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What’s the oddest street name you know?

254 replies

CormoranStrike · 08/06/2021 18:38

I passed one in Edinburgh today, called Fair-A-Far Shot, which is quite unusual.

I also know of a small hamlet, not street, called Willie Stack’s Clump, which just makes me smile.

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brokenstone · 08/06/2021 19:21

Shatter's Hill in Dorset

Mymapuddlington · 08/06/2021 19:23

Not a street but I love Barton-in-the-beans, just makes me chuckle

AdaFuckingShelby · 08/06/2021 19:25

Elbow St makes me smile

MaybeCrazy2 · 08/06/2021 19:26

Hoe Lane. It’s in north London.

SpindleWhorl · 08/06/2021 19:27

@EdithWeston

Honeypot Lane sounds a sweet place to live

Unfortunately I think every Gropecunt Lane has been bowdlerised out of existence

I went to a geography lecture once about the Grope Cunt Lanes of post-mediaeval England. It was amazing.
CloseEncountersOfTheTurdKind · 08/06/2021 19:27

We have Ha Ha Road and Kings Butts near us

ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba · 08/06/2021 19:27

I don't have a good one to add but it reminded me when Lewis Hamilton had a street named after him and a comedian pointed out they missed a trick.
they should've called it Hamilton Drive

😁

also there's a village called "Bugyi" in Hungary. it means Knickers. Always loved travelling through it.

Hellocatshome · 08/06/2021 19:28

Warning Tongue Lane

SmednotaSmoo · 08/06/2021 19:28

Camborne in Cambridgeshire was built in peak Harry Potter mania. There’s a Quidditch Way, and other HP themed places.

Not rude, but unusual - I lived on Summer Shard once.

paulhollywoodshairgel · 08/06/2021 19:29

Dead lane in Yorkshire

SpindleWhorl · 08/06/2021 19:29

Favourite street name in Newcastle is just one word,

Side

TerrifiedandWorried · 08/06/2021 19:29

Catbrain Hill
Featherbed Lane
Both in Bristol.
Freezing Hill Lane near Bath

AColdDuncanGoodhew · 08/06/2021 19:31

Buccleugh Street

VictoriaLudorum · 08/06/2021 19:39

I live in an old village, in Europe, and there is the local language equivalent of Diagon Alley. It is very narrow, though.
This may have influenced some people's choice of location ;-)

SquirrelFan · 08/06/2021 19:41

Crooked Usage

MangosteenSoda · 08/06/2021 19:45

Wan King Path and Fuk Man Road in quite close proximity to each other. Not UK.

I’d love to live on Quality Street Grin

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 08/06/2021 19:45

I love the signs on the A1 for "Honeypot lane Industrial Estate". Seems such a contradiction.

Rest and be Thankful
Pratts Bottom
Warning Tongue Lane

Dizzydream · 08/06/2021 19:49

There is a fanny moor crescent in Huddersfield 😅

bonbonours · 08/06/2021 19:50

We used to live on Blackboy Road, Exeter. Also there's one in Margate called Hatfeild Rd. Yes, with the field spelt wrong, that is really the name, apparently named after someone (whose ancestors couldn't spell field lol)

Metallicalover · 08/06/2021 19:50

Cushy cow lane

katienana · 08/06/2021 19:50

Two Ball Lonnen

YouBringLightInToADarkPlace · 08/06/2021 19:52

I drove along Minge Lane in Upton-Upon-Severn today.
And recently parked in Lady Garden.

marthastew · 08/06/2021 19:52

Cat brain Lane. Bristol again.

Waterley Bottom. Not far from Bristol.

LeuvenMan · 08/06/2021 19:53

Butthole Lane, Shepshed, North West Leicestershire
My son attended the community college just up the hill

Bananarama101 · 08/06/2021 19:54

Shrewsbury has a Grope Lane

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