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Britain’s Funniest Place Names

Happy Bottom? Whiskers Lane? Giggleswick? You won't believe these crazy places actually exist!

Britain’s Funniest Place Names

Happy Bottom? Whiskers Lane? Giggleswick? You won't believe these crazy places actually exist!

What street do you live on? Does it have a funny name?

Soggy Bottom Drive? Sausage Avenue? Happy Bottom? (Trust us, it’s a real place!).

The fact is, here in Britain, we’ve got some pretty crazy names for places we live so we thought we’d make a round-up of some of the funniest names to give us all a good giggle.

So if you’ve ever wanted to know which places have the most peculiar name, you’ve come to the right, er, place!

And before you get started watching the video itself, how about a quick True or False quiz about Britain’s weirdest place names? Sound good? We knew it would!

Are These Places Real Or Fake?

1/3

There's a place called Ha-Ha Road in London. Is this true or total lols?

2/3

Visit Portsmouth and you can find yourself in a place called Beano Terrace. True? False?

3/3

In York, you can walk down Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate. Does this sound true to you?

Winner! You'll never get lost with such good geographical knowledge!

1

Uh oh! Maybe you need to brush up on your place names!