Studham in Bedfordshire has come top in a poll compiled by Estate Agent, Savills for the Telegraph. Estate agents have reported a rise in demand for home in countryside locations, something that has been rising since the pandemic .

According to Savills’ analyst, Frances Clacy, “People want villages have have a bit of everything, from schools to countryside with accessibility to cities and transport infrastructure.” Savills have also reported that buyers are looking for old architecture, greenery and a sense of community spirit. The research has led them to compile a list of Britain’s 54 poshest villages, with Studham coming out on top.

According to Savills, Studham, which is nestled in the Chiltern Hills ticks boxes because the village’s pubs were founded in the 1500s and as well as access to the Chilterns, there is also a village green and easy access to larger towns, such as Hemel Hempstead.

The full list is as follows:

Studham, Bedfordshire
Sunningdale, Berkshire
Turville, Buckinghamshire
Hemingford Abbots, Cambridgeshire
The Alderleys, Cheshire
Rowen, Clwyd
Rock, Cornwall
Brancepeth, County Durham
Hawkshead, Cumbria
Llarnarmon-yn-Iâl, Denbighshire
Edensor, Derbyshire
South Pool, Devon
Studland, Dorset
Gullane, East Lothian
Sutton upon Derwent, East Riding of Yorkshire
Kingston-near-Lewes, East Sussex
Ramsden Bellhouse, Essex
Elie, Fife
Bourton on the Hill, Gloucestershire
Haigh, Greater Manchester
Beaulieu, Hampshire
Bosbury, Herefordshire
Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire
Fishbourne, Isle of Wight
Ightham, Kent
Great Eccleston, Lancashire
Newton Linford, Leicestershire
Uffington, Licolnshire
Hightown, Merseyside
Shirenewton, Monmouthshire
Burnham Market, Norfolk
Kirkby Overblow, North Yorkshire
Church with Chapel Brampton, Northamptonshire
Warkworth, Northumberland
Colston Bassett, Nottinghamshire
Harpsden, Oxfordshire
Newgale and Roch, Pembrokeshire
Strathtay, Perthshire
Burley, Rutland
Cound, Shropshire
Wellow, Somerset
Cawthorne, South Yorkshire
Shenstone, Staffordshire
Killearn, Stirling and Falkirk
Walberswick, Suffolk
Shackleford, Surrey
Dinnington, Tyne and Wear
Whichford, Warwickshire
Oxwich, West Glamorgan
Barston, West Midlands
The Lurgashall, Lodsworth and Lickfold Triangle, West Sussex
Scarcroft, West Yorkshire
Avebury, Wiltshire
Ombersely, Worcestershire

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