British place names

Place Pronounced Note

Aberystwyth Abba-ist-with
Aldersgate ALL-dez-gate
Aldwych ALL-dwitch Unlike Dulwich, Greenwich and Woolwich, the ‘w’ is pronounced
Oll-thorpe (for the village)
Althrop This is where Princess Diana is buried
Orl-trop (for the house)
Arnos Grove AH-noss grove
Beaconsfield Beckons-field
Beauchamp BEE‑chem
Beaulieu Bew-lee
Becontree BECK-an-tree
Belgravia bel-GRAY-vee-ah
Belvoir Beaver
Berkeley Square BAHK-lee square
Berkshire BARK-sher
Bermondsey BER-mand-zee
Bicester Biss-ter
Borough BURRa
Bournemouth BORN-muth
Bow B-oh Rhymes with ‘go’
Brasenose College (Oxford) Brays-nose
Buckingham Palace BUCK-ing-m palace
Cadogan car-DUG-an
Cheam cheem
Cheshunt Chez-unt
Chiswick CHIZ-ik Rhymes with ‘physic’
Cholmondeley Chum-lee
Cholmondeston Chum-stun
Cirencester Siren-sester
Clapham CLAP-am
Clerkenwell CLAHK-en-well
Colney Hatch KOH-nee hatch
Conduit Street CON-dwit street
Dagenham DAG-en-am
Dalston DAWL-sten
Deptford DET-furr'd
Dulwich DULL-itch
Dumfries Dum-freeze
Edinburgh Ed-in-burr
Eltham EL-tum
Erith EAR-ith
Euston YOO-sten
Frome Froom
Fulham FULL-am
Jill-ing-hum (in Kent) JILL like a female ferret (or wombat)
Gillingham
Gill-ing-hum (in Norfolk) GILL with a hard g, like a fish gill.
Gloucester GLOSS-tah Rhymes with 'foster'
Gloucestershire GLOSS-tah-sheer
Godmanchester Gum-ster
Gonville & Caius College (Cambridge) Gone-ville and Keys
Gotham Goat-am
Greenwich GREN-itch
Grosvenor GROve-ner
Guildford Gill-fud GILL with a hard g, like a fish gill.
Hainault HAY-nolt AY-nault for true Londoners
HARM-endz-werth (or HARMS-
Harmondsworth
worth)
Harrogate Harrow-gut
Hastings Hey-stings
Holborn HO-bun Or o-bun, to sound more local

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 British place names
Place Pronounced Note
Jermyn Street JER-min street
Keswick Kez-ick
Launceston Lawn-ston
Leadenhall LED-en-haul
Leicester LESS-ta
Leicestershire LESS-ta-sheer
Lewes Loo-wis
Lewisham LOO-ish-em
Leyton LAY-ten
Llandudno Clan-did-no
Loughborough luff-bruh
Loughton LOW-​​ten (LOW to rhyme with COW)
Madame Tussauds Madam Two-sores (not too-sew, as the french would say)
Magdelen College (Oxbridge) Maud-lin
Maida Vale MAID-a vale
Marylebone Marry-li-bun or MAR-lee-bun (but Marry-le-bone is okay)
Middlesbrough Middles-brah But the nickname of the football team is 'The boro' (As in burr-ah)
Milton Keynes Milton Keens
Mousehole Mow-zel (MOW to rhyme with COW)
Northolt NORTH-olt
Norwich NORR-itch
Pall Mall PAL mal As in ‘pallet’ and ‘mallet’
Plaistow PLAAH-stoh
Plymouth Plim-uth
Pontypridd Pon-ta-preeth
Reading Redding To rhyme with 'bedding', not 'feeding'
Rotherhithe Wrath-er-hi-th ‘Rother’ to rhyme with ‘bother’ and ‘hithe’ to rhyme with ‘scythe’
Ruislip RICE-lip
Salisbury Sauls-burry
Savile Row SAV-ell row Rhymes with ‘gavel’
Shrewsbury Shrows-bury
Slough S-low (LOW to rhyme with COW)
Southall SOUTH-all
Southwark Suth-ark
Spitalfields SPIT-əl-feeldz
St John Sin-jun
St Pancras sent PANK-ress
Streatham STRET-em
Thames temz
Theydon Bois THAY-den boyce
Tottenham Tot-nem
Twickenham TWIK-en-em
Vauxhall VOX-all
Walthamstow WAWL‑tham‑stow
Wanstead WONN-stid
Wapping WOP-ing Rhymes with ‘topping’, not 'rapping'
Warwick Avenue WORR-ick AV‑in‑yu
Welwyn Wellin
Widecombe Widd-e-come
Wisbech Wiz-beech
Woolwich WOOL-itch
Worcester Woos-ter
Worcestershire Woos-ter-cher

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