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These quirky place names found on Ordnance Survey maps are a true delight – 19 favourites

David Harris. Updated November 8th, 2024

Over on Twitter, writer and snow-patch surveyor, Iain Cameron, decided to share some of his favourite place names found on UK Ordnance Survey maps.

We’ve all seen lists of funny place names before, but they tend to be mostly villages and hamlets. The following are mostly lesser-known landscape features and there’s an extra charm in seeing them printed on the actual map. There’s a lot of juvenile humour to be found out there in our hills and dales, if you know where to look.

For ease of readability, we’ll show the pictures taken from the thread.

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Wonderful. Followers chipped in with their own suggestions.

Source @theiaincameron