The county with the worse roads for cycling

It's interesting that many of the commenters on this thread say their local roads are the worst.  Perhaps a case of the grass being greener? I dunno.

I do most of my cycling in Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire and can't say I've noticed a massive difference in any of these counties.  The roads in towns are generally worse but that's probably due to increased traffic.  All of them could be better but I've also ridden on worse.

Cheshire

I am in Oxfordshire.  You can tell when you cross into or out of Gloucestershire with your eyes shut - though I wouldn't recommend entering Oxfordshire with shut eyes, as you will fall into a hole almost immediately.

Edinburgh.

I've lived in London, Belfast and Manchester. Couple other small towns. Edinburgh is a horror without compare.

I can take you on tour of huge potholes, massive chunks of missing tarmac in main streets that have been that way for the best part of a decade. Yet they're always seen 'fixing' the roads.

Borders and some parts of the Highlands are amazing in comparison though. 

Always said if I get a GoPro, I'll make a video tour of Edinburgh's 'cycle paths' and roads. Just to shame the council. Though I think they're perhaps without shame.

What is needed is some tech savvy person to match up smartphone gps and accelerometer functions.

I don't know what county or country would come out worst, but it would be a genuine empirical base on which to lobby government/ local authorities.

I'm in West Oxfordshire and I can confirm that the roads are shocking.

Going into Warwickshire or Gloucestershire is marginally better.

The best roads I've experienced recently were around the Isle of Wight.  It seems most of the cycle routes have been resurfaced.

Any steep section on narrow roads in Surrey or Kent. But in fairness that's probably true everywhere. 

Did a ride that went into Shropshire - some nice bits but some bloody bumpy lanes that clearly nobody uses apart from tractors and bikes. 

I will say Lincolnshire, some of the pot holes even have a few metres of road

if that makes sense

The roads around Central Scotland are pretty awful. But get away from the central belt and there's a marked improvement in the surfaces. The roads around Perthshire and Argyllshire aren't bad at all. Less traffic has somenthing to do with it. The closer you get to the big urban areas, and attendant traffic, the worse the roads get.

You notice the same thing in London crossing from one borough to another.

Got to be Buckinghamshire. It's noticably more pleasant when crossing the border to berks and I have never felt crossing into oxon gets worse either. Shame because the chiltern hills would be perfect cycling country otherwise.

The roads in Scotlandshire are horrendous.

I blame Audi drivers.

Living in Herefordshire, I would say no, they are absolutely terrible. I hop over the border into Wales to ease the pain from time to time - now they know how to look after a major asset.