Onomatopoeia places.

[Sir C]

I've always like the sound of Wabash! Indiana.

Of course, we all know the only UK place name to have an actual exclamation mark, don't we?

Westward Ho!

Stupid fúcking name for a place. Town. Whatever.

[Burney]

Westward Ho!

Stupid fúcking name for a place. Town. Whatever.

Yes. Not to be confused with this, of course...

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...which is a Westwood Ho'.

[Pat Vegas]

I can't think of any.
I am way off form and jet lagged and slept 1 hour in the past 48 hours

how about Shap which I think is up north.

[Burney]

I can't think of any.
I am way off form and jet lagged and slept 1 hour in the past 48 hours

how about Shap which I think is up north.

Indeed. It's between Cockermouth and Carlisle - quite close to Egremont.

[Sir C]

Indeed. It's between Cockermouth and Carlisle - quite close to Egremont.

But, crucially, it doesn't sound like what it is, so I can't accept it as onomatopaeic.

[Pokster]

Indeed. It's between Cockermouth and Carlisle - quite close to Egremont.

I like the name Bedlam, a little village near Harrogate

[Ash]

Indeed. It's between Cockermouth and Carlisle - quite close to Egremont.

There are two Shaps? The one I know is on the A6 south of Penrith. It has no petrol station.

Also Egremont is south of Cockinmouth, not between it an Carlisle. I fear your compass is unwell today.

[Luis Anaconda]

There are two Shaps? The one I know is on the A6 south of Penrith. It has no petrol station.

Also Egremont is south of Cockinmouth, not between it an Carlisle. I fear your compass is unwell today.

No petrol station, eh? That's the Shap of things to come really