Festive place names across Great Britain
With just two weeks to go until Christmas, we started thinking (again!) about the best Christmas place names around Great Britain. Have a look at our pick of the crop and let us know if you can think of others to add to the list…
From Cold Christmas (Hertfordshire) and Christmas Cross (Shropshire) to Holly Green (Worcestershire) and Ivy Tree (Cumbria), there are places scattered across the country where it feels like Christmas all year round – even if only in name.
As it approaches midnight on Christmas Eve, don’t forget to hang up your Stocking (Herefordshire) and leave out a Carrot (Angus) for Rudolph. You can pucker up at Mistletoe Oak in Herefordshire, dream of a white Christmas in Snow Falls (North Yorkshire), or make your way to Wiseman’s Bridge (Pembrokeshire) by the light of a Star (Somerset) – although you may like to use a good map instead.
There are sackfuls of festive places from Cornwall right up to the Scottish islands. You can visit Bethlehem (Carmarthenshire) without even getting near an aeroplane, or practise your Yuletide songs in Carrol (Highland).
So, what do you think? Have we missed any real crackers (sorry)? What are your picks for Britain’s most festive place names?
Themocracy
Christmas Pie, Surrey. http://normandyhistorians.co.uk/aandp3.html
Star, Scotland. https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=star+scotland&safe=active&gl=uk&ie=UTF-8&ei=RanFUNn7I8aH0AWV_YC4BQ&sqi=2&ved=0CAUQ_AUoAA
Christmas Common, Oxfordshire. http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=471478&y=193267&z=0&sv=Christmas&st=PlaceName&lu=N&tl=StreetMap%20-%20Christmas%20Common,%20Oxfordshire%20OX9%20Other%20Town&ar=y&bi=~&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf
‘Sledge’ Green, Worcs https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=star+scotland&safe=active&gl=uk&ie=UTF-8&ei=RanFUNn7I8aH0AWV_YC4BQ&sqi=2&ved=0CAUQ_AUoAA
Bethlehem village (near Llandeilo in Carmarthenshire)
Going on a Reindeer theme there’s a Dasher in Stirling, a Dancers Hill near Potters Bar, Comet Stone in Orkney, Vixen Tor near Tavistock and a Cupid Green in Hemel Hempstead. Leaves Rudolph, Donner, Blitzen and Prancer feeling left out.
There is a Rudolph Road in Bushey
There’s also a Baby’s hill on the north flank of Ben Rinnes and a Jesus Well by Padstow. I’ll leave now…
Christmas steps in Bristol, and there’s a Christmas Common in Oxfordshire (I remember that because I visited the pub there once
)
Yule Road in Coventry
The Chestnuts in Cheddar
Snow Hill, Bath
Merryfield in Somerset
There’s another Bethlehem in Pembrokeshire, just north of Haverfordwest
Reindeer Road (Fazeley, Tamworth, Staffordshire B78 3SW)
I know roads are easier but here’s one more:
Sleigh Drive (Edinburgh, EH7 6EN).
It’s a shame it’s Drive not Ride I guess.
Some of these are great – thanks for all your suggestions!