A DELIBERATE act or an innocent coincidence?
There are numerous funny, controversial and sometimes even risqué streets and place names around Sussex.
A street name in Swanage made the news this week after a holidaying family complained that it was racially insensitive.
Dorset County Council were contacted by the family who found Darkie Lane in Ulwell to be “offensive”.
Here is a list of the rudest, funniest and most controversial place names in Sussex:
Dumb Woman's Lane, Rye
Titty Hill, Chichester
Knob Hill, Warnham
Cockshut Road, Lewes
Little Trodgers Lane, Mayfield
Punch Copse Road, Crawley
The Dicklands, Lewes
Balls Cross, Petworth
Butts Lane, Eastbourne
Rotten Row, Lewes
Cockmount Lane, Wadhurst
Juggs Road, Lewes
Poppinghole Lane, Robertsbridge
Ballsocks Lane, Vines Cross
Bachelor’s Bump, Hastings
Dirty Lane, East Grinstead
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