Yorkshire is home to its fair share while down south, drivers may find themselves passing through quite a few too! A spokesperson for LeaseCar.uk said: “The English language never fails to amaze us, and neither does the imagination and creativity that must have gone into naming these iconic places around Great Britain and Ireland. “We’re not sure how residents of Nasty and Crapstone convince people they're nice places to live with names like that – Bunny in Nottinghamshire sounds much better!”
1. Crackpot
Crackpot is a village in Swaledale, North Yorkshire. Its name derives from the Old English kraka and the Viking word pot.
2. Giggleswick
Giggleswick, in North Yorkshire, belonged to the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. Richard Whiteley of Countdown fame was a pupil at Giggleswick School and left £500K in his will, which was used to build a new theatre named after him.
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Wetwang is a Yorkshire Wolds village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The Mayor of Wetwang is TV weatherman, Paul Hudson.
4. Blubberhouses
A small village and civil parish in the Washburn Valley in the borough of Harrogate. The population as at the 2011 Census was less than 100.