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<b>We found some of the rudest, most disturbing place names in Britain, and then made up some of our own.</b> Can you tell the difference?

We found some of the rudest, most disturbing place names in Britain, and then made up some of our own. Can you tell the difference?

The Rude British Place Name Quiz

The settlement name originates from Old Norse, and it means 'small parcel of land'.

Twatt.

Which of the following is a small settlement on the Orkney Islands?

The site, near Little Lever, is now a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Nob End.

Correctly identify the former waste tip in Greater Manchester.

Its name dates back over a thousand years and means "farmstead on the stream used as an open sewer".

Shitterton.

Which one of the following is an unfortunately named town in Dorset?

Yeah, we're disappointed Arsole isn't real too.

Fannyfield.

Which of these is a real place in Ross and Cromarty?

If you ever fancy a staycation, Sandy Balls is now run as a holiday centre.

Sandy Balls.

Which one of these would you find in the New Forest?

In 2010 Slag Lane was named the 9th rudest town in Britain.

Slag Lane.

Which one of the following is a residential street in Haydock, Merseyside?

Fanny Hands Lane.

Believe it or not, one of these is a real road in Lincolnshire. But which one?

Three Cocks.

What do the English call the Welsh village of Aberllynfi?

Well at least he was, until his death in 2005.

Wetwang.

Richard Whitely was honorary mayor of which town?

Fingringhoe is one of many British towns and villages referenced in Karl Marx's Das Kapital as part of "Illustrations of the General Law of Capitalist Accumulation". So there.

Fingringhoe.

Correctly identify the Essex village.

Titty-Ho is found very close to Butts Road.

Titty-Ho.

Which of the following is a real place in rural Northamptonshire?

Wideopen contains one pub, two health centres, a library, and a garage. That's about all we know.

Wideopen.

Which one of these is a village located 6 miles from Newcastle?

The location came second after Shitterton, also in Dorset, in a 2012 poll for "Britain's worst place name" carried out by the genealogy website Find My Past.

Scratchy Bottom.

Which of these is a clifftop valley between Durdle Door and Swyre Head in Dorset?

Harry couldn't have made the headline writer's job any easier!

Shaggs.

In which Dorset village did Prince Harry once stay in with his then girlfriend, Chelsy Davy?

Rimswell Road.

Which of these would you find in Stockton-on-Tees?

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