Naming conventions

We recommend that any new street names should end with one of the following suffixes:

• Street (for any thoroughfare)
• Road (for any thoroughfare)
• Way (for major roads)
• Avenue (for residential roads)
• Drive (for residential roads)
• Place (for residential roads)
• Lane (for residential roads)
• Grove (for residential roads)
• Mews (for residential roads)
• Gardens (for residential roads, subject to there being no confusion with local open space)
• Crescent (for a crescent shaped road)
• Close (for a cul-de-sac only)
• Court (for a cul-de-sac only)
• Square (for a square only)
• Hill (for a hillside road only)
• Circus (for a roundabout only)
• Terrace (for a terrace of houses, but not as a subsidiary name with another road name)
• Lane (for development of a historic by-way)
• Vale (for residential roads in exceptional circumstances)
• Walk (for residential roads in exceptional circumstances)
• Rise (for residential roads in exceptional circumstances)
• Row (for residential roads in exceptional circumstances)
• Wharf (for residential roads in exceptional circumstances)
• Dene (for residential roads in exceptional circumstances)
• Mead (for residential roads in exceptional circumstances)

Non-acceptable suffixes are as follows:

• End
• Cross
• Side
• View
• Park
• Meadow

All pedestrian ways should have the following suffixes:

• Walk
• Path
• Way

The use of the following is not acceptable where the road is split in half. In such instances, one half of the road should be completely renamed:

• North
• South
• East
• West
• Upper
• Lower

Names which sound phonetically similar should be avoided within the same parish if possible. (For example, Bond Street and Pond Street)

Last updated: 24/05/2023 10:44