Roads with 4 (or more) words in their names

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Billet Mill Approach Road in Scunthorpe:

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Dead Man's Hole Lane now seems to qualify, it used to be Deadman's Hole Lane

Meanwhile in Bingley the throughpass has now been named Sir Fred Hoyle Way after the second most famous person born in Bingley.
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Green Street Green Road causes confusion when giving directions.
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I bring you news of "Little And Great Sir Hughes Lane" near Chelmsford.
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Big L wrote: Tue Jun 21, 2022 20:02 I bring you news of "Little And Great Sir Hughes Lane" near Chelmsford.
That's magnificent!
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If this hasn't been mentioned, contender is South Bristol Link Road or SBLR.
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Big L wrote: Tue Jun 21, 2022 20:02 I bring you news of "Little And Great Sir Hughes Lane" near Chelmsford.
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Chris5156 wrote: Tue Jun 21, 2022 20:47
Big L wrote: Tue Jun 21, 2022 20:02 I bring you news of "Little And Great Sir Hughes Lane" near Chelmsford.
That's magnificent!
Seems ungrammatical, though. Presumably it's named after a Sir Hugh Something, in which case it should be Hugh's.
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wrinkly wrote: Tue Jun 21, 2022 22:53
Chris5156 wrote: Tue Jun 21, 2022 20:47
Big L wrote: Tue Jun 21, 2022 20:02 I bring you news of "Little And Great Sir Hughes Lane" near Chelmsford.
That's magnificent!
Seems ungrammatical, though. Presumably it's named after a Sir Hugh Something, in which case it should be Hugh's.
It may seem odd but Googling does bring up a few references to Great Sir Hughes and Little Sir Hughes.
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This sign turns out to read Sir Douglas Bader Way, although it doesn't seem to match up to a navigable road. Unless it's part of the prom?
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Big L wrote: Tue Jun 21, 2022 20:02 I bring you news of "Little And Great Sir Hughes Lane" near Chelmsford.
Unfortunately this seems to be a mapping error. The sign at the junction clearly says "Great Sir Hughes Lane", and it appears one of the the other roads is "Little Sir Hughes Lane". The correct names appear on Open Street Map. Though both still qualify as they still have four words.
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Kinitawowi wrote: Wed Jun 22, 2022 08:56 This sign turns out to read Sir Douglas Bader Way, although it doesn't seem to match up to a navigable road. Unless it's part of the prom?
Reminds me that there is a Bader Walk (which seems a little distasteful given what happened to him) in Castle Vale in Birmingham.
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I'm not sure if it's just where my brain goes, but particularly with the third word ending in 'K' I have to remind myself that the second word in this one is not milk :oops:

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Saw this one yesterday:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.90065 ... ?entry=ttu
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