What were they thinking…?! Yep, it’s rather south-west England biased, but this is because a) this area has some especially stupid place names and b) it’s where I come from. But there are many other comedy settlements to be found elsewhere- check out http://www.i-r-genius.com/rudeplaces.html for some rather more risqué place names!

Nempnett Thrubwell, North East Somerset, UK

Petty France, South Gloucestershire, UK

Indian Queens, Cornwall, UK

Beer, Devon, UK

Wankdorf, Germany

Boppen, Germany

Wet Wang, Yorkshire (?), UK

The Shoe, Wiltshire, UK

Condom, France

Brest, France

Westward Ho!, Devon, UK (the only place in the world with an exclamation mark in its name!!!)

Rime Intrinsica, Dorest, UK

Phuket, Thailand

Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, UK (trust me, it really is super…!)

California, Birmingham, UK

Hollywood, Birmingham, UK

Staplers, Isle of Wight, UK

Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK

Elephant and Castle, London, UK

Swiss Cottage, London, UK

Pill, Bristol, UK

Eye, Suffolk, UK

Sandwich, Kent, UK (named after a delicious snack, of course)

Box, South Gloucestershire, UK

Barry, South Wales, UK

The Mumbles, Barodshire, UK

Baden-Baden, Germany

Queen Camel, Somerset

Catbrain, South Gloucestershire, UK

Scunthorpe, Yorkshire, UK

Tiddlywink, Wiltshire (?), UK

Donkey Town, Surrey, UK

Duck Street, Hampshire, UK

Nether Wallop, Hampshire, UK

Fishponds, Bristol, UK

Beach, South Gloucestershire, UK (er…there isn’t one)

Barton in the Beans, Leicestershire, UK

Gastard, Wilstshire, UK

Knock, Ireland

Woolley, North East Somerset, UK

Great Coxswell, Oxfordshire, UK

Christmas Common, Oxfordshire, UK

Rotton Row, Berkshire, UK

Egypt, Buckinghamshire, UK

Crazies Hill, Berkshire, UK

Titsey, Surrey, UK

Sand, Somerset, UK

Wookey, Somerset, UK

Vole, Somerset, UK

Pyle, Carmarthenshire, Wales

Three Cocks, Brecon Beacons, Wales

Waterloo, Iowa, USA

and last but not least, my current favourite….Batman, Turkey