The UK’s rudest place names mapped – funny places to visit this summer
The UK is full of rude place names; the whole place is pure filth. You can take a trip from Crapstone to Wetwang via Great Snoring.
Shitterton, Butthole Lane and Fannylane are just three of many towns, villages and hamlets cheeky travellers could visit this summer, according to a map compiled by MyDatingAdviser.com.
In Scotland, travellers could pass through several places with funny and strange names like Brawl, Brokenwind, Lost, and Whiterashes.
And Yorkshire is home to its fair share, too – you can find Crackpot, Giggleswick, Wetwang, and Blubberhouses in this historic county.
Down south, drivers may pass through Donkey Town, Curry Mallet, Brown Willy, and Loose Bottom.
In Wales, you can find Mumbles and Wlwmp, and in Ireland, there is Stranagalwilly.
Amy Pritchett, Editor-in-Chief for MyDatingAdviser.com, the online platform which compiled the list, said:
“The English language never fails to amaze us, and neither do the delightful and funny names of these UK locations. The origin of these names dates back to Anglo-Saxon or Old Norse times.
While you don’t pronounce them the same today, you can trace them back to Celtic, Roman and old Viking settlements. We’re not sure how residents of Nasty and Crapstone convince people they are lovely places to live.
If you’re interested in visiting one of these towns, I recommend taking a memorable photo with the town sign after a long lunch at the local pub.”
Here is a list of favourites (top picks by region) compiled by MyDatingAdviser.com:
North East
Wideopen, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Whiterashes, Aberdeen
Honey Knob Hill, Chippenham
Great Tosson, Morpeth
Coxhoe, Durham
North West
Nob End, Little Lever
Cumwhinton, Carlisle
Cockermouth, Allerdale
Cockerlakes, Cotehill
Clitheroe, Ribble Valley
East Midlands
Titty Ho, Raunds
Spital in the Street, Market Rasen
Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
Fanny Hands Lane, Ludford
Bitchfield, Grantham
East
Slutshole Lane, Attleborough
Prickwillow, Ely
Nasty, Ware
Lousybush, Binham
Fingringhoe, Colchester
Feltwell, Thetford
West Midlands
Willey, Rugby
Pant, Oswestry
Minge Lane, Upton upon Severn
Lickey End, Bromsgrove
Bell End, Stourbridge
South West
Shitterton, Wareham
Lower Swell, Stow-on-the-Wold
Crapstone, Buckland Monachorum
Cockington, Torquay
Brown Willy, Bodmin Moor
South East
Thong, Gravesend
Sandy Balls, New Forest
S. Harting, Petersfield
Pisshill, Henley-on-Thames
Lickfold, Chichester
North
Wetwang, Driffield
Rimswell, Withernsea
Muff, Ulster
Crackpot, Richmond
Cockplay, Whitfield Hill
Wales
Fanny Street, Shipley
Three Cocks, Brecon
Scotland
Twatt, Orkney
Whiterashes, Aberdeen
Sodom, Whalsay
Brokenwind, Newmachar
Brawl, Thurso
Ireland
Fannystown, Wexford
Stranagalwilly, Tyrone
Muff, Ulster
Hackerballscross, Dundalk