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Best county in England?

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Wolfox

Wolfox

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N.Yorks has a lot to offer

 

Northumberland is wonderful 

 

Cornwall of course…

 

I don’t really know Cumbria

 

I’d probably have plump for N Yorks though…. The Dales, Moors and the coast are really something else…

Parafox

Parafox

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10 minutes ago, bovril said:

Very beautiful in parts and lots of history. 

 I agree but, sadly that's not the reputation associated with it. 

 

I guess the question then becomes, what make one county better than any other? Culture, scenery, history. it's people? Or a combination?

 

In which case I would suggest all counties have a USP, something more or less to offer by comparison to other counties. Therefore can there really be a winner?

 

Like art and music, it's subjective.

 

 

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bovril

bovril

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Norfolk. 

 

We have some of the best quality soil in England and we were one of the richest and most densely populated parts of Europe in the middle ages. Norfolk has been malting barley since Roman times and it's still some of the best in the world. 

 

We have 650 complete medieval churches still, more than anywhere else in England and a higher concentration than probably anywhere in the world. They contain thousands of medieval paintings and stained glass that surpass most places in the country. Medieval Norfolk was a cultural centre that produced the first book written in English by a woman and possibly the first autobiography in the English language. Norfolk was the home county of Nelson, the Boleyns, the Howards and the Walpoles. Abraham Lincoln's family originally came from Norfolk and many Americans can trace their ancestry back to the county.

 

Because Norfolk declined in importance after the industrial revolution, we've been spared a lot of the development that has blighted other parts of England and we still have a lot of countryside that feels quite unexplored and unchanged for hundreds of years. One of the great joys in Norfolk is getting lost down one of the thousands of little country lanes that go nowhere, roads that still follow the medieval paths that connected the many villages that no longer exist. We have a beautiful coastline with England's largest seal colony.

 

Unsurprising that the royal family choose to spend so much of their time in the county. 

 

 

 

 

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Parafox

Parafox

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10 minutes ago, PAULCFC said:

Yeah,love the places around poole,Weymouth......some great country pubs!

 

I think you've missed the satire in the video. lol

Electric Yetis

Electric Yetis

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5 minutes ago, Parafox said:

 

I think you've missed the satire in the video. lol

Love Dorset. By far my favourite UK spot and a place I always feel content in. Would love to move there.

 

The song always made me laugh as a kid which is why I put it on here.

 

 

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Izzy

Izzy

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7 minutes ago, bovril said:

Norfolk. 

 

We have some of the best quality soil in England and we were one of the richest and most densely populated parts of Europe in the middle ages. Norfolk has been malting barley since Roman times and it's still some of the best in the world. 

 

We have 650 complete medieval churches still, more than anywhere else in England and a higher concentration than probably anywhere in the world. They contain thousands of medieval paintings and stained glass that surpass most places in the country. Medieval Norfolk was a cultural centre that produced the first book written in English by a woman and possibly the first autobiography in the English language. Norfolk was the home county of Nelson, the Boleyns, the Howards and the Walpoles. Abraham Lincoln's family originally came from Norfolk and many Americans can trace their ancestry back to the county.

 

Because Norfolk declined in importance after the industrial revolution, we've been spared a lot of the development that has blighted other parts of England and we still have a lot of countryside that feels quite unexplored and unchanged for hundreds of years. One of the great joys in Norfolk is getting lost down one of the thousands of little country lanes that go nowhere, roads that still follow the medieval paths that connected the many villages that no longer exist. We have a beautiful coastline with England's largest seal colony.

 

Unsurprising that the royal family choose to spend so much of their time in the county. 

 

Don't forget Great Yarmouth 

 

 

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izzymuzzet

izzymuzzet

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7 minutes ago, foxy boxing said:

Yorkshire "God's own country"

Much as I love Yorkshire - it's four counties not one. West Yorkshire probably my favourite. 

 

Cumbria or Northumberland would be my choice.

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