EVERY now and again in the Mercury office, someone will tell us where they live and we can barely conceal a snigger. We thought we would take a look through our patch and scour out some of the weirdest and most amusing place names we could find. Enjoy!

Weston Mercury: Cheddar Gorge.Cheddar Gorge. (Image: Archant)

Velvet Bottom, Cheddar

This is actually a nature reserve. It probably has some lovely places to sit.

Weston Mercury: Langford Village Road Signs.16-9-09Langford Village Road Signs.16-9-09 (Image: Archant)

Pudding Pie Lane, Langford

This delicious and fattening street is actually where the doctors surgery is.

Weston Mercury: Wrington Motors on the corner of High Street and School Road.Wrington Motors on the corner of High Street and School Road. (Image: Archant)

Butt’s Batch, Wrington

Yes, we are very immature. But the image of a big batch of butts made us smile.

Weston Mercury: Cheddar gorge (Credit: Cheddar Caves and Gorge).Cheddar gorge (Credit: Cheddar Caves and Gorge). (Image: Archant)

Dag Hole, Cheddar

It turns out Cheddar is full of these little gems, no one knows what it means, but it sounds good if you shout it across the room.

Weston Mercury: East Huntspill05 ; East Huntspill in the Springtime and Village Sign 12-04-10 DKEast Huntspill05 ; East Huntspill in the Springtime and Village Sign 12-04-10 DK (Image: Archant)

Leekbeds Lane, West Huntspill

We’re not sure if this lane used to be a very large allotment which only grew leeks, but we like to think so.

Weston Mercury: View of Highbridge and Burnham Town Sign.View of Highbridge and Burnham Town Sign. (Image: Archant)

Nunney Close, Burnham-on-Sea

Again, although we don’t know where this street got its name from, we like to think someone saw a line of nuns and thought ‘this streets a bit nunney’.

Weston Mercury: Worle High St.Worle High St. (Image: Archant)

Flamingo Crescent, Worle

Not the most unusual of the names on the list, but delightfully ostentatious. Especially compared to neighbouring streets – finch, tawny… and then a flamingo.

Weston Mercury: The Strawberry or old Cheddar Valley Railway line that runs through Winscombe.The Strawberry or old Cheddar Valley Railway line that runs through Winscombe. (Image: Archant)

Hind Pits, Shipham

A lovely combination, which really speaks for itself.

Weston Mercury: Worle mapWorle map (Image: Archant)

Rivendell, Worle

One for the geeks among us. Some of you may know Rivendell is the place where Elves live in JRR Tolkien’s Lord Of The Rings saga. Didn’t realise it was on our mailing list.

Weston Mercury: Cheddar Gorge David Iliff. License: CC-BY-SA 3.0Cheddar Gorge David Iliff. License: CC-BY-SA 3.0 (Image: Archant)

Scott’s Hole Drove, Cheddar

No one knows who Scott is, but this sounds painful.

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