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Towns, Villages in uk with funny names

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angelic Tue 11-Jun-19 08:26:25

Time for a giggle

Scratchy Bottom

Callistemon Wed 12-Jun-19 09:33:11

Rum, Eigg and Muck

oldgaijin Wed 12-Jun-19 09:22:14

Yell, Shetland
Tongue, Laid,...both in Sutherland

MamaCaz Wed 12-Jun-19 09:09:07

A few from the part of Yorkshire where i grew up:

Totties
Upperthong
Netherthong

On a recent visit to my mum's, as we were driving past a roadsign for Totties, there were several attractive young women (late-teens?) standing right beneath it at the bus stop. I really wish I could have taken a photo ?

GreenGran78 Wed 12-Jun-19 08:54:48

Has anyone mentioned Mousehole?

Marmight Wed 12-Jun-19 07:06:25

I used to live near the village of Christmas Pie

Callistemon Tue 11-Jun-19 23:05:54

I recommended Sandy Balls to someone the other day - presuming the camping/caravan park is still there!

Has anyone been to Brown Willy? DS found it rather funny when he was little.
Also Goonhilly Downs in Cornwall

Giggleswick

Tibbs Tue 11-Jun-19 22:23:03

Rood End in Sandwell, West Midlands

GreenGran78 Tue 11-Jun-19 21:53:49

TerriBull Llanfairpg, as the locals call it, had a perfectly ordinary name originally. A local entrepreneur persuaded them to change it, hoping to encourage tourists. It certainly worked. These days there are lots of tourists on Anglesey, and traffic to the ferry port for Ireland passes through the village anyway.
I live in a little town called Ashton-in-Makerfield. Newton-le-Willows is just down the road.

vintanner Tue 11-Jun-19 21:20:23

Pity Me. I ended up here when I got lost on a diversion, very apt.

NannyMags Tue 11-Jun-19 21:17:43

I live in Ramsgate not far from Ham and Sandwich

NannyMags Tue 11-Jun-19 21:15:24

Grandmabeach I live in Ramsgate not far from Sandwich and Ham

Patsy70 Tue 11-Jun-19 21:14:57

I have lived in Pratt's Bottom, Kent for nearly 40 years! Just down the road we have Badgers Mount and Locksbottom. I've also visited Sandy Balls in Hampshire!

instagran Tue 11-Jun-19 20:54:02

Ashby de la Zouche, Rievaulx, Hurstpierpoint, Herstmonceux, Belvoir amongst others.
I have enjoyed this topic very much!

Grandma70s Tue 11-Jun-19 20:46:39

Incidentally, to me a tit is a small bird, and a cock is a male hen, so I have never found names containing those elements particularly funny. I didn’t know the giggly schoolkid euphemisms until I was more or less grown up. I don't think I was alone in this. We all read Arthur Ransome’s books with Titty as a main character without thinking it was funny.

Grandma70s Tue 11-Jun-19 20:26:22

There’s a Loggerheads in North Wales, too. I never gave it a thought.

Great Snoring and Little Snoring in Norfolk.

Pease Pottage in Sussex

Callistemon Tue 11-Jun-19 20:01:45

Lord Hereford's Knob.
We went past there the other week on the way to Hay!
Yorkey's Knob (that's in Australia, does it count?)

Groundslow maternity hospital my nephew and niece were born there.
It never occurred to me that Loggerheads and Tittensor were odd when I lived in Staffordshire! grin

Pucklechurch
Curry Rivel
and Curry Mallet
Queen Camel
all in the West Country

Cherrytree59 Tue 11-Jun-19 19:25:53

Tittensor. (Groundslow maternity hospital)smile

NanKate Tue 11-Jun-19 19:06:16

I have just booked a Farm Stay holiday in North Piddle in Worcestershire. ?

Bathsheba Tue 11-Jun-19 18:58:28

Please can we have Great Cockup and Little Cockup? (sorry, not towns or villages, but hills in the Lake District!

nipsmum Tue 11-Jun-19 18:11:11

We used to live near .Muthill.

Bathsheba Tue 11-Jun-19 18:08:29

Charles Bottom, Devon grin

Mumben Tue 11-Jun-19 17:57:10

I live about 8 miles away from Ham and 10 miles away from Sandwich in kent

Wheniwasyourage Tue 11-Jun-19 16:44:05

When I saw the title, I thought of Maggieknockater, but it doesn't beat some of these ones!

Love the East End gangster, Magrithea grin

Barleysugar Tue 11-Jun-19 16:41:33

Chip Shop in Cornwall

Magrithea Tue 11-Jun-19 16:38:06

DanniRae we've just spent 5 days at Sandy Balls!! Lovely holiday park.

I always giggle at Stratford Tony (south of Salisbury) which makes me think of an East End gangster!!