stevelyon

BBC Radio 4 ran a feature, on Saturday, which included two travel writers who make a habit of visiting undesirable places, some based on the sound of the name. Their experiences make for a very interesting listen and I enjoyed the comment from fellow guest Charles Allen who remarked that only the British would embark on such journeys.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01cj1lr

Have you ever visited places whose names would normally put you off going and yet been pleasantly surprised. Just in Yorkshire there is a delightful village called Mankinholes and Ramsbottom in Lancashire is a gem (not really hidden) which has a wonderful farmers market, a steam train and one of the best restaurants in Lancashire.

Morgana

Upper Ramsbottom is well worth a visit too!

janisj

Lower and Upper Slaughter . . .

(Morgana - I'm staying 3 or 4 days in Wensleydale in May -- I'll be wanting to pick your brains for places to eat)

annhig

There's a Greenbottom near here.

and I like the wonderfully named "Brasparts" in Brittany.

it's near Brest.

stevelyon

Besides upper Ramsbottom, the town that makes me smile is Idle in Yorkshire and they even have an Idle Working Mans Club - hee hee.

janisj

There is always Dull in Scotland

dfourh

There is always that town in Austria that starts with an F and where they have trouble with signage theft.