Funny British Place Names

Discover the most amusing, peculiar, and downright hilarious place names across the United Kingdom

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Foulness

England East of England Essex
📍 An island in Essex with a military base
An island in Essex, home to a military testing range.
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Little Shagg

Wales Wales Pembrokeshire
📍 A small island near Great Shagg, Pembrokeshire
A smaller island near Great Shagg.
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Great Shagg

Wales Wales Pembrokeshire
📍 An island off the Pembrokeshire coast
An island off the Pembrokeshire coast.
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Slutshole Lane

England East of England Norfolk
📍 A lane in Norfolk
A historical lane name in Norfolk (often sanitized in modern maps).
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Slag Lane End

England North West England Greater Manchester
📍 A location in Greater Manchester
A location in Greater Manchester.
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Tickle Cock Bridge

England Yorkshire and the Humber South Yorkshire
📍 A bridge in Castleford, South Yorkshire
A bridge in Castleford, South Yorkshire.
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Cockshut

England West Midlands Shropshire
📍 A village in Shropshire
A village in Shropshire, England.
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Pussy Lane

England East Midlands Leicestershire
📍 A lane in Leicestershire
A lane in Leicestershire, England.
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Lord Hereford’s Knob

Wales Wales Powys
📍 A mountain peak in the Brecon Beacons, Powys
A mountain in the Black Mountains of Wales, also known as Twmpa.
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Pratts Bottom

England London Greater London
📍 A hamlet in Greater London near Orpington
Alternative spelling of Pratt's Bottom in the London Borough of Bromley.
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