A LANCASHIRE town has been named in the Top Ten funniest place names in the UK.

Nob End, in South Lancashire, came fifth in a poll which asked respondents to rank the nations most bizarrely named places.

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Comedian Chris Ramsay is the brains behind the poll and undertook the mission to seek out the UK's most weird and wonderfully names towns.

From Crapstone in Devon to Brokenwind in Aberdeenshire our little island is blessed with hundreds of hilarious place names.

But some are giving people the giggles more so than others and here are an example of those that have been causing the most blushing.

1.      Bell End near Lickey End

2.      Brown Willy, Cornwall

3.      Boggy Bottom, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire

4.      Twatt, Orkney

5.      Nob End, South Lancashire

6.      Fanny Barks, Durham

7.      Scratchy Bottom, Dorset

8.      Minge Lane, Worcestershire

9.      Dicks Mount, Suffolk

10.     Crotch Crescent, Oxford

We've also included some other classics in our picture gallery above...