Sandhurst, Berkshire

Sandhurst is famous worldwide for turning out army officers and famous locally for one of the biggest Tescos in the country, and only one of those has a queue on a Saturday. The town is four old villages stitched together with post-war cul-de-sacs, so asking whether someone lives in Owlsmoor or Sandhurst gets you a longer answer than you wanted. Prince William spent a year at the military academy and then left, which is what most people who go through those gates do. Everyone else stays for the schools, parks the second car on the drive and counts a trip to Marks & Spencer as a day out.