A north Shropshire village has been declared the poshest in the UK . . . and the locals don't quite know what to make of it.
Chetan Koyani can barely contain his laughter."Do I look like I'm posh?" he says, from behind the post office counter at Hodnet Village Store.Martin Board, who runs the village pub, also joins in the banter.Anyhow, we had all better be minding our Ps and Qs, given that we are in the UK's poshest village.According to The Times, that accolade now falls to the north Shropshire village of Hodnet, about six miles south west of Market Drayton.
He is delighted that the village has been recognised, but is not sure that 'posh' is quite the word he would use to describe it."You get a diverse range of different people come in here, some with money, some without."It's great for the village, though, everybody's talking about it. The Bear came out of it really well."
"For me, that was the call to come back. A lot of my contemporaries in London did the same," she says. The 69-year-old moved into Hodnet with wife Jean 23 years ago, and for many years they kept the village newsagent's. The couple were unaware that their village has been rated the poshest in the country.
Chetan, 41, who took over the shop and post office two-and-a-half years ago, is better placed than most to judge, having previously lived in London, Cheltenham and Derby. He reckons Hodnet is the best place he has lived."I moved here because I thought it would be a nice place for my two kids to grow up in.
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