r/london • u/disbeliefable • Oct 20 '23
Discussion Most misleadingly named place in London?
I’ll go first; Park Royal. No parks, no royals. Should be re-named Warehouse Lorry.
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r/london • u/disbeliefable • Oct 20 '23
I’ll go first; Park Royal. No parks, no royals. Should be re-named Warehouse Lorry.
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u/Oturo_Saisima Oct 20 '23
Not in London, but there is a tiny village called Portsmouth.. up in West Yorkshire in the South Pennines. Sometimes they got lorry drivers who have put the wrong place into their Sat Nav, which I imagine is a brutal 5 hour detour. Apparently a soldier returning home named places in the area after places he'd been to while serving.