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So where IS the county's Old Kent Road?
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Three places are currently in the running for the county's Old Kent Road spot


BBC Gloucestershire readers have their say in the row that's broken out over a new county version of the board game Monopoly.

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  Vernon Harwood gets county reaction to local Monopoly from:
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Your county Monopoly nominations

Old Kent Road: Stroud
Reason? It's a dump
Mayfair: Painswick
Reason? It's a wonderful place

George Palmer, Stroud

Old Kent Road: Sharpness
Reason? If you go there you'd know why I'm nominating sharpness. It's a run down forgotten area of Gloucestershire
Mayfair: Tetbury
Reason? Quite exclusive yet accessible- and the next King lives there!

Darren, Dursley

Old Kent Road: Abbeymead, Gloucester
Reason? Too many houses and a place to pass without stopping.
Mayfair: Cheltenham
Reason? Georgian splendour

Iain Hyett, Tetbury

Old Kent Road: Barton Street, Gloucester
Reason? How can you even think about comparing Cinderford with Barton street?????? Most houses in Cinderford have a wonderful veiw over the forest! and a stones throw from the most beautiful landscape in the county.
Mayfair: Montpellier, Cheltenham
Reason? Our nearest to Mayfair

Gavin, Plump Hill, Mitcheldean

Old Kent Road: Hester's Way, Cheltenham Reason? To blow the myth that Cheltenham is so wonderful...
Mayfair: College Green, Gloucester
Reason - It's about time people gave more credit to Gloucester

Tarun Patel, Gloucester

Old Kent Road: Barton Street, Gloucester Reason? Not a negative one - just a traditional part of town with real community spirit like you might find on the read 'Old Kent Road'. (And I'd always rather buy the cheaper properties on the board - a proven winning tactic!)
Mayfair: Battledown Estate, Cheltenham Reason? Huge posh houses (many with swimming pools, tennis courts etc) on a private estate on the Charlton Kings side of Cheltenham. You'd have to be a millionaire to buy here!

Florence, Cheltenham

Old Kent Road: Barton Street, Gloucester
Reason? Why not?
Mayfair: Up Hatherley
Reason? Upmarket area

Jay, Gloucester
Old Kent Road: Cinderford
Reason? Being the cheapest is how the rest of Gloucestershire perceives us... but really, we're a great community just like the Old Kent Road Mayfair: Cotswolds
Reason? I can't afford to live there ... can you?

Telluriana, Cinderford
Old Kent Road: Barton Street, Gloucester Reason? The most awful place in the county Mayfair: The Promenade, Cheltenham
Reason? Grace, elegance and stylish beauty.

Peter Kerridge, Bishops Cleeve
Old Kent Road: Hester's Way, Cheltenham
Reason?
Blot on a lovely town's landscape
Mayfair: Pittville Pump Room
Reason? Jewel in the town's crown

Susie B, Leckhampton
Old Kent Road: Gloucester
Reason?
Cirencester is far too pretty, and I've never been to Cinderford
Mayfair: -
Reason? -

Anthony Simon , Wootton Bassett
Old Kent Road: King's Square, Gloucester Reason? Just go there and see!
Mayfair: Gloucester Cathedral
Reason? A haven of peace amid city bustle

Matt James, Gloucester

Where do YOU think should be the county's answer to the Old Kent Road or Mayfair?

Fill in the online form here with your nomination and we'll pass your comments to Winning Moves, makers of Gloucestershire Monopoly.

Have your say or submit more nominations on our Gloucestershire Monopoly messageboard.

 


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