Revealed: The UK’s most romantic and passionate road names – are any near to where you live?

From Bleeding Heart Yard to Kissing Tree Way, the UK is home to some of the most romantically named streets.

We’ve teamed up with home-moving experts Compare My Move to work out how much it’ll set you back to live on some of the most passionate streets across the nation. 

The study has found that ‘Rose’ is the most romantic road name in the UK, featuring 3815 times. 92% of romantic road names are in England, with only 5% in Wales and 3% in Scotland. Lewd Lane is the most expensive romantically themed road to live on, priced at £1,395,000. 

The Most Popular Romantic Road Names in the UK

After picking out 8,115 UK road names, we can reveal that ‘Rose’ is crowned as the most passionate, with a count of 3,815. ‘Dove’ is second with 1,254 and ‘Love’ a close third with 895. 

The table below shows the top 20 most romantic road names in the UK:

Most and Least Romantic Countries

Our data shows that England is home to the most romantic street names, with over 90% located here. Wales comes in as the second most popular place for a romantic road name, seeing 5.6% of the count and Scotland is home to 2.7%. 

Most and Least Romantic Regions

If we break this down by regions, the South West can be crowned as the area with the most romantic road names, with 24.78% of the count. Yorkshire and the Humber are the least romantic when it comes to naming their roads, with only 3.10% of the count. 

If you want to live in the most romantic region, the average house price in the South West will cost you £373,049. The area with the fewest passionate road names is Yorkshire and the Humber, where the average property price stands at £235,856. 

The table below shows the average house price across the regions, in order of the most romantic region:

Our Favourite Romantic Roads

To help get in the mood for Valentine’s Day, we’ve dug out some of our favourite romantic road names we came across during our research.

‘Bleeding Heart Yard’, ‘Lover’s Loup’, ‘Marriage Lane’ and ‘Sweetmans Road’ all warmed Compare My Move’s heart.

One that made us laugh was ‘Single Hill’ in Bath and might interest those of you not bothered about the big day. The table below highlights some of the most notable romantically themed street names across the UK:

Some of our favourite romantic street names in Wales include Cupid Way and Dove Road in Swansea, Diamond Street in Cardiff and St Brides Road in Newport.

House Prices for UK’s Romantic Roads

You might be wondering how much it’s going to set you back living on some of the most passionately named roads. 

We’ve done the research and can reveal if you want to live on ‘Lewd Lane’ in Kent, it’ll cost you £1,395,000. Romantic streets in Scotland seem to be priced lower than England, with Lovers Lane in Perthshire averaging at £254,000. 

If you wanted to move to a more affordable romantic region, our data shows that the average length of a move from England to Scotland is 350 miles. England to Wales averages at 168 miles and moves within England at 48 miles.

Owner and Managing Director of Compare My Move, Dave Sayce said: “It’s clear that romance plays a role in naming streets in the UK. If you’re looking to move to the most romantic region, the South West, you can expect to pay an average of £373,049. Yorkshire and the Humber is the least romantic with road names and you can expect to pay around £235,856.”

(Lead image: Swansea Council)