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I like the fact that Paradise is just outside Askam in Furness


 
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Not so rude, but Wallish Walls in Northumberland makes me chuckle from the complete lack of imagination.


 
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Again, not rude, but Blubberhouses always makes me giggle.


 
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Round here we have
Little Ness
Great Ness
and my favorite
Wigwig


 
Posted : 29/10/2016 11:13 am
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Ecclefechan

Should really be on Craggy island.


 
Posted : 29/10/2016 11:20 am
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Blubberhouses

and not far away is Mankinholes.


 
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No Swaledale ride is complete without visiting both Booze and Crackpot.


 
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[img] [/img] I often cycle through this village. And this place always give me a smile when I drive through it.[img] [/img]


 
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I often visit Welcombe Mouth. It's an uphill struggle from Sharpnose yet once one arrives it is quite breathtaking. If, on the other hand, you arrive at South Hole - you've gone too far.


 
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Harry Hill always makes me laugh


 
Posted : 29/10/2016 12:36 pm
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Used to ride through a village in Essex called Matching Tye.


 
Posted : 29/10/2016 12:44 pm
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Blubberhouses
and not far away is Mankinholes.

And again not far away is Bedlam.

As for street names, I like Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate in York. The shortest street with the longest name in York. Probably.


 
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There is a place near Congleton called Butt Lane. Always makes the inner kid chuckle in a Beavis and Butthead fashion.


 
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And again not far away is Bedlam.

Probably not the same one, but Bedlam is just a bit further up the road I live on.


 
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There's a few where I am in the north east.

Little Tosson, Great Tosson, The Gussett and my particular favourite, Bushy Gap.


 
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Probably not the same one, but Bedlam is just a bit further up the road I live on.

The one near me is just outside Harrogate.


 
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I first started riding mountain bikes in a place called Spuncombe Bottom!


 
Posted : 29/10/2016 1:14 pm
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A few round here.
In Malvern:
Cockshot Road
Hornyold Road

In Upton:
Minge Lane.

And snapped in norther spain:
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I was always amused by...

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Another former Cockermouth resident...
Is it Buttfolds something just off St Helens St?
Moved to Tasmania now much more civilised
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Posted : 29/10/2016 1:51 pm
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No innuendo potential, but I have always loved the irony of the sign on the A890... STROME FERRY (and then in little letters underneath, No Ferry


 
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Can't believe you've posted a picture of a Map of Tassie and n-one's commented yet.


 
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I just looked at Freester's linky and I noticed 'Tincleton' next to 'Puddletown'. Are there more pubs there?


 
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Nether Wallop to go with Upper and Middle - all sound painful
Christmas Pie - always brings a smile


 
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Not remotely rude, but there was a road near where I used to live called longtonguescrogg lane. Always made me smile.


 
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Meanwhile in Upton on Severn

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What about:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/****t,_Shetland


 
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Not rude but Christmas Pie in Surrey.


 
Posted : 29/10/2016 7:31 pm
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Again, not rude but Oogadugoo's a belter


 
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There is a well known (apparently...) bristolian porn star who lives on cock road. Another lives on seymour road, who films in her garden.


 
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There seem to be loads of names with "cock" in the title around me. Only the other week I did a ride that went over Andrew's Knob to Cock Knoll and High Cock and then finished at The Butts.

Also in Gisburn Forest, just west of the MTB trails, is a place called Cocklick End.

Also [url= http://streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=326746&y=532455&z=120&sv=326746,532455&st=4&ar=y&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf&dn=544&ax=326746&ay=532455&lm=0 ]Great Cockup, Little Cockup and just plain old Cockup[/url] (just north of Skiddaw)


 
Posted : 29/10/2016 8:21 pm
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I rather like Upper Rhone Valley's Tallibahn chairlift.


 
Posted : 29/10/2016 8:23 pm
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No innuendo, but Lower Upham always made me smile as a kid.

As did Six Mile Bottom


 
Posted : 29/10/2016 8:33 pm
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Minge Lane and Grope Lane were both places where ladies of the night would take customers for a quickie up against a wall, Grope being abbreviated for common decency these days.
Although I belie there are still one or two carrying the complete original name...
Travelling down to Cornwall on a regular basis I see lots of interesting, if not necessarily naughty names, like Gweek, Skinner's Bottom, Polyphant (!), Lower Woon, Trebilcock, Chybucca (!), Choon, Jolly's Bottom...
Dorset has Piddletrenthide, Piddlehinton, Yearlings Bottom, along with the ones the prudish elements of society had modified to save delicate folks, Turners Puddle, Tolpuddle, Briantspuddle and Affpuddle, which are all on or near the River Piddle, or Trent.


 
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Not far from where I live, always worth a grin on the way in/out the valley. I once saw the local paper, which was pretty amusing - "Meeting of the Pussy Council", etc.

Not my photo, I should add!

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Nether Wallop to go with Upper and Middle - all sound painful

There is a Nether, and an Over, but no Upper. Middle Wallop is an airfield, and so not strictly a village/place name.

Wallop, in this instance, means valley of the spring.


 
Posted : 29/10/2016 8:44 pm
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Not rude but I like ma-whip-ma-whop-ma-gate in York.


 
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Surprised no one has mentioned Hole Of Horcum in North Yorkshire...


 
Posted : 29/10/2016 9:08 pm
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Swing Swang Lane in the 'Stoke always raises a smile.


 
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What's the place in Northumberland... Shitbottle?


 
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Breasty haw is a fave riding area of mine....


 
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on one of our summer rides


 
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