Sunday, December 24, 2006

Britain's Rudest Place Names

Whilst trawling the internet I stumbled upon a list of Britain's rudest place names. I thought it would be a good idea if ourselves and anybody else who reads this blog happen to be in the area of any of these places, stop and take a photo of ourselves/yourselves and your bikes (if you have one) next to the sign post and email it over to us. It'll be interesting over a period of time to see just how many places on the list get visited. I'll update this blog entry with pictures as and when we get any.

The List

Bottom Burn – Auchtertool, Fife, Scotland

Rotten Bottom – Meggethead, Scotish Borders, Scotland

Twathats – Ruthwell Parish, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Hole of Bugars – Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland

Twatt – Orkney, Scotland

Ring Burn – Glenwhilly, Dumfries, Scotland

Spunkie – Lugton, East Ayrshire, Scotland

The Bastard – Sheanachie, Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Bottoms – Gaerllwyd, Monmouthshire, Wales

Lord Hereford’s Knob – Twmpa, Powys, Wales

Sodom – Denbighshire, Wales

Panty Hill – Dolfor, Powys, Wales

Burnt Bottom – Beaminster, Dorset, England

Scratchy Bottom – Lulworth, Dorset, England

Shaggs – East Lulworth, Dorset, England

Piddle – Puddletown, Dorset, England

Girdle Fell – Byrness, Northumberland, England

Slag Hill – Allenheads, Northumberland, England

Lady’s Hole – Beadnell, Northumberland, England

Pratt’s Bottom – Kent, England

Thong – Kent, England

Cock Play – Bewcastle, Cumbria, England

Wide Open Dykes – Scaleby, Cumbria, England

Great Cockup – Bassenthwaithe, Cumbria, England

Bushy Bottom – Edburton, West Sussex, England

Loose Bottom – Falmer , West Sussex, England

Devil’s Dyke – Poynings, West Sussex, England

Titty Hill – Midhurst, West Sussex, England

Booby Dingle – Peterchurch, Herefordshire, England

Minges – Widford, Hertfordshire, England

Bummers Hill – Little Hormead, Hertfordshire, England

Bell End – Worcestershire, England

Lickey End – Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England

Cocks – Bolingey, Cornwall, England

Brown Willy – Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England

Cocklick End – Slaidburn, Lancashire, England

Buttock – Barley, Lancashire, England

Bottom Flash – Winsford, Cheshire, England

Lower Piles – South Brent, Devon, England

Herbert’s Hole – Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England

Clitsome Farm – Washford, Somerset, England

Cock Heads – North York Moors National Park, England

Dancing Dicks – Witham, Essex, England

Nob End – Little Lever, Greater Manchester, England

Sandy Balls – Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England

Cum Hag Wood – Coneysthorpe, North Yorkshire, England

Dyke – Bourne, Lincolnshire, England

3 comments:

Rig said...

Mike, you have given me a great idea, I'm going to try and get my photo taken at as many of these, and other such place names.

Good excuse for a ride!

ellie said...

Rig, I would love to be a fly on the wall when you tell your wife you spent your day in Lady's Hole.

Just duck as you say it, with a bit of luck she will miss!

In Ink said...

I am familiar with Nob End but that is all I'm saying...