Brits have been urged to spice up their 2021 travel plans by arranging a wacky road trip to visit some of the weirdest place names around the UK - including one in Durham.

Spunkie, Wetwang and Catbrain are just three of many towns, villages and hamlets cheeky travellers could tick off on the Wacky UK Road Trip Map compiled and designed by LeaseCar.uk.

Pity Me, in Durham, also made the list. No one really knows for sure how the village, north of Framwellgate Moor, received its intriguing name but travellers heading here are sure to experience some history along with their laughs. 

You can take a trip from Pity Me to Brokenwind via Spunkie.

One theory says it comes from miserere me, a phrase chanted by pilgrims who walked this way while another claims the deceased St Cuthbert somehow whispered pity me when monks dropped his coffin at the site.

Yorkshire is home to its fair share of quirky locations too, with Crackpot, Giggleswick, Wetwang and Blubberhouses all found in the historic county.

In Scotland, travellers could pass through a number of places with funny and strange names like Brawl, Brokenwind, Lost, and Whiterashes.

Down south, drivers may find themselves passing through Donkey Town, Curry Mallet, and Brown Willy, and Loose Bottom.  

In Wales, travellers will find Mumbles and Plwmp whilst in Ireland, residents of Stranagalwilly might have a hard time being taken seriously.

A spokesperson for LeaseCar.uk said: “The English language never fails to amaze us, and neither does the imagination and creativity that must have gone into naming these iconic places around Great Britain and Ireland.  

“We’re not sure how residents of Nasty and Crapstone convince people they're nice places to live with names like that – Bunny in Nottinghamshire sounds much better.”