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The poshest county in the UK?

435 replies

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.😂

OP posts:
Calliopespa · 10/04/2025 23:31

despairdespair · 10/04/2025 23:19

Kent,we have the best schools,and I live in a bubble where the celebrities live in a road that homes are worth 5-7 million quid. Lovely neighbours,so absolutely not bothered.
They are just people who go to same supermarkets and walk their friendly dogs.

Not the best schools …

Calliopespa · 10/04/2025 23:32

Surrey doesn’t seem posh to me. It feels suburban …

IfYouPutASausageInItItsNotAViennetta · 10/04/2025 23:39

I don't think it's that simple to do it on a whole county basis, though.

You say Berkshire, OP - home of Bray, Maidenhead and... Slough.

How about North Yorkshire - where you'll find Harrogate, Ripon and... Middlesbrough.

Suffolk has Aldeburgh, Lavenham and... Lowestoft.

Most counties are like it, surely. Maybe Rutland would scrape the win - purely because it has two smart towns and no extra room for anywhere less desirable to even fit in!

Jijithecat · 10/04/2025 23:40

Calliopespa · 10/04/2025 23:32

Surrey doesn’t seem posh to me. It feels suburban …

Edited

I'm not sure I'd call St George’s Hill suburban.

I'm sure I read that Surrey is the leafiest county in England.

AbsolutelyZero · 10/04/2025 23:40

Nailed on Berkshire.

Cheshire in the Midlands.

North Yorkshire in the North.

Stoppickingthosespots · 10/04/2025 23:40

Alderley edge, Cheshire

AbsolutelyZero · 10/04/2025 23:42

Stoppickingthosespots · 10/04/2025 23:40

Alderley edge, Cheshire

It’s full of money but I’d hardly describe it as posh.

memoriesofamiga · 10/04/2025 23:42

Eyes98 · 10/04/2025 23:05

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

I did say it was my experience 😁

SpanThatWorld · 10/04/2025 23:42

Eyes98 · 10/04/2025 23:19

What would we all say about Cambridgeshire?

Naice but not posh

Contains Peterborough

coxesorangepippin · 10/04/2025 23:42

Yeah Surrey's not posh

Try Lancashire

PyrannosaurusRex · 10/04/2025 23:45

Posh isn’t necessarily about house prices. I’d go for the stealth posh rural counties like Northumberland, Berwickshire, areas with big estates and huge houses that you don’t even know about because they’re surrounded by thousands of acres of deer- infested parkland.

Eyes98 · 10/04/2025 23:45

SpanThatWorld · 10/04/2025 23:42

Naice but not posh

Contains Peterborough

Excluding Peterborough what would you say then?

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Moopsie · 10/04/2025 23:45

Berkshire or Buckinghamshire would be my guess, but don’t sleep on Pembrokeshire. Plenty of very wealthy people there (if you disregard Pembroke Dock area) and it’s gorgeous.

Chungai · 10/04/2025 23:46

West Sussex.

Followed by Bucks or Hants I think.

Wiltshire is rather posh too in parts - but has Swindon in the middle.

Chungai · 10/04/2025 23:48

Oh what about Herefordshire? Not super swanky but also not rough.

Eyes98 · 10/04/2025 23:50

Chungai · 10/04/2025 23:46

West Sussex.

Followed by Bucks or Hants I think.

Wiltshire is rather posh too in parts - but has Swindon in the middle.

But West Sussex contains Worthing😂😂

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Treeleaf11 · 10/04/2025 23:51

Not sure about Berkshire-its got Reading

Trumpsgoneloco · 10/04/2025 23:54

Hampshire?

Trumpsgoneloco · 10/04/2025 23:54

Surrey is quite nouveau

123ZYX · 10/04/2025 23:57

Cumbria? Maybe not historically, but I suspect it’s got a high proportion of second home owners now

Smidge001 · 10/04/2025 23:57

IfYouPutASausageInItItsNotAViennetta · 10/04/2025 23:39

I don't think it's that simple to do it on a whole county basis, though.

You say Berkshire, OP - home of Bray, Maidenhead and... Slough.

How about North Yorkshire - where you'll find Harrogate, Ripon and... Middlesbrough.

Suffolk has Aldeburgh, Lavenham and... Lowestoft.

Most counties are like it, surely. Maybe Rutland would scrape the win - purely because it has two smart towns and no extra room for anywhere less desirable to even fit in!

Slough isn't in Berkshire, it's in Bucks.

ItsUpToYou · 10/04/2025 23:59

Surrey.

PyongyangKipperbang · 10/04/2025 23:59

memoriesofamiga · 10/04/2025 23:01

Oxfordshire in my experience.

A lot of the monied residents certainly seem to believe that it is!

GeorgianaM · 11/04/2025 00:03

Tresco Island.

NotEntirelySerious · 11/04/2025 00:03

Armagh is super posh. All the locals speak just like the King.

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