Which county to you live in? Is it nice and do you recommend it?

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As it's likely lots of us won't be travelling abroad much for a while it's got me thinking about areas of the UK I know very little about. Some counties I have never even driving through and I couldn't tell you anything about them - I literally have no opinion of what they are like at all, or famous for. for example Northamptonshire. I've passed through bits of it on the motorway or A1 I think but I have no clue about what it's like. Bedfordshire is another one. I have a perception (not great) of Luton and that's it.

I'd love to do a road trip this summer if I can (motorhome) all around Britain and stop at least a few days here and there in all the nicest parts of every county. Tell me about yours. Where are the lovely bits everyone gravitates to? Or the secretly lovely bits few people know about?

Staffordshire.

From a tourist point of view I wouldn’t really bother TBH . Unless you like theme parks, then you would be well catered for.

I’ve never been to the east coast of England. Nor London. I love Scotland, Wales, Devon, Cornwall & the north west of England (the Lake District etc).

Derbyshire & Shropshire are both nice - neither is far from me.

North yorkshire here, on the border of the Yorkshire Dale's. It's beautiful and id definetly holiday here. Buckden, Kettlewell, Hawes.

Lovely campsites all over.

Id love to explore more of the UK too so following this thread :)

Birmingham isn't in Leicestershire

TBF OP, I’ve been to Leicester & wouldn’t consider it the natural choice for a holiday.

Somerset, where the cider apples grow. I am surrounded by orchards, which are in full bloom at the moment. Foothills of the Mendips. Rolling, green, glorious countryside.
Exmoor, the Quantocks, Black down Hills, all gorgeous.
Finding fossils on the beach at Kilve.
Clotted cream teas
The mysterious landscape of the levels in winter, pollarded willow trees, looming out of thd mist, herons and over wintering swans.
Maybe an otter if you are lucky.
Bluebell woods, wild garlic in the shady hedges.
The smell of freshly cut hay in the late summer.
Standing in my garden last night to watch shooting stars and seeing venus shine bright, while a barn owl flew silently overhead.

circus In my head it is.

Id also reccomend North York Moors. Lots of history and beautiful old abbeys.. Fountains Abbey, rivleux Abbey, lots of vast moorland, waterfalls, woodland.. It has everything!

And obviously the coast with Whitby, Staithes, Runswick Bay ect too.

I once stayed in Glaisdale and remember thinking it was one of the most beautiful places I had been too!

The little towns in Leicestershire between Leicester and Loughborough are very nice, quite posh in places with lots of nice pubs and restaurants.

Quorn is one of my favourite places.

Cheshire.

I like it, if I stay living in the UK I'd be happy to stay here.

Lots of countryside, people that say hello to you when you walk past them along the canal or wherever (pre pandemic, obviously!)

In an ideal world though if I could easily achieve it I'd move to canada.

Worcestershire. I love it here

I have to agree with @Weedsnseeds1
Somerset is somewhere I always feel at home, it’s like it gives me a hug when I’m there.

Quorn is one of my favourite places.

QUORN? Was quorn named after Quorn by any chance?

Worcestershire. I love it here

Why? I need details and recommendations.

I'm not sure you can classify whole counties as there will be good/bad/indifferent parts in each. I wouldnt think the home counties like hearts, beds, bucks, northants are typical holiday spots but I know there are nice parts of all of them. I've been surprised how pretty, rural and old some parts of Milton Keynes are, for example!

Yes, Quorn was named after Quorn!

Brilliant!

I live in Bath and North East Somerset. (Known locally as BANES).
Obviously Bath is the main draw for tourists. I live between Bath and Bristol (geographically closer to Bristol, which is a county in its own right). Best bits of the city are the Roman baths and the fashion museum. Worst thing is property prices and traffic. The town I live in has good rail links, a regular farmers market and it's own music festival .

I live in Kent and it's gorgeous. There are some grotty parts admittedly but we live in a small picturesque town surrounded by gorgeous countryside with lots of places to visit.

Also don't write off Essex. I spent my early years living in Dedham and the area around there is just so gorgeous. Take a row boat from Dedham down to Flatford to see Willy Lots cottage.

Norfolk! We have some of the best coastline in the country. Incredible indy and Michelin restaurants, the locals are lovely (as long as you’re not a knob!), great walks, beautiful little villages, and no massive hills to have to climb up.

I love it so much here, would never move again I don’t think.

I don’t think Quorn was names after Quorn no 😁

I live in a village in Leicestershire. The county is great. Nice market towns, lovely villages, affordable housing, good walking & cycling in the north of the county. Transport links are very good, London is just an hour on the train. Leicester isn’t the most beautiful city, but it’s incredibly diverse and has emerged from the shadow of its neighbour, Nottingham in recent years with the success of the football team & the discovery of Richard III which has put us on the tourism map.

The main downside is that we are as far from the coast as it’s possible to be in this country, so there is no sense that we actually live on an island at all, if that makes sense.

Quorn is lovely as is Newtown Linford and lots of other parts of Leicestershire it's just the city that's a bit grim

Since you mention Northamptonshire OP it has, in general, crap towns but some lovely stone and ironstone villages with great pubs and old churches + stately homes. Plenty of other historical interest too - Civil War history, Gunpowder plot, for example. Was famous for its boot and shoe making - still has some left! Home of Formula 1.

North Dorset, it's full of history, beautiful countryside and lovely market towns and just 20 mins from Salisbury and Poole.

I went to Bath for the first time recently, for a wedding and stayed in the city. It's absolutely beautiful, fabulous shopping and restaurants, I got carried away thinking I could live there but OMG the HILLS and the traffic and the lack of parking around the residential areas of the city were horrendous and my satnav got completely confused because she kept trying to send us up one way streets and down narrow alleys. It was quite stressful.