The poshest county in the UK?

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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.😂

Yes, I agree, I live in Hampshire and I consider it pretty posh but I don't live in a posh part of it.

There are some beautiful places in the county but also some that are considered really rough and not very nice.

@SwornToSilence , did you mean ridiculous?

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/housekeeping/5312645-poshest-uk-county-the-poll

Poll is here everyone!!!

It’s the most wooded county in England. I think people who consider Surrey to just be suburban are only thinking of the bit within the M25 (Epsom, Ewell, Staines etc). Most of Surrey is rural or semi-rural.

I grew up there....not posh! Us in Portsmouth called Southampton "scummers land"

Well, postal counties were abolished 30 years ago so no-one should be using them in their addresses at all but some people and businesses are a bit slow on the uptake.

I know someone who lives in Mitcham but says she lives in Surrey 😆

I have to agree, Surrey has stunning villages countryside and woodland.

Must be Surrey surely?

(And no, I don't live there !)

I live in an outer London Borough and still have Middlesex as part of my postal adress!

I grew up there....not posh! Us in Portsmouth called Southampton "scummers land"

But no one country is going to only have posh places, I'm fully aware of these places.

According to Tatler this month, it is Northamptonshire. So that must be the answer.

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I doubt if Worcestershire is but when I visited Broadway it just screamed affluent. Is wealth the same as posh though.

Very true! Problem is, North Yorkshire is by far the largest county by area so it’s inevitable that there will be… some parts best forgotten about at the extremities. This is why I think Rutland has the edge because it’s so small, no rough city suburbs or dodgy seaside towns to sully its reputation. Just country pursuits and a decent school.

No. Not Kent.

Yes. Exactly!

And that's in the London borough of Merton.

That’s what I think.

It’s flashy not posh. But I think people are giving posh their own meaning on this thread - as ever on MN.

The comments are correct that most counties have less posh bits, but to be Surrey doesn’t really have any posh bits. Expensive, yes.

Benefits and working benefits are a great part of British living standards, it makes finance easier

posh is the other end of the scale

Same. I live on the edge of very posh parts though and whilst I dont live in a village I am surrounded by them with lots of rolling countryside and manor houses.

It is also mainly Tory MPs which I think ups the posh factor! (This last election being a bit of an anomaly)

This is impossible to answer as there are horrible parts of every county.

Celebrities aren't the first thing that come to mind on hearing the word 'posh'
🙄 far from it. That bubble 😂

I think Norfolk is a strong contender.

Some parts of Oxfordshire, Wiltshire and Hampshire.

All counties tend to have rough patches.

No you don’t. Because postal counties no longer exist. You’re fine to add it if you want, but you could just as well put Narnia for all it means.