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Stupid Road Names

Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 6:09 pm
by giraffe
We were sat at some traffic lights this afternoon and became aware the the road off to the right was called

Bumblehole Meadows

I just wondered what other really daft road names were out there?

Re: Stupid Road Names

Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 6:50 pm
by tricia
My aunt in Much Marcle used to live in a house on Watery Lane. There is also a village near loch Lomond which has an area known as bogend! :lol:
Tricia

Re: Stupid Road Names

Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 6:58 pm
by giraffe
We have a friend whose Road is called "Cock-a-dobby" no Road or Street after it, just Cock-a-dobby! And another friend lives in Lugtrout Lane which always used to cause much mirth. Where do they get them from?

Re: Stupid Road Names

Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:56 pm
by Cenwulf
There are a few bizarre streets local to me.
There's Wooperton Street, Avenue Road, Jesty's Avenue, Cross Road, Lynch Lane, Quibo Lane, Short Road, Whynot Way, Higher End, Great Western Terrace, Rocky Knap, Bodkin Lane, Puddledock Lane and Roman Road, and one street is called Mawdywalls.
On Portland are Avalanche Road and Bumpers Lane.
Head to Dorchester, and find Brutus Close, Martyr Close, Smokey Hole Lane and even Monkey's Jump Roundabout!

And there's a little cluster of cottages called Knights in the Bottom!

Re: Stupid Road Names

Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:57 pm
by kathlyn
The one I like locally is Dobbin Horse Lane.

Re: Stupid Road Names

Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:31 pm
by MBH
Since I work in Hetton-le-Hole, I'm still waiting to see how tough the male kids grow up that live in Fairy Street :roll:

In the Gateshead area Busty Bank usually raises a smile :mrgreen:

Re: Stupid Road Names

Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 9:05 pm
by Laura
I have a pupil who lives on Carsick Road.

Re: Stupid Road Names

Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:09 pm
by LAT
When we first lived in Hong Kong we lived in Pak Fuk Road :shock:

Re: Stupid Road Names

Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 12:27 am
by Bunnylump
Loving some of these. My favourites locally are Uranus Avenue and Cherry Bounce. :D

Re: Stupid Road Names

Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 7:28 pm
by strep98
Hellevoetsluis Way, None of the locals can say it so we call it Hell of a Way

Re: Stupid Road Names

Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 7:35 pm
by giraffe
There is a housing estate round here where all the roads begin with D and another where they all begin with H. Now what sort of a stupid idea is that? So you have Danesfield Close next to Deansfield Way etc. I pity the poor Postman. It doesnt seem to have caught on as an idea. :lol:

Re: Stupid Road Names

Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 9:08 pm
by Laura
We have Broadway in Wakefield. It's not a stupid roadname, but it really doesn't live up to the image the name creates!!! I mean, it is broad, but its really not like the famous Broadway.

Re: Stupid Road Names

Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 4:01 pm
by gill216
MBH- What about the villages of Once Brewed/ Twice Brewed & Pity Me?

Re: Stupid Road Names

Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 5:42 pm
by fernando
Laura wrote:I have a pupil who lives on Carsick Road.
:lol: :lol: :lol: Thats a good one :lol:

Re: Stupid Road Names

Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 6:31 pm
by Laura
Actually, I looked it up and its Carsick Hill Lane, but funnily enough it was the Carsick bit that stuck in my memory!

Re: Stupid Road Names

Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 8:43 pm
by BassBloke
In the last place I lived we had 2 dirt/farm type tracks. One was called Long Lane and the other was Short Lane.

You've guessed it; Long Lane went for about a mile or so and ended at a lake. Short Lane went all the way to the next village roughly 4 miles away.

Also, we have a Jerusalem in Lincoln. It's not immediately recognisable as middle eastern and/or sun baked though.

Ha :lol: BB.

Re: Stupid Road Names

Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:04 am
by kathlyn
We have a Long Lane near us and it is long, 7 miles long.

Re: Stupid Road Names

Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:59 am
by SparkOut
Makes me wonder how long "Seven Mile Lane" really is!

Re: Stupid Road Names

Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:29 pm
by Redfraggle
Northern Ireland has got to win hands down for weird street names.

My favourite is Semicock Road. It makes me laugh it's so rude. I wouldnt live there even though they are beautiful houses!!! :lol:

Re: Stupid Road Names

Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:43 pm
by Bunnylump
Actually, we do have Alldicks Road near here too! :lol:

Mind you, some of the "twee" names they seem to come up with are just as stupid, but in a different way. I'm thinking of "Lyrical Way" for example. :roll: We also have a grotty trading estate called "Paradise". And then there are the ones where they are just trying to be funny, for example, in Luton I noticed a business park called "Capability Green". :lol: