Strange Place Names

Stig

Anybody been here?

nth_london_addick

No but I was in Gaydon last week and I did quite like it

bc_addick

Used to go to a caravan place near Bleedon. My daughter was aged about 8 and she took great pleasure in saying things like "are we going to the bleedon shops" or " Going to the bleedon pub tonight dad"

March51

For some years I worked with a bloke named Royston Fursey: always thought of him as a place rather than a person.

Half Nelson

Inner Ting Tong, Budleigh Salterton

AddickUpNorth

Village in North Yorkshire called Wetwang.

markmc68

Ha ha road makes me laugh whenever I go past.

Danepak

There's a place in Denmark called Middelfart (Christian Eriksen was born there).

DaveMehmet

We went past a beauty spot in N Yorkshire a few years ago called The Hole of Horcum.

March51

In Essex you can be an Ugly resident.
And in Norfolk you can
live in Great snoring or Little Soring (depending on your beer intake, I suppose).

MountsfieldPark

Pack your bags, and make your way to Somerset, and I will lay
Ten to one you'll wanna stay down in Nempnett Thrubwell.
There's not a pub, there ain't a shop, you never see a traffic cop
Drink up, and no-one says "stop", down in Nempnett Thrubwell.

Bostonaddick

In the states, there is a town called Intercourse, PA which is near the town of blue ball, PA

limeygent

Bostonaddick said:

In the states, there is a town called Intercourse, PA which is near the town of blue ball, PA

Very close to the town of Paradise, Pa.

C_A_F_C

limeygent said:

Bostonaddick said:

In the states, there is a town called Intercourse, PA which is near the town of blue ball, PA

Very close to the town of Paradise, Pa.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwd4PyTyG1o

McBobbin

nothing beats the village of Fingringhoe in Essex. Though Titty Ho runs it close

cafcfan

Always have a titter at Wideopen in Northumberland.

Sonicstud85

Badgastien ski resort. Stinks

mistrollingin

In East Sussex, Upper Dicker and Lower Dicker. Always makes me smile.

ForeverAddickted

Went to the Peak District the other week and saw two places...

Sheldon and LickPenny... (If your a fan of Big Bang)

McBobbin

cafcfan said:

Always have a titter at Wideopen in Northumberland.

I believe there is also a Wideopen
Dykes. Fnar fnar

Stig

On the way to The Hawthorns, just north of Bromsgrove. We've got a Lickey End here.

JohnfromNorfolk

What about 'The dicker' 'Upper Dicker' and Lower Dicker' north of Eastbourne.

bolloxbolder

Being a Weller fan always like the small Surrey hamlet of Friday Street. 

EveshamAddick

Shitterton near Bere Regis in Dorset.

LenGlover

Littlehampton

ross1

LenGlover said:

Littlehampton

Surely, this should be on the "things that annoy you" thread 

North Lower Neil

There's a road in London called Cock Lane, which in itself isn't that unusual, but legend has it that it's haunted by a ghost called 'Scratching Fanny'. 

Off_it

This always used to have me chuckling .....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gropecunt_Lane

ElfsborgAddick

Pratts Bottom, just outside Bromley.

cblock

Chirpy Red

March 2007

Pratts Bottom always works for me....