What’s in a name? Apply that question to UK street names and you could get an answer ranging from a clue to the UK’s historic past to a rib tickler that serves no other purpose than to keep residents amused. Below are seven street names that fall into the latter category, be warned you’ll be chuckling all the way home.
1. Back Passage, City of London
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We wouldn’t want to be strolling down this street after it’s enjoyed its fair share of beans on toast. Ok we know that streets aren’t animate, but if they were, who’s to say they wouldn’t have a fibre-heavy diet?
2. Spanker Lane, Nether Heage, Derbyshire
Imagining anything but wholesome activity going on in the shires is all but impossible. However, this street name may point to a fruitier past!
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3. Ha-Ha Road, Greenwich
This road is either the result of pure comic genius or a street planning assistant down at the local authority who was duped into making a costly mistake.
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4. Shoulder of Mutton Alley, E14
If you run out of sensible street names, why not turn to the items in your weekly shop for inspiration? We can only imagine that’s what has happened here, albeit several centuries ago!
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5. Thong Lane, Gravesend
Forget hanging out your smalls on the washing line, how about advertising the contents of your underwear drawer courtesy of a street name?
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6. Whip Ma Whop Ma Gate, York
This street surely has to be in the running for one of the UK’s oddest street names! It holds the claim of being the shortest street in York with the longest name, and has no doubt befuddled visitors from far and wide.
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7. Knightrider Street, EC4
By rights this address is the most logical home for David Hasselhoff, aka the star of the cult 80s TV show of the same name.
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