{"id":185822,"date":"2025-06-15T07:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T07:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/185822\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T07:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T07:44:10","slug":"15-places-that-make-the-west-midlands-the-rude-name-capital-of-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/185822\/","title":{"rendered":"15 places that make the West Midlands the rude name capital of Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"

An interactive map has revealed the rudest place names across the UK with a couple appearing in Birmingham, Worcestershire and the Black Country\"ButtsButts Road, Walsall, makes the list(Image: Google Maps)<\/p>\n

When God was giving out place names* he must have been tittering when it came to the West Midlands.<\/p>\n

*We know that probably isn’t how it works.<\/p>\n

But certainly when it comes to daft and rude-sounding villages, towns and streets, we seem to be ahead of the pack.<\/p>\n

With Bell End, Rood End and Beaver Close, the Black Country leads the way but the epidemic is spread across the West Midlands.<\/p>\n

Read more: Ozzy Osbourne shuts down rumours<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Here’s the West Midlands’ list in full:<\/p>\n

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  1. Bell End, Stourbridge.<\/li>\n
  2. Rood End Road, Smethwick.<\/li>\n
  3. Angel Passage, Stourbridge.<\/li>\n
  4. Swallowdale, Wolverhampton.<\/li>\n
  5. Beggars Bush Lane, Wolverhampton.<\/li>\n
  6. Gloryhole, Bilston.<\/li>\n
  7. Beaver Close, Wolverhampton.<\/li>\n
  8. Cocksheds Lane, Halesowen.<\/li>\n
  9. The Butts, Walsall.<\/li>\n
  10. Cockshut Hill, Yardley.<\/li>\n
  11. Gooch Street, Birmingham.<\/li>\n
  12. Willey, Rugby.<\/li>\n
  13. Pant, Oswestry.<\/li>\n
  14. Minge Lane, Upton upon Severn.<\/li>\n
  15. Lickey End, Bromsgrove.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    You’re still here? Clearly you have a taste for daft area names.<\/p>\n

    Well, you are in luck! Our friends at MyDatingAdviser.com created a map of rude place names UK wide.<\/p>\n

    Here are a few:<\/p>\n

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    1. Whiterashes, near Aberdeen.<\/li>\n
    2. Honey Knob Hill, near Chippenham.<\/li>\n
    3. Nob End, near Bolton.<\/li>\n
    4. Cockerlakes, near Carlisle.<\/li>\n
    5. Titty Ho, near Wellingborough.<\/li>\n
    6. Spital in the Street, near Lincoln.<\/li>\n
    7. Fanny Hands Lane, near Louth.<\/li>\n
    8. Slutshole Lane, near Norwich.<\/li>\n
    9. Prickwillow, near Ely.<\/li>\n
    10. Nasty, near St Albans.<\/li>\n
    11. Lousybush, near Fakenham.<\/li>\n
    12. Shitterton, near Poole.<\/li>\n
    13. Lower Swell, near Cheltenham.<\/li>\n
    14. Crapstone, near Yelverton.<\/li>\n
    15. Cockington, near Torquay.<\/li>\n
    16. Brown Willy, Bodmin Moor.<\/li>\n
    17. Thong, near Rochester.<\/li>\n
    18. Sandy Balls, New Forest.<\/li>\n
    19. Wetwang, near Driffield.<\/li>\n
    20. Muff, near Londonderry.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An interactive map has revealed the rudest place names across the UK with a couple appearing in Birmingham,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,9315,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-185822","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-fun-stuff","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114686267522059529","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}