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A24 Clapham Common South Side
A205 Upper Richmond Road West (becomes A305)
A234 Crystal Palace Park Road
A3 Clapham Common North Side (a part multiplexes with A205)
A3 Clapham Common West Side (multiplex with A205)
A3220 Prince of Wales Drive
A4 Regent Steet St. James's (the northbound road between Waterloo Place leading into Piccadilly Circus, part of one of two routes taken by the A4 between Trafalgar Square and Green Park)
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Blackwall Tunnel Southern Approach
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"Fazeley - Two Gates - Wilnecote Bypass" on the A5 by Tamworth.
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Places with 2 word names should be good for this.

A quick whizz around London on Google Maps has got me Old Oak Common Lane.
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The excitingly named Welwyn By Pass Road (yes By Pass is 2 words):

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.8331515 ... 312!8i6656
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Peter350 wrote: Mon May 18, 2020 09:51 In my neck of the woods, we have Upper Golf Links Road and Lower Golf Links Road in Broadstone, Dorset.
That's my neck of the woods, too! Surprised I didn't think of those myself!

Also, Twin Sails Bridge Approach is mapped and signposted as such.

Thanks for all the suggestions, folks.

I've found a few 5s, using likely beginnings of words on the Streetmap search box which, it turns out, is excellent for giving a full list of streets beginning with whatever you put in, at least three characters:

St. James Mill Road East in Northampton ('East' in brackets on the sign) https://goo.gl/maps/bQAbHyWszFfyi9gu7
Hall by the Sea Road in Margate https://goo.gl/maps/e3jnTdB9CGfNveFz7
The Old Railway Goods Yard in Huddersfield https://goo.gl/maps/KcqZjSyGkWDLp9df6
Top o' th' Meadows Lane in Oldham https://goo.gl/maps/XLRidyh1BVEjYYzR9 which is off Back o' th' Low Road, signposted rather disappointingly as Back oth Low Road.
Top o' th' Hill Road in Todmorden https://goo.gl/maps/1DHdgwBZ8SLTTkyv7

And from this:
Potholes ate my car wrote: Mon May 18, 2020 09:04 There are a few in the centre of Edinburgh:

Rose Street North Lane & Rose Street South Lane
Similarly, Young Street and Hill Street both have North and South Lanes
Thistle Street takes it a step further and we get Thistle Street North East Lane, with associated variants for NW, SE and SW
I also found:
South West Cumberland Street Lane in Edinburgh https://goo.gl/maps/ZWBqvuGiU5g6x1uLA and the other three compass points
...and Northumberland Street South West Lane https://goo.gl/maps/KcqZjSyGkWDLp9df6 along with the other three.
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Pitch and Pay Lane, Bristol.
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The Great North Road ?
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Blue House Point Road in Stockton on Tees
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.57210 ... 8192?hl=en

If you allow hyphens there is of course Whip-Ma-Whap-Ma-Gate in York
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Three Cherry Trees Lane, Hemel Hempstead
https://goo.gl/maps/Ay9Xv8m2zgB93zs7A

The Old Walled Garden, Stevenage
https://goo.gl/maps/Jerh9w6c8sXLmLNj8
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Harlow has First Avenue Mandela Avenue which sounds like 2 road names put together:

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.7730553 ... 312!8i6656

I assume it was First Avenue when first built then the Mandela was later added but they didn't want to get rid of the First Avenue part because it fits in with the other roads?
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a6driver wrote: Mon May 18, 2020 15:29
The Old Walled Garden, Stevenage
https://goo.gl/maps/Jerh9w6c8sXLmLNj8
Good call - from the 'posh' end near the hospital.
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There is Prince of Wales Lane in Warstock, Birmingham.
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Chris Bertram wrote: Mon May 18, 2020 10:25 Does Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate (in York) count? Streetmap lists it both with and without hyphens. However, the street sign seems to include them.
growler74 wrote: Mon May 18, 2020 08:18 Upper Batley Low Lane in Batley, Land of Green Ginger in Hull and Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate in York.
trickstat wrote: Mon May 18, 2020 09:59 A particularly exotic sounding one is Land of Green Ginger in Hull.
KeithW wrote: Mon May 18, 2020 13:41 Blue House Point Road in Stockton on Tees
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.57210 ... 8192?hl=en

If you allow hyphens there is of course Whip-Ma-Whap-Ma-Gate in York
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Tut tut growler74, trickstat and KeithW. Lazy people. Why no bothering to read the rest of the thread first? :roll:

May I offer the most famous example in the south? London's Orbital Car Park. :)
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Two from Cambridgeshire are Six Mile Bottom Road and the somewhat exotic Ugg Mere Court Road (part of the B1040). Heathrow features a Northern Perimeter Road West (but no other combinations). And Bat and Ball Road in Sevenoaks.
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Bertiebus wrote: Mon May 18, 2020 17:36
Chris Bertram wrote: Mon May 18, 2020 10:25 Does Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate (in York) count? Streetmap lists it both with and without hyphens. However, the street sign seems to include them.
growler74 wrote: Mon May 18, 2020 08:18 Upper Batley Low Lane in Batley, Land of Green Ginger in Hull and Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate in York.
trickstat wrote: Mon May 18, 2020 09:59 A particularly exotic sounding one is Land of Green Ginger in Hull.
KeithW wrote: Mon May 18, 2020 13:41 Blue House Point Road in Stockton on Tees
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.57210 ... 8192?hl=en

If you allow hyphens there is of course Whip-Ma-Whap-Ma-Gate in York
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Tut tut growler74, trickstat and KeithW. Lazy people. Why no bothering to read the rest of the thread first? :roll:

May I offer the most famous example in the south? London's Orbital Car Park. :)
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"The Ocean at the End of the Lane" is the name of a short street in Southsea (Portsmouth) by South Parade Pier :)
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Just off East India Dock Road there used to be an 'East India Dock Wall Road'. It got renamed as Naval Row, it was a cheaper name plate and took up less room at least.
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I'd say there are a number of these, for example:

Cat And Kittens Lane north of Wolverhampton.
City Of Three Waters near Coalville.
Plough And Harrow Road in Birmingham.
Sir Gerald Kaufman Close in Manchester.
There And Back Again Lane in Bristol.

Personally I find one-word street names far more interesting but that's another story.
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I believe the only example of this with Cambridge (though not the shire) is "Dame Mary Archer Way", on the Addenbrooke's hospital site. Bonus points for containing no conjunctions or articles?
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