[Talk-GB] Made-up motorway junction names

[Jass Kurn]

On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 at 17:24, Ed Loach <edloach at gmail.com> wrote:

> I really didn't mean to side-track this thread, but after Jass's reply I
> found this website:
> https://www.findmystreet.co.uk/map
> and if you zoom in to Elmstead Market and click on either the section I
> mentioned or the bit of Clacton Road to the east of the village centre
> crossroads, the map highlights both as a single road, with Colchester Road
> being the bit between the sections. It makes no sense to me that the
> western section of what it shows as Clacton Road would be called Clacton
> Road in Elmstead parish on the Colchester side as it is heading away from
> Clacton with respect to the village, but towards Colchester (based on how
> most roads seem to be named).
>
> I don't know which source is authoritative, but I would argue the highway
> authority have made a mistake when entering their data.
>
> Ed
>

As Mark Goodge pointed out, the authority responsible for road names is the
authority responsible for planning applications. That is not necessarily
the Highways Authority. This Local Council planning department will have a
documented way of creating street names, and must hold a definitive list of
street names. They make this available nationally via the "National Street
Gazetteer''. The  "National Street Gazetteer" is the definitive source of
street names. It can be viewed via the findmystreet website, but I believe
it has copyright blocking use in OSM? The National Street Gazetteer gives
the name of the road in question as Clacton Road, which is the official
name. Link below

https://www.findmystreet.co.uk/map?usrn=39900370

An individual or group may think a street name in the Gazetteer is wrong,
but the Gazette legally provides the official name.

Jass
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