From Giggleswick to Dull the UK has many weird, silly, odd and rude place names, which you can see in the map above.
The full list of places can be found below:
- Ae
- Barton in the Beans
- Beer
- Besses o’ th’ Barn
- Blubberhouses
- Brawl
- Botusfleming
- Brokenwind
- Brown Willy
- Bunny
- Catbrain
- Chemistry
- Crackpot
- Crapstone
- Curry Mallet
- Donkey Town
- Droop
- Dull
- Fattiehead
- Giggleswick
- Great Snoring
- Horrid Hill
- Jump
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
- Lost
- Loose Bottom
- Matching Tye
- Marsh Gibbon
- Mumbles
- Nasty
- New Invention
- Nether Wallop
- Pity Me
- Plwmp
- Rest and be Thankful
- Spunkie
- Stranagalwilly
- Upton Snodsbury
- Wetwang
- Wide Open
- Wig Wig
While the map above does a decent job of showing some of the weird and silly place names you can find in the UK, there are far, far more including:
- Balls Cross
- Battledykes
- Bell End
- Bitchfield
- Boggy Bottom
- Butt Hole Road
- Clitheroe
- Cockermouth
- Cockfosters
- Cocks
- Crotch Crescent
- Dicks Mount
- Ding Dong
- Diss
- Fanny Barks
- Fingringhoe
- Greensplat
- Ha-Ha Road
- Looe
- Minge Lane
- Mudchute
- No Place
- Nob End
- Nomansland
- Once Brewed/Twice Brewed
- Penistone
- Playing Place
- Pratt’s Bottom
- Rotten End
- Sandy Balls
- Scratchy Bottom
- Shitterton
- Sheepy Magna
- Sluts Hole Lane
- Tiddlywink
- Tokers Green
- Triangle
- Twatt
- Ugley
- Upper Dicker
- Upper Slaughter
- Upperthong
- Westward Ho!
- Windy Nook
Yes these are all real places that somewhere in the UK! And better yet, this is only a small selection, for more on weird and rude place names have a look at the following books:
- Rude Britain: The 100 Rudest Place Names in Britain
- Hoo, Howe, Ware, Wye and Wem – weird, wonderful and wacky British place names
- Rude World: 100 Rudest Place Names in the World by Rob Bailey
- The Collection Of Weird: Place Names
Do you have a favourite rude, silly or odd place name? Then tell us in the comments section below. Also if you enjoyed this map, please help us by sharing it with a friend:
The Untourists says
Awesome. There is a place near Pune, in India, which is called Bhosari. It’s also a slang for ‘cunt’. Can’t imagine people owning up to this place as where they come from.
Norm in Ngunnawal country says
There is the River Piddle in Dorset, with the villages of Piddlehinton, and Piddletrenthide
Town there is Puddletown.
oliver heap says
Clock Face is a village and area of St. Helens, England, 5.6 km (3.5 mi) south of the town centre. It is a ward within the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens and forms part of the parish of Bold. Also historically a part of Lancashire, the village and area is so named because of a large clock face that adorned the Inn. The name was also adopted by a colliery in the area. The Clock Face public house, although not the original building, is built close to the original location and maintains the naming tradition.