Favourite county in England?

[Redway]

As it says in the title. We have some truly nice cities in this side of the U.K. (Liverpool, Manchester and London are all different shades of okay to good) but how about counties?

First dibs on Kent for me anyway.

[Oliver_W]

Either Norfolk or any of those in the West Country.

[Redway]

Either Norfolk or any of those in the West Country.

West Country? We being serious here, Ollie?

[Redway]

Maybe I’m just being stereotypically biased because of how Birmingham sort of is but the West Midlands is not my favourite side of England by a long stretch.

[Alf]

God's own county. The biggest and the best.

[Oliver_W]

West Country? We being serious here, Ollie?

Maybe I’m just being stereotypically biased because of how Birmingham sort of is but the West Midlands is not my favourite side of England by a long stretch.

Ew, the West Country isn't the West Midlands, I wouldn't visit Birmingham with a ten foot yard stick :joker:

West Country is the "toe" of GB, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset...

[Kate!]

I would say Devon

[Redway]

Ew, the West Country isn't the West Midlands, I wouldn't visit Birmingham with a ten foot yard stick :joker:

West Country is the "toe" of GB, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset...

Ahhh, yeah. Cornwall’s supposed to be absolutely lovely. I had the chance to get down there last weekend with some family and looking at the pictures and stories I wish I did but I decided to go in the summer instead.

[Redway]

I also quite like Cheshire in parts. Chester per-se comes with a very judgemental aura from people who are either of the selectively social Frosham-esque snob-squad who look down on everyone who’s not like them or Wrexham-affiliating pot-bellied weirdos on coke but it’s also a beautiful city in many ways, unlike Liverpool actually has a Waitrose, which I visit when I can afford to. I do keep the bags as receipt-proof of being someone who can afford to pop into Waitrose for more than duck/goose fat and Camden beers and carry them around with me a lot but it’s not a question of being truly snobbish as-such. I’m just that sort of person who often pops to the shops when they’re doing their day-to-day business and no-one can deny that Waitrose bags are just a little classier to be carrying around than B. & M. ones (not that I don’t shop there quite a bit). It’s just convenient.

But no, Chester has some superb scenery and nice restaurants so I’d recommend visiting for a weekend or so.

[Alf]

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[Redway]

Another thing I like about Chester is the compactness of it all (in terms of having a lot of major attractions while still being a relatively small, cozy city) and the quality of certain things you can get there is higher than it is in most other parts of England. You just need to know where to go and look.

[Zizu]

Well I was born in Lancashire but it was relocated to Gtr Manchester somewhere along the line ..

My favourite county would have to be Cornwall .. St Ives is so beautifully picturesque


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[rusticgal]

Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds...
Dorset
Cornwall

[Crimson Dynamo]

Essex

[Niamh.]

Cornwall looks beautiful but I haven't been, as does Devon. I was in Dorset years ago as I had an Aunt living there and that was lovely

[bots]

Kent wins easily

[Beso]

Essex.

[Redway]

Kent wins easily

Kent's gorgeous.

Liverpool itself a great city but Merseyside as a county-conglomerate isn't exactly somewhere you go for your holidays. It's a very average, run-of-the-mill county outside of one big city.

I used to have a major thang for Essex but not so much anymore. It's become very cliched and I have enough casual buddies from Essex (or have had over the years) to tide me through the Easternmost-Cockney bants without actually visiting. Barking/Dagenham/Ilford (which are really part of East London, just the Easternmost fringes of it) are a bit different to Essex and I don't mind those places. Public transport in Ilford is ace. (I've got a bit of extended family who live there.)

[Redway]

Kent's gorgeous.

Liverpool itself a great city but Merseyside as a county-conglomerate isn't exactly somewhere you go for your holidays. It's a very average, run-of-the-mill county outside of one big city.

I used to have a major thang for Essex but not so much anymore. It's become very cliched and I have enough casual buddies from Essex (or have had over the years) to tide me through the Easternmost-Cockney bants without actually visiting. Barking/Dagenham/Ilford (which are really part of East London, just the Easternmost fringes of it) are a bit different to Essex and I don't mind those places. Public transport in Ilford is ace. (I've got a bit of extended family who live there.)

I mean, I guess there’s Haydock races (something besides Aintree, which is still part of Liverpool itself) but that’s it. It’s otherwise bereft of attractions as far as counties go. No-one really likes St Helens that much, do they?

[Vanessa]

Cornwall.

[UserSince2005]

North Yorkshire tbh

[Zizu]

North Yorkshire tbh


Ahhh Scarborough and Whitby


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[Redway]

I’m overdue a trip to Leeds but I don’t know where that is between North and South Yorkshire. And it’s a city, not really somewhere that’s representative of broader rural Yorkshire. Want to spend a bit of time in York, too (which as far as I can tell is a bit more traditional and countryside-y).

[Zizu]

I’m overdue a trip to Leeds but I don’t know where that is between North and South Yorkshire. And it’s a city, not really somewhere that’s representative of broader rural Yorkshire. Want to spend a bit of time in York, too (which as far as I can tell is a bit more traditional and countryside-y).


York is a beautiful old city !!


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[Kazanne]

Has to be Shropshire for me,beautiful countryside and so many historical sights and buildings.

[Kate!]

I mean, I guess there’s Haydock races (something besides Aintree, which is still part of Liverpool itself) but that’s it. It’s otherwise bereft of attractions as far as counties go. No-one really likes St Helens that much, do they?

No, St Helens has become a ghost town. It used to be bustling but its been killed off. The selection of shops is poor, and the nightlife is rough.

[Redway]

No, St Helens has become a ghost town. It used to be bustling but its been killed off. The selection of shops is poor, and the nightlife is rough.

Yeah, I heard. Some of my family-friends used to live there but ultimately moved down to Liverpool about 9 years ago. St Helens just wasn’t worth it in the end, especially considering the distance it takes to get from there to anywhere even vaguely bustling (like Liverpool, Manchester or even Wigan).

[smudgie]

North Yorkshire.💕

[Zizu]

No, St Helens has become a ghost town. It used to be bustling but its been killed off. The selection of shops is poor, and the nightlife is rough.


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[Redway]

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There’s a brilliant sixth-form college there (St Helens) called Carmel (Carmel College) that I was considering going to back when I was 15/16 but the fact that it was in St Helens didn’t help. The college itself is outstanding (seriously good) but the location made it easier for me to circumscribe my choice down. At that particular point it was more of a case of the fact that I couldn’t be arsed to get the ’bus to-and-fro St Helens every weekday but since then St Helens as a whole has lost the slight charm it used to have. Carmel college is literally the only good thing about it now.