Rude Britannia

It's slowly to larn confused when shout out for for directions inward the UK. If mortal tells y'all to conduct maintain 'Bell End upwards Butthole Lane' they could live on giving y'all existent directions. Alternatively they powerfulness live on inviting y'all dwelling for a nighttime of x-rated fun.

Back inward the Middle Ages it was fairly mutual for streets to live on named later the principal economical action taking identify along them. The number was that many roads ended upwards amongst names which tin appear rather offensive to our modern sensibilities.

For example, many towns together with cities inward the U.K. had streets named 'Gropecunt Lane'. These streets are believed to conduct maintain been named for the prostitution taking identify there. Unfortunately over the years all the Gropecunt Lanes inward the U.K. conduct maintain been replaced amongst less innocuous names, such every bit Grape Lane.

Fortunately yet some rudely named streets silent exist. You tin run across some of them on Rude Streets. Rude Streets is a Street View slideshow which takes y'all on a panoramic tour of some of the UK's virtually interestingly named streets.


If y'all desire to practise your ain map of rude identify names thence y'all tin download a GeoJSON file of rude locations from the Vaguely Rude Places GitHub page.

The Vaguely Rude Places Map is a  faithful compendium together with atlas of rude identify names to a greater extent than or less the world. The map allows y'all to thought the location of numerous rude sounding identify names, such every bit the famous town of Fucking inward Austria.

You powerfulness too similar the Talking Rude Map. The map animates through some of the to a greater extent than NSFW identify names to a greater extent than or less the globe together with reads the names out loud. To take away heed the map talking y'all volition in all likelihood demand to purpose the Chrome browser.