Yummy mummies, Range Rovers, private schools and tweed gilets – they all scream one thing: posh. Posh people tend to flock to some of the greenest and prettiest parts of the country, places with huge Georgian townhouses, state of the art gyms and a local Gail’s bakery.
Now, with help from data from estate agent Savills, the Telegraph has revealed the 14 suburbs in the UK that have the highest number of households with the biggest mortgages, are close to the best schools, have gorgeous green spaces and high streets full of indie stores — i.e. the poshest places in the country.
Five out of the 14 areas are (predictably) in the UK’s most spenny city, London. But beyond the capital, the UK’s bougiest neighbourhoods can be found in the likes of Cambridge, Bristol, Manchester and Glasgow.
North Central in Oxford was the most affluent place outside of London. It has an average house price of £1.3m and average household income of £115k.
Fellow university town Cambridge featured high on the list. The suburb of Newnham is one of the most ‘sought after’ parts of the city and is a ‘hub for academia, science and pharmaceuticals’, with an average house price of £1.1m and household income of £104k.
Stoke Bishop in Bristol, which is close to some of the UK’s fanciest private schools, has also been named one of the country’s poshest locations, alongside Dorridge in Solihull and Edwalton and West Bridgford in Nottingham.
These are the UK’s 14 poshest suburbs, according to the Telegraph
- Herne Hill, London
- Between the Commons, London
- Brook Green, London
- Barnsbury, London
- Newnham, Cambridge
- South Hampstead, London
- North Central, Oxford
- Stoke Bishop, Bristol
- Dorridge, Solihull
- Edwalton and West Bridgford, Nottingham
- Didsbury Village, Manchester
- Gosforth, Newcastle
- Bearsden, Glasgow
- Lisvane, Cardiff
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