Which of the Home Counties do you prefer?

[AwesomePossums]

I'm pondering a move and just curious to know which of the Home Counties you favour? If you have an opinion of course.

What are the Home Counties?

This explains it better than I can.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_counties

Cumbria

Surrey and Sussex.

Thr Home Counties are the counties that border London.

When did they move Cumbria?

Cumbria is lovely though. I'll give you that.

When I did. Best move ever.

I always wondered which counties were included. I’d hate to live anywhere near London (or indeed, urban). So I’d have to go for a nice bit of Surrey.

I don't know where the Home Counties are. I also get confused between the New Forest and the Black Forest 🤔

Middlesex and Berkshire are nice. If you have a lot of money!!

I also get confused between the New Forest and the Black Forest 🤔

Well, they are practically next door.

I can't talk though. My UK geography is very poor.

I realise that bits of Kent are rural but I’m used to mountains and valleys and loathed the scenery (or lack thereof) when I went to Kent. It was like being in an American film where people drive long distances on weirdly straight roads with no hedges.

Don't get me started on the Peak District 😲

Surrey dweller here. Best county, obviously.

Born and brought up in Surrey! It always seems to have an unfairly bad reputation. Feel like I have to apologise for coming from there.

Is that because it's regarded as very posh, tobee?

Flat scenery in Kent?! North Downs?

Obviously I am biased but Garden of England, naturally!

Hertfordshire, I lived and worked in Hertford, which I really enjoyed. I’ve lived in Berkshire as well.

I grew up in Middlesex when it still existed (me & Russell Grant). I don’t miss it

Of the rest I like the Sussexes & Kent best.

I would love to live in Kent - if I could afford it!

Kent for me, varied scenery; lovely hilly parts nearer London around the North Downs and the Greensand Hills, with beautiful villages, pubs and churches. Many national trust type places. And also remote, lonely areas on Sheppey and Dungeness. Herts and Essex would be my least favourite, sorry.

Kent. But my family originally came from there and I have links there, so I'm obviously biased!

Hertfordshire.

Excellent schools. Easy commute to the City. Lots of green. Also, good property 😁

Parts of Kent are lovely
I love Essex too.

I feel as though I rarely hear about Hertfordshire. I could tell you so little about it. I'll have to go read up on it because I'm sure it's lovely, or alternately watch more Escape To The Country.