{"id":11176,"date":"2016-04-22T22:29:11","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T15:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-ripley-derbyshire-the-most-english-town-in-eng-er-land\/"},"modified":"2016-04-22T22:38:14","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T15:38:14","slug":"lets-move-to-ripley-derbyshire-the-most-english-town-in-eng-er-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-ripley-derbyshire-the-most-english-town-in-eng-er-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Ripley, Derbyshire: the most English town in Eng-er-land"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nDon\u2019t come expecting ye olde Morris dancers and chocolate box mead drinkers. This is the kind of quintessential England not found in tourist brochuresWhat\u2019s going for it? This is England. On this, St George\u2019s Day, what better place to visit than Officially The Most English Town in Eng-er-land. A study by University College London a decade ago found that Ripley, smack bang in the middle of the country, had the highest proportion of residents with English ethnic origins \u2013 88.6% \u2013 with its neighbour Heanor not far behind. What makes the Amber valley, wedged between Derby and Nottingham, such a hotbed of Englishness is a bit of a mystery, but don\u2019t come expecting ye olde Morris dancers and chocolate box mead drinkers. This is the kind of quintessential England not found in tourist brochures. Think instead of redbrick terraces, suburban piles with pillars and electric gates, smashing chippies, 1920s semis, the odd tearoom, a Premier Inn, Lidl, Wilko and Wetherspoons, and a Friday night out that\u2019s a\u00a0sight to behold. This is not Downton Abbey (though Newstead Abbey isn\u2019t far away). Ripley is ordinary England, in the best sense of the word.The case against If want cosmopolitan, you\u2019re in the wrong place, though there is a Chinese. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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