Knew it was going to be norfolk and suffolk by the roadsign declaring “Nelson’s County”, albeit blurred out, and rightly so, all those towns are close to each other and well worth exploring if your in the area, with rich history and varied architecture, and all the wildlife in between in the fields and air, whats not to love about that border!

Thanks

Havering-Atte-Bowyer is a similar village complete with a village green that comes equipped with stocks. I couldn't quite believe a place like that could exist within the boundaries of the London Borough of Havering which is mostly very urban/suburban and maybe a bit run-down. But in General this edge of North East London is a place where London rapidly runs out of steam and becomes suddenly rural, at least superficially. That edge approximately runs from Havering to Chigwell Row and Chigwell onto Chingford. It's quite unlike much of London which doesn't suddenly stop. Typically London seems to go on and on (and on) seemingly never-ending. An example of this is almost the entire stretch along the A13 from London to Southend. It's pretty much built up all the way .

Great video! I think Long Melford deserves a shout. Lovely place steeped in history.

All these cities are cleaner than any usa cities

Great video! Ongar is worth mention i think. A lot of history there too

Walking along parts of the Regents canal you could be in rural Nottinghamshire.

There is also an ancient village of Walthamstow which is situated entirely within the urban area and has one of the oldest houses in London

You mentioned the Cotswolds. I wonder if you'd do a video on the London equivalent, the Chilterns. The only range of downland accessible via the tube (I recommend taking a look at the Chess Valley which is accessible from Little Chalfont).

LOL! Just because these villages are located inside the M25 does not make them part of London.

Can't believe Epsom didn't get a spot.

I never think of Chesham as pretty. There’s some seriously bad 60s architecture there.

Nothing compares to the pleasant understated beauty of the English countryside, be it outside of London, or in it.

Correction Chelsea FC has 2 champions leagues the most in London

Man of Kent and Edenbridge resident here 👍🏻 Sucks to be Sevenoaks 😂

I haven't been to all of Kent yet where I have been to it is quite nice like Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells

It won't long before places like Ascot and Bracknell are absorbed into London. The word 'London' is becoming ever more meaningless.

I have had the privilege of travelling to Hayes Grove (in Hayes) for therapy and psychiatry appointments over the last year… there is a Priory hospital near the station in Hayes Grove. It is quite peaceful there and there is a lovely big natural pond, a co-educational independent school and a black and white resident cat that I saw a few times when I went for appointments there. It feels like a fairly affluent area for new families with teenagers or older children but with a sort of ‘Kent’ flavour.

How could you mention the town of Thaxted without mentioning Thaxted's most famous Resident! "Gustuv Holst" the British Composer who actually composed some of the worlds best known music namely "the Planets" known collectively as "Thaxted" because this is the town where he composed this suite of music from. Especially with "Jupiter" being the suite of music that the famous British hymn that has been played at many a dignatories funeral and also is played at virtually every Festival of Remembrance . The hymn is " I Vow to thee my Country "

Not sure how Sevenoaks and Whitstable didn't make it

Brilliant. Pure escapism, without having to escape.

I think Eastcote is not very London

Where is billericay?😮.

Not London

I did have to go on google maps as I thought I was going mad with my assumption that Hayes was in west London. Shows how London has grown and consumed villages, even with the same names

Great for DOGGING!

Great video.

I enjoyed this one. I've always thought of Bromley as properly in Kent, but then I go back to the 1950's...

This ain't London 😂

You should check out Harefield, not too far from Hayes. It’s a village but the people there are very much Londoners.

I remember cycling through the area at 8:37 about 2 years ago on a route I named, “The super Kent loop”, yet much of the route was in anywhere but Kent!

There where places like this in Johannesburg 🤔 Not !anymore

The north is cold and inhospitable, there is nothing to do there and the people are awful . Please stay in the south .

Some thirty odd years ago my friends and I would cycle from the suburb of Beckenham out to the areas covered in this your film. Mountain biking was a relatively new form of cycling then and we'd enjoy the network of bridleways and footpaths on a cold February weekend on our machines, stopping for a mars bar on the odd occasion. The best of times...

Southall and Plashet are what I would consider to be 'solid examples', because of mass immigration!

I always thought Northumbria, and Mercia were Angle kingdoms.

This was filmed recently? I live in Beckenham and we didn’t get any snow this year.

Such an interesting video. I mean all your videos are interesting and relaxing, but this gave a different quirky slant of interest. Thanks

Great tour!

Excellent

Mate i have to say this your narration is the best I’ve heard in many a year. I’ve subscribed on the strength of your extremely colorful language. I huge fan from Northern Spain keep up the stellar work.

Random fact, Nigel farage lived in Downe and perhaps still does. I’ve seen him when I use to travel there coincidently for the home of Charles Darwin

Too many errors, wot no Colchester the capital of the Trinovantes, as recorded in cl 20 BC, and the first Roman Colonia (City) and capital, from 43 AD (became part of Diocese of Chelmsford in 1914, which confuses matters but has had official city status restored), no St Albans a Roman Municipium (City) from 50 AD, no Lincoln another 53 AD Roman Colonia, no St Andrews (Scotland, had a cathedral from the 4th cent. and predates Bangor), no Carlisle the once pre-Roman capital of the Carvetii and guess what a Roman ..., but a Hereford, that received its city status in 2000. There are numerous lists of the KNOWN Roman Colonia and Municipium in Britannia, with their modern names.

I used to fly from Biggin Hill when I lived in Bromley. One of my favourite places while going back and forth to Biggin Hill aerodome was Keston windmill. It's one of last 9 surviving windmills in greater London. I always wanted to but missed visiting Darwin's house. I live in Dagenham and fly from North Weald aerodrome (another second world was aerodrome). and volunteer for Upminster windmill.

In Northern Ireland, they have 'Train Stations'!

Are there any white faces there?

Have you been to Copped Hall in NE London or just outside? Fabulous!

I'm a London explorer, these places don't feel like London, the postcode is not a London postcode so by my standards, they are not London and as you say, the locals don't feel like Londoners either. Why not explore villages a bit closer to London, Pinner, Harrow, Walthamstow, Teddington?

Very nice video thank you. When I first came across this I thought it was going to be a nasty anti-immigration video.

ULEZ should not even cover the more rural parts of the Borough of Bromley.