Naming conventions

Street 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