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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.

OP posts:
GrannieD · 08/06/2021 20:39

Wham Lane in Derbyshire. Theres a place in North Yorkshire called Wet Wang !

TimeForT · 08/06/2021 20:39

Rampant Horse Lane

legoagogogo · 08/06/2021 20:39

@LittleRa

Roast Calf Lane
I love that one when I drive past it
SoMuchToBits · 08/06/2021 20:40

In Whistable, Kent there are several alleys, one of which is called Squeezegut Alley (it's very narrow).

ChocOrange1 · 08/06/2021 20:40

@MaybeCrazy2

Hoe Lane. It’s in north London.
The are two Hoe Lanes within a few miles of my house, must mean something
MargaretThursday · 08/06/2021 20:41

Not odd, but in Cheltenham there's a road called "Kidnapper's Lane" and I always wonder what happened to give it that name.

6demandingchildren · 08/06/2021 20:41

Tom tit lane in Maldon Essex

LadyEv · 08/06/2021 20:41

My bus used to go down a Nanny Marr Road. And I could never work out if it was supposed to be named after a goat or an elderly woman.

Greenandcabbagelooking · 08/06/2021 20:42

There's a village called Cow Roast near me.

VienneseWhirligig · 08/06/2021 20:43

The Butts, with a pub called the Butts Retreat Grin

Pet8 · 08/06/2021 20:43

Little Bongs in Liverpool

I have a photo of the York street sign.

LadyEv · 08/06/2021 20:44

Not a street or a place even (mores the pity) but I was very disappointed to find out there is no Clowne School or Clowne college at Clowne in Derbyshire.

mama4321 · 08/06/2021 20:52

Happyhillock Road in Dundee is such a cheerful name

Itsmemaggie · 08/06/2021 20:52

Cushy Cow Lane

Chunkymenrock · 08/06/2021 20:54

Inner Ting Tong, near Budleigh Salterton.

Jericha · 08/06/2021 20:56

Torhole bottom in the mendip hills makes me chuckle

RosieLemonade · 08/06/2021 20:57

I stopped to get petrol at a place called "The Devil's hand basin"

MotherOfGremlins · 08/06/2021 20:58

Slugwash Lane, Wivelsfield

BathshebaKnickerStickers · 08/06/2021 20:58

Town near me used to have a Wildgoose Chase but they had to change it to something dull like Wildgoose Avenue as they had loads of problems getting deliveries when it was built

sarahc336 · 08/06/2021 20:59

Excuse the language but we have a slag lane near us 🙉🙉😂😂😂

DontCallMeBaby · 08/06/2021 20:59

@MargaretThursday and there’s a nursery on Kidnappers Lane as well …

CalamityGladys · 08/06/2021 21:01

I drive down cat and kittens lane every day.

marble11 · 08/06/2021 21:03

@thefirstmrsrochester

Cockburn Street, Edinburgh, pronounced ‘Cohburn’ but I always have a wee snigger on the way to work when I’m on the street.
You have a village called Cockburn in Scotland too. I have a picture of myself stood over the burn 🤣🤣
NothingIsWrong · 08/06/2021 21:09

@DuchessofDenmarkStreet

Queen Emma's Dyke in Witney
They did rename the close by primary school a few years ago. It was called Queen's Dyke Primary, is now known as Queen Emma's Primary...

We have a Hen And Chick Lane near us

SpiderinaWingMirror · 08/06/2021 21:10

Avenue Grimaldi in Luton. Because it is in an area full of roads called things like Broadmead. Always wondered why.

Cosmic Avenue in Bedford. Always sounded fab.
Wobbly Wobbly Lane, Hitchin.
Adam's Bottom. Leighton Buzzard.