Alas, there's no Shrek Avenue, Wrath-of-Khan Alley or Airwolf Close, but London is replete with roads that share their names with films, TV shows and other cultural nods. We asked for your suggestions about a week ago, and here's a roundup of the best. We realise this is only scratching the surface, though, so fire away in the comments...
Streets sharing their names with films, but in an unconnected, coincidental way
Arlington Road, Camden Town
Elm Street, Finsbury
The Ring, Hyde Park
Batman Close, White City (NEW)
Streets sharing their names with TV shows, but in an unconnected, coincidental way
Knightrider Street, City of London
Brookside, Southgate
Grange Hill, various locations and Tube stop
South Park, Fulham
Albert Square, Stockwell (OK, not quite the name of a show, but had to be included)
Peyton Place, Greenwich
Little Britain, City of London
Dallas Road, Ealing
Sherlock Street, Hackney (NEW)
Hemans Street, Vauxhall (NEW)
Streets sharing their names with films in a wholly connected way that we find less interesting
Brick Lane
Lavender Hill (Mob)
And the same for TV shows
Waterloo Road
Paddington Green
Up the Elephant and Round the Castle
Streets sharing their names with silly Radio 4 wordplay
Mornington Crescent
Streets sharing their names with mostly forgotten bands
Amen Corner, City of London
Savage Gardens, City of London
Streets sharing their names with popular songs
By the chin of Suggs, we'd be here all day. Let's save this one for another post.
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