The UK street with a name so rude they’ve had to secure its sign with concrete

A couple walk past a sign for Minge Lane.

One of the rudest named streets in the UK needs to secure its road signs with concrete because tourists keep stealing them. 

Minge Lane in Upton upon Severn in Worcestershire features as one of the UK’s rudest place names in a new survey. 

It is joined by the likes of Sluts Hole Lane in Norfolk, Sandy Balls in the New Forest and Shitterton in Dorset.

Derbyshire’s Fanny Avenue, Cocks in Cornwall and Wetwang in Yorkshire also caused a stir, according to the poll.

Jeremy Owenson, the mayor of Upton upon Severn, said people living in Minge Lane are so proud that they host a festival named after it every summer.

He said: ‘There is an informal festival with loads of bands and a bit of fancy dress.

‘People get down to the local pub and generally have a good time. It’s a fun celebration to embrace the name Minge Lane rather than worrying too much about it.’

EDITORIAL USE ONLY Caroline West and Andy Davies??unveil the the??Minge Lane road sign from under the green velvet curtain in Worcestershire as part of an Asda Money campaign launched following research suggesting many drivers have been distracted by unusual road and place names. Issue date: Wednesday September 23, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Ben Gregory-Ring/PA Media Assignments

However, Mr Owenson, who is also the deputy leader of Malvern Hills District Council, said: ‘From a district council perspective, we regularly had the street name stolen.

‘The new names have been concreted in to make sure they can’t be taken.’

Bell End in Rowley Regis in the West Midlands, which is also on the list of rudest place names, was the target of complaints in 2018 and residents started a petition to change it.

They claimed children would be bullied at school and called on the local council to rename it because they had become a ‘laughing stock’.

EDITORIAL USE ONLY General view of the??Minge Lane road sign in Worcestershire as part of an Asda Money campaign launched following research suggesting many drivers have been distracted by unusual road and place names. Issue date: Wednesday September 23, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Ben Gregory-Ring/PA Media Assignments

The petition attracted only 100 signatures but a rival campaign – titled ‘Leave the Historic Name of Bell End Alone!’ – received more than 4,800 supporters at the time and the road name was left untouched.

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They also found the cheeky names were a distraction, putting off two-thirds of drivers while six in 10 had missed their turn or exit and one in three nearly had an accident. 

Britain’s rudest place names

  1. The Knob, Northamptonshire – 33%
  2. Back Passage, City of London – 28%
  3. Dumb Woman’s Lane, East Sussex – 20%
  4. Butt Hill Road, South Yorkshire – 17%

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