{"id":5767,"date":"2024-05-10T17:06:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T17:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/guides\/\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T11:43:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T11:43:50","slug":"britains-weirdest-local-nicknames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/guides\/britains-weirdest-local-nicknames\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain&#8217;s weirdest local nicknames"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<header id=\"block_5573680feefeaad1c22a60c1df6a7d51\" class=\"SingleHero skip-lazy default\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"SingleHero__categories\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/activities\/places-to-go\/\" class=\"category\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPlaces to go\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/tag\/place-names\/\" class=\"category\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPlace Names\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"SingleHero__title\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBritain&#8217;s weirdest local nicknames\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center SingleHero__author\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-auto name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy Jonathan Elder\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"SingleHero__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPublished on \t\t\t\t\t\t<time datetime=\"2024-05-10T17:06:23+00:00\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">May 10, 2024<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dot\"><\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t1 min read\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"SingleHero__thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1376\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nicknames-banner-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-hd size-hd wp-post-image\" alt=\"A collection of road signs\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nicknames-banner-2.jpg 1376w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nicknames-banner-2-300x118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nicknames-banner-2-1024x402.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nicknames-banner-2-768x301.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1376px) 100vw, 1376px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<article id=\"block_2605cb002425b83eab600519219f8e64\" class=\"Universal Universal--post c-small default pt-default pb-default mt-none mb-none    \" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"InnerBlocks\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"lead\"><\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p>Ordnance Survey has recently rolled out the &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk\/news\/new-national-vernacular-mapping-tool-helps-emergency-services-response\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vernacular Mapping Tool<\/a>&#8216;, which is a collection of non-official nicknames for locations around the coast. The serious goal is to make it easier for emergency services to locate a place when a caller identifies it with a local name that does not appear on the map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also provides a treasure-trove of the weird, wonderful and occasionally rude, so we thought we&#8217;d pick out a few of our favourite of the weirdest local nicknames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Ropey (Arbroath Harbour)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pig&#8217;s Paradise (Scarba island, Scotland)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Twelve Apostles (Catacol village. The name comes from a distinctive row of houses)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wibbly Wobbley Bridge (Millennium Bridge, London. When it first opened it wobbled a lot. It was closed for two years to add damping)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Soapy Cove (Probably from a former soap stone quarry, so no good for laundry)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stinky Bay (Pentire, Cornwall)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bridge to Nowhere (East Lothian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/getoutside39507958bf.blob.core.windows.net\/blobgetoutside39507958bf\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/geograph-7652631-by-richard-sutcliffe-1024x457.jpg\" alt=\"A bridge standing in water\" class=\"wp-image-5768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/geograph-7652631-by-richard-sutcliffe-1024x457.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/geograph-7652631-by-richard-sutcliffe-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/geograph-7652631-by-richard-sutcliffe-768x343.jpg 768w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/geograph-7652631-by-richard-sutcliffe-1376x614.jpg 1376w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/geograph-7652631-by-richard-sutcliffe.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The bridge to nowhere at high tide (Image \u00a9 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geograph.org.uk\/profile\/120387\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richard Sutcliffe<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sausage Island (an island near Ynys\u2013Las, Wales)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yellow Dog with No Teeth Bridge (Hampshire)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Glitter Ball (Blackpool)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Comedy Carpet (Blackpool)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bloody Bay (Northumberland)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Crazy Mary&#8217;s Hole (Suffolk. It&#8217;s apparently haunted by the ghost of Crazy Mary)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Dalek (Bridgewater Place skyscraper, Leeds)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sober Island (Outer Hebrides)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Eye of the Butt (Outer Hebrides)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/getoutside39507958bf.blob.core.windows.net\/blobgetoutside39507958bf\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/geograph-085271-by-tony-kinghorn-1.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Eye of the Butt&quot; Cave, Shiant Isles\" class=\"wp-image-5775\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/geograph-085271-by-tony-kinghorn-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/geograph-085271-by-tony-kinghorn-1-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/geograph-085271-by-tony-kinghorn-1-768x460.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, 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