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Places with 'interesting' names.

187 replies

lightlypoached · 19/02/2023 18:00

I've just driven past Nork village 😂

What's your favourite place name ?

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x2boys · 19/02/2023 19:12

My mum and Dad live near Ramsbottom ,near bury ,and we have Stitch MI lane in Bolton .

mamabear715 · 19/02/2023 19:17

Busty Bank. :-)

beeswa · 19/02/2023 19:55

i live near Wide Open

BarbaraofSeville · 19/02/2023 19:56

Wide Open makes me smile every time I drive past the sign on the A1.

RaininSummer · 19/02/2023 20:00

Pennycomequick and little Piddle are two of favourites.

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 19/02/2023 20:06

I love threads like this!

Rottenegg in Upper Austria gets a big vote from me!

Also Wigwig, Gobowen, Thrapston and (two Norfolk villages) Great & Little Snoring!

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 19/02/2023 20:07

The little village of Gotham (pronounced 'GOAT-um') in Nottinghamshire looks a lot more exciting than it actually is when you see the sign!

mnahmnah · 19/02/2023 20:09

My hometown always gets mentioned on these threads or media articles etc.

I’m very happy it hasn’t been mentioned yet!

WhatWouldJeevesDo · 19/02/2023 20:18

Loggerheads

WhatWouldJeevesDo · 19/02/2023 20:21

Grope Lane, Shrewsbury

Spambod · 19/02/2023 20:22

In sussex we have lower and upper dicker. Also cockermouth anyone 🧐

lightlypoached · 19/02/2023 20:26

These are BRILLIANT 🤩

Thankyou.

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Saschka · 19/02/2023 20:27

Riverlee · 19/02/2023 18:42

Black Boy - in Sussex. Always wondered how it got its name.

Charcoal production in the Ashdown Forest (grew up near there, many school trips).

DrinkingAllTheGin · 19/02/2023 20:27

West Sussex near me us a village called Cocking. The ING is often blacked out on signs

lightlypoached · 19/02/2023 20:27

Oh and I've just remembered Upper Dicker and Lower Dicker in Sussex. 🤓

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Lucinda7 · 19/02/2023 20:28

Dog But Lane, Worcs. Also North Piddle, Wyre Piddle and Piddle in the Hole.

LadyEloise1 · 19/02/2023 20:28

Termonfeckin in County Louth, Ireland.

HoldingTheDoor · 19/02/2023 20:29

A street in Hull called The Land of Green Ginger.

WhatWouldJeevesDo · 19/02/2023 20:32

Porridge Pot Alley in Guildford is rather sweet.

Kpo58 · 19/02/2023 20:32

Priddys Hard and Knob Hill come to mind.

WhatWouldJeevesDo · 19/02/2023 20:33

Maidenhead

DogInATent · 19/02/2023 20:42

RitaBea · 19/02/2023 18:59

Co. Durham has a few - Pity Me and No Place are my favourites

Idle near Bradford makes me laugh - Idle Working Mens Club

Not forgetting Ugley in Essex, and the Ugley Women's Institute.

Clevs · 19/02/2023 20:42

I drove through a village called Tiddlywinks once. Also drive through Knockin on the way to Wales and saw the Knockin Shop.

Not far from me: Minge Lane (in-laws used to live there), Wyre Piddle & North Piddle, Bell End, Cockshot Road.

EmmaGrundyForPM · 19/02/2023 20:44

Ohifyouinsist · 19/02/2023 18:16

Six mile bottom - a village in Suffolk

isn't it in Cambridgeshire?

hobnobss · 19/02/2023 20:45

Intercourse, Pennsylvania.
Brokenwind, Aberdeenshire