The 48 ‘poshest’ villages in the UK have been determined and one in Oxfordshire made the cut.

As well as house prices, experts from The Telegraph took into account the ease of commuting, aesthetic appeal and access to quality shops, pubs and restaurants. 

The lah-de-dah lifestyle is a luxury few of us will seldom savour and at just under £2 million for the average house price, you can surely see why.

Harpsden

According to Rightmove, properties in Harpsden had an overall average price of £1,805,625 over the last year.

Also receiving the 'posh' nod back in 2022, The Telegraph named Harpsden among the poshest villages.

As well as Harpsden village the parish of Harpsden includes several nearby hamlets including Harpsden Bottom. Between and to the south of Harpsden and Harpsden Bottom is an area of open-access woodland known as Harpsden Woods.

Some scenes from the popular TV series Midsomer Murders have been filmed in the village of Harpsden.

See their full list here:

The UK’s poshest villages, according to the Telegraph 

  • Studham, Bedfordshire
  • Sunningdale, Berkshire 
  • Medmenham, Buckinghamshire 
  • Hemingford Abbots, Cambridgeshire 
  • The Alderleys, Cheshire 
  • Rock, Cornwall
  • Brancepeth, County Durham 
  • Stavely-in-Cartmel, Cumbria 
  • Baslow and Bubnell, Derbyshire 
  • South Pool, Devon
  • Abbotsbury, Dorset 
  • Sutton Upon Derwent, East Riding of Yorkshire 
  • Kingston-near-Lewes, East Sussex 
  • Ramsden Bellhouse, Essex
  • Oddington, Gloucestershire 
  • Haigh, Greater Manchester 
  • Beaulieu, Hampshire 
  • Bosbury, Herefordshire 
  • Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire 
  • Fishbourne, Isle of Wight 
  • Ightham, Kent
  • Wiswell, Lancashire 
  • Newtown Linford, Leicestershire 
  • Uffington, Lincolnshire 
  • Hightown, Merseyside 
  • Shirenewton, Monmouthshire 
  • Burnham Market, Norfolk 
  • Kirkby Overblow, North Yorkshire 
  • Church with Chapel Brampton, Northamptonshire 
  • Mitford, Northumberland 
  • Stanton-on-the-Wolds, Nottinghamshire
  • Harpsden, Oxfordshire 
  • Burley, Rutland 
  • Cound, Shropshire 
  • Wellow, Somerset 
  • Cawthorne, South Yorkshire 
  • Shenstone, Staffordshire 

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  • Kippen, Stirling and Falkirk 
  • Walberswick, Suffolk 
  • Shackleford, Surrey 
  • Dinnington, Tyne and Wear 
  • Llancarfan, Vale of Glamorgan 
  • Whichford, Warwickshire 
  • Barston, West Midlands 
  • West Itchenor, West Sussex 
  • Scarcroft, West Yorkshire
  • Shalbourne, Wiltshire 
  • Dodford with Grafton, Worcestershire 

The Telegraph's three main reasons why Harpsden has a 'posh appeal' are:

  • Riverside village
  • Nearby Henley Golf Club
  • Close to London and Reading

The rural South Oxfordshire village is located on the outskirts of Henley-on-Thames and the Chiltern Hills.

The area saw a spike in demand during the pandemic, according to Knight Frank’s Nick Warner.