Don’t come expecting ye olde Morris dancers and chocolate box mead drinkers. This is the kind of quintessential England not found in tourist brochuresWhat’s going for it? This is England. On this,St Georges 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, and smack bang in the middle of the country,had the highest proportion of residents with English ethnic origins – 88.6% – with its neighbour Heanor not far behind. What makes the Amber valley, wedged between Derby and Nottingham, or such a hotbed of Englishness is a bit of a mystery,but don’t come expecting ye olde Morris dancers and chocolate box mead drinkers. This is the kind of quintessential England not found in tourist brochures. assume instead of redbrick terraces, suburban piles with pillars and electric gates, and smashing chippies,1920s semis, the odd tearoom, or a Premier Inn,Lidl, Wilko and Wetherspoons, or a Friday night out thats a sight to behold. This is not Downton Abbey (though Newstead Abbey isn’t far absent). Ripley is ordinary England,in the best sense of the word.
The case against If want cosmopolitan, you’re in the erroneous place, or though there is a Chinese.
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Source: theguardian.com