Imagine if you’re driving through the country and come across a town sign that reads: ‘World’s End’? You’d probably feel a bit confused or ask yourself whether you’re dreaming or not.
Believe it or not, there’s actually a town named ‘World’s End’ and it’s located in the UK. However, that’s only one of the many funny, interesting, and sometimes creepy town names in the United Kingdom. Some of these names come from the UK’s long and colorful history, while others are a product of strange coincidence, or describe a peculiar local phenomenon.
Brace yourself, we bring you the 30 weirdest town names in the UK you won’t believe exist.
1. The end of the road
When you read this sign, you will know that you arrived at the end of the road. We don’t know whether the ‘Please drive carefully’ inscription below the town name is a joke or not but it sure is funny. If you ever come to this place you can finally text your friends and say: ‘I’m at World’s End’.
2. Welcome to Bitchfield
Who knows what secrets are hiding in this sleepy town. One thing is certain, though, bitches rule supremely in Bitchfield.
3. Avoid this road
How could someone give a name such as this to a town? We can’t come up with a reasonable explanation for that. The people who named it were either drunk or wanted to pull a prank on everyone.
4. A happy place
Howdy ho, you’ve arrived at a Titty-Ho! It’s a good limerick and there’s something uniquely British about it. We bet there’s a good story behind this town’s name.
5. The name says it all
There’s something unsettling about the idea of living in a town called ‘Sluts Hole Lane’. Other people might get the wrong idea about what you do for a living.
6. All is shitty in Shitterton
Let’s hope the name is not descriptive but merely an accident. There’s no way to know it, unless you decide to go there and see this town for yourself.
7. A creative name
Don’t get any strange ideas, we’re sure that the town got its name from three very loud and proud cocks. Roosters, you know. What else could it be?
8. Resting at Little Snoring
What’s better than a good night’s sleep after a long day on the road? And what better place to spend it than Little Snoring. Still, heed the sign and drive carefully.
9. Tw.. what?
As the story goes, two locals had a long-running dispute over how their town should be named. They proposed different names and couldn’t agree which one is better. In the end they had a fight and called each other names, including ‘Twat’ which sounded like ‘Twatt’ to onlookers. We’re just joking, nobody knows how this town got its unfortunate name.
10. Foggy bottom
It must be a bizarre coincidence that the first guy from the left appeared in the background of this town name sign. A coincidence, or a symbol.
11. A typo or not?
This has to be a typo, the town’s real name is ‘Pennystone’ but the people in charge of traffic signs accidentally put an ‘i’ instead of ‘y’. Or at least we hope it’s what happened.
12. You read that right
Of all the available names they had to choose this one. We can’t help but wonder whether this town and Butt Hole Road are twin towns. That would at least make some sense.
13. Snoringville
It was only logical that after ‘Little Snoring’ we also have a town named ‘Great Snoring’. It’s up to you to decide which town you want to visit first.
14. High up
Now, we’ve already established that there’s a Little Snoring and a Great Snoring, but the question remains, is there also a town with the name ‘Lower Dicker’? If so, we’re sure most people would prefer Upper Dicker.
15. What was that name again?
This name is not very flattering to women but it’s likely a famous local attraction. One thing is certain: you definitively don’t want to end up at Dumb Womans Lane.
16. A name that will make you blush
If you’re a guy you wouldn’t want to be in the car with your parents while driving through a town named ‘Cockshoot Close’. That’s a reason to avoid this town altogether.
17. A town for special people
If your head is full of crackpot ideas, you know where to go now. You’ll feel truly at home at this place.
18. A stone with special properties
Watch your step while visiting Crapstone. Especially if you just bought new shoes. Otherwise you might find yourself in deep… well you know what.
19. A fanny name
This interesting name can have two meanings: it’s either named after Madame Fanny La Fan, a character from the famous British sitcom ‘Allo ‘Allo! or it’s a British slang for female genitals. Or it could just mean the people who gave the town its name didn’t know what they were doing.
20. Don’t stare!
Let’s be honest now and admit that guys will flock to this town when they read its name sign. It’s uncertain whether they’ll find what they’re looking for, though.
21. Welcome to Ugley
There’s finally a refuge for those people who didn’t have the fortune to be good looking. They can finally be accepted for who they are in this town.
22. Bikini Bottom’s twin town
Did you ever wonder if there was another town on the bottom of the sea beside Bikini Bottom? The answer is yes, and it’s called ‘Upper Thong’.
23. An English pleasure palace
In case you didn’t know, ‘bonks’ means sexual intercourse in British English. Which brings us to the question whether this town was named with a good reason, or it’s just a coincidence.
24. Epic town name fail
Imagine for a moment, if you lived in this town and someone asked you where are you from. ‘I’m from The Knob’ sounds so awkward they’d probably think you’re messing with them.
25. All is well in Backside Lane
Backside is just another polite word for someone’s bottom. Why would someone think it’s a good name for a town is beyond us.
26. A creative town name
People can be so creative when it comes to thinking of euphemisms for female genitals. For those of you who aren’t familiar with British slang, ‘minge’ is just another of those words used to refer to the female internal reproductive organ.
27. At Bell End
It wouldn’t be fair to have town names referring only to female genitals, so to make it even, now we have a town with the name ‘Bell End’. In British English, it means the tip of a penis.
28. A complex town name
When you Google ‘slag’ you get two very different definitions. One is: ‘stony waste matter separated from metals during the smelting or refining of ore’ and the other is: ‘a promiscuous woman’. It’s up to you to decide which one of these two definition you prefer.
29. Chipping Sodbury
There’s actually a village down the hill from Old Sodbury called ‘Chipping Soldbury’. Otherwise, it wouldn’t make any sense, would it?
30. An unfortunate name
Now we know that ‘Slag Lane’ is not alone. Whoever deemed fit to name their town like that has got serious thinking to do.
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