With Valentine’s Day 2023 upon us , it only felt right to analyse romantic road names around Wokingham and the UK, picking out over 8,000 from England, Wales and Scotland to reveal the most passionate country and region.
From Lovelace Path Wokingham to Rose Close in Woodley, the UK is home to some of the most romantically named streets. Compare My Move has also worked out how much it’ll set you back to live on some of the most passionate streets across the nation.
Shinfield the most romantic area in Wokingham
Wokingham Borough’s most romantic street has got to be Valentine Close! Wokingham.
Valentine Close RG2 8EU postcode is within the Shinfield North ward/electoral division, which is in the constituency of Wokingham. Only 9 properties have sold over the last 10 years in RG2 8EU with the last sale back in July 2020. Proving owners can’t bear to leave the most romantic street in the Borough:)
Berkshires Most Romantic Streets
- Love’s Close, Burghfield Common, West Berkshire
- Love Lane, Donnington, West Berkshire
- Loves Wood, Mortimer Common, West Berkshire
- Flowers Piece, Ashampstead, West Berkshire
- Honey Hill, Lambourn, West Berkshire
- Lovelace Path, Wokingham
- Rose Close, Woodley, Wokingham
- Rose Court, Wokingham
- Rose Street, Wokingham
- Valentine Close, Shinfield, Wokingham
Headline Figures at a Glance
- ‘Rose’ is the most romantic road name in the UK, featuring in 3815.
- 92% of romantic road names are in England, 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:
| Road Name | Count |
| Rose | 3,815 |
| Dove | 1,254 |
| Love | 895 |
| Honey | 813 |
| Bride | 292 |
| Sweet | 257 |
| Lover | 248 |
| Lovers | 181 |
| Diamond | 171 |
| Single | 143 |
| Valentine | 122 |
| Heart | 74 |
| Bliss | 51 |
| Flowers | 38 |
| Juliet | 25 |
| Fancy | 19 |
| Loving | 12 |
| Kiss | 10 |
| Lovesome | 10 |
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:
| Region | % of Romantic Roads | Average House Price* |
| South West | 24.78% | £373,049 |
| East of England | 17.15% | £418,336 |
| Wales | 12.67% | £248,332 |
| West Midlands | 10.69% | £279,237 |
| North West | 9.68% | £245,068 |
| South East | 6.49% | £472,929 |
| East Midlands | 6.18% | £281,597 |
| Scotland | 4.95% | £178,821 |
| London | 4.31% | £666,507 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 3.10% | £235,856 |
* data from Rightmove House price index https://www.rightmove.co.uk/news/house-price-index/
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:
| Notable Street Names | Region |
| Bleeding Heart Yard, Central London | London |
| Sweetmans Road, Dorset | South West |
| Marriage Lane, Dorset | South West |
| Diamond Place, Harrogate | North Yorkshire |
| Lovers Lane, Manchester | North West |
| Dove Grove, Eggington | East Midlands |
| Lover’s Loup, Aberdeen City | Scotland |
| Kissing Tree Way, Stratford-Upon-Avon | West Midlands |
| Valentine Court, Powys | Powys |
| Single Hill, Bath | South West |
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.
| Road Name | Average House Price |
| Lewd Lane, Kent | £1,395,000 |
| Kissing Tree Way, Warwickshire | £1,039,000 |
| Caring Road, Kent | £937,500 |
| Date Street, London | £727,000 |
| Sweet Bay, Kent | £610,000 |
| Rose Lane, Bridgend | £481,000 |
| Bride Church Lane, South Yorkshire | £440,000 |
| Cupids Corner, Southend-on-Sea | £392,000 |
| Valentine Road, Norfolk | £347,500 |
| Lovers Lane, Perthshire | £254,000 |
Comments from Compare My Move
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.”
Methodology
Compare My Move analysed road names around the UK and picked out 8,000. We collected data from the following sources:
Data Sources:
- https://www.findmystreet.co.uk/
- https://streets.openalfa.co.uk/
- HM Land registry and Ordnance Survey’s road database
- Rightmove House price index https://www.rightmove.co.uk/news/house-price-index/
- Comparemymove.com moving data
