a major client whose premises were located at an address called The Pump House, only she accidentally typed The Pimp House.

Speaking of errors, wrong thread.

Yorkshire

Dorset

Cumbria

I have the best of both worlds, Yorkshire born so obviously nowhere else is better but Cornwall where I now live is a good second

Shropshire and Yorkshire tie with Northamptonshire second.

Yorkshire - all of it.

Just on the Yorkshire county councils thing someone mentioned up thread, there were three ridings; west, north and east. Now, in terms of local govt in any case, there is one county council (north York's, which is a two tier administration), and multiple unitaries (so East Riding of Yorkshire, york, Leeds, Bradford, Sheffield etc etc)
But the actual counties are North, east, south and west. (I'm very boring, I work in local govt...🤣🤣🤣)

I'm married to a Cumbrian, so spend a fair bit of time up there. It's lovely in parts, but not so keen on their coastline. Lakes obv lovely though.

Northumberland also beautiful.

Co Antrim, without a doubt.

What about Kent? Close to London, great heritage, coast and the beer garden of England.

Am kind of not surprised that I’ve only spotted one vote for Essex (have skimmed quickly though).

It’s a shame, as there are so many gorgeous villages wth beautiful old houses, a bit like some of Suffolk but overshadowed by reality tv perceptions of Essex!

From a visual point of view, a downside is how flat the landscape is so you don’t get a sweeping sense of views. However, it’s a relatively dry part of the UK so makes Autumn and winter a bit easier to cope with.

I love Cumbria, but couldn’t cope with the wetter/colder weather there.

I guess we’re lucky that we’ve got such a range of gorgeous places within fairly easy reach in our small and plentiful Isle!!

I come from Cheshire,but live in HERTS now and hate it. Cheshire would be my favourite. but love Yorkshire and Lancashire too.

My favourites on Country file tv prog,are when they do up North items.

I might get killed outright here but I do think there's a sort of superiority when people go on about Yorkshire?

Well that's hardly out fault. I do, obviously, feel a slight pity for those unfortunate enough to be born elsewhere and be brought up without our sense of humour.

Northumberland is lovely but North Yorkshire is sheer perfection.

Yorkshire

Just for the beauty

And cos I live here

I think Yorkshire wins. No point in arguing with a majority vote!

I have heard Northumberland is beautiful too though so must visit and spend more time there.

I have heard Northumberland is beautiful too though so must visit and spend more time there

We have best of both worlds. Live in Yorkshire, visit Northumberland regularly for holiday.

Dorset. In particular, the Purbecks.

I mean, what does Yorkshire have that beats the countryside around the Stiperstones and the Long Mynd??

"Clunford, Clungunbury, Clunton and Clun,
The four quietest places under the sun."

The countryside in and around South Shropshire is imo the most beautiful in the UK. The Stiperstones, The Devil's Chair and The Long Mynd are super, and the view from the top of Brown Clee takes your breath away.

Even Telford has The Wrekin. Looking north towards the Cheshire Gap is another stunning view. I used to be able to see my house from there. :o

Suffolk

North Yorkshire is beautiful, but many parts of Scotland are stunning. It's partly to do with the light.

I think there are lots of places that compete, and are probably better than Yorkshire on individual categories, e.g:

Coastline - Pembrokeshire or Cornwall
Mountains - Scottish highlands, Cumbria
Wild moors - Northumberland

But Yorkshire has it all.