List of suffixes for street names

Can refer to a small residential street leading to an open space.

A narrow passageway between or behind buildings usually refers to a rear service road or pedestrian way used as access to garages or gardens. Can also be a path lined with trees, bushes, or stones.

Usually refers to a path or road that leads to a place such as a railway/bus station.

Usually a covered walkway with retail/commercial units along it.

Usually refers to a curving street, often in the shape of an arch, used similar to Crescent. Often used for residential streets which are near water or for development adjacent to a harbour or river where vessels can dock or moor, or where the street passes under an arch.

Can refer to a small residential street or a major roadway, usually indicates a wide straight road, often tree-lined, that is of major importance.

Usually used for streets that have an edge, embankment, or verge.

A wide street or open space typically lined with trees.

May be linked to historical use or feature in area.

Specific use to define a street or pedestrianised way.

A large open or main road.

Usually used for residential streets that run near to a brook, river or stream.

A street on the top of a hill or ridge.

Road that bypasses a nearby settlement.

Usually used for small residential streets in a valley or for streets built on hunting land.

A large roundabout or circular street.

Used for any dead-end street or no through road.

Refers to residential streets in recreational areas or open parks.

Often used for streets that form a square or rectangle, similar to the use of Square.

May be linked to historical use or feature in area.

Usually a short curved street.

May be linked to historical use or feature in area.

Usually a short street built on a small farm.

Usually refers to a street built in a valley or basin. Similar use to Vale or Valley.

Usually associated with a deep, narrow, wooded valley of a small river.

A very common suffix commonly used in suburban areas both for residential streets and major roadways.

Associated with rural areas relating to movement of livestock

Usually associated with a street which comes to a natural end with no further possibility for development beyond.

Usually used for residential streets that run through fields or grassland.

Usually used for a street in a small valley in a hilly area.

Usually used to designate a street populated by garden homes (subject to there being no confusion with any local open space).

An historical name believed to originate from the Norse element ‘Gata’ which means a way through a settlement.

Similar localised usage to Passage, Alley, Twitten.

May be linked to historical use or feature in area.

Usually a small residential street, often with a park-like setting. Can be used for the naming of a location.

Usually a small residential street, usually surrounded by woods.

Usually refers to a short residential street that travels uphill or is on top of high ground compared to neighbouring streets.

Usually refers to a street that travels up or upon a hill.

Commonly used for narrow roads, especially in the countryside.

Usually used for paths or residential streets that run through fields, similar to the use of Field.

Similar to the use of Field or Lea.

Historic or intended use.

Usually used for a former grassland site or where the development includes, proposes, or is adjacent to a field.

Usually used for paths or residential streets that run through fields, similar to the use of Field.

A pedestrianised way.

Usually a small street in a corner or recess.

A name for a road running by the seafront or a road with shops along it.

Usually used for paths or residential streets that run through fields, similar to the use of Field.

Usually refers to a street that travels through a valley or over a hill.

A pedestrianised way.

A pedestrianised way.

Refers to residential streets that contain or run through playing fields, recreational areas, country gardens or parks.

Usually a small residential street, a narrow street or an open space in a commercial development.

Often refers to either a pedestrianised way or a suburban shopping area's internal ways or open space in a commercial development.

Usually associated with a street leading to a river or sea.

Usually refers to a street that is on a hill, similar to the use of Hill.

A very common suffix used to describe a way that leads from one place to another in both residential and commercial areas but is used extensively for other types of streets.

Usually refers to particularly narrow streets with identical townhouses but is also commonly used for any residential street.

Believed to have originated from the Old English 'skor', meaning to make a cut or line.

May be linked to historical use or feature in area.

A very common suffix for a road in a town or city with houses or other buildings along it, can be small residential, intermediate, and major arterial roadways.

Often used for streets that form a square or rectangle, often with a park or a large square at their centre, used for markets, gatherings, etc.

Historically was a small residential street that was elevated above the surroundings, for example, on a hillside, but is now used in a more generic way to describe a residential street for 2 or more adjoining buildings.

May be linked to historical use or feature or path in area.

Usually refers to a street built in a valley or basin. Similar to the use of Dale or Valley.

Usually refers to a street built in a valley or basin. Similar to the use of Dale or Vale

Usually used for streets that have a vista or panoramic outlook.

Usually used for residential streets which are near water or for development adjacent to a harbour, canal or river where vessels can dock or mooring.

Usually designates a pedestrian-only space.

Used to describe a street or path that leads from one place to another. Wide range of use, from an alley-like pedestrian way definition to a residential street, to a major roadway in new developments.

Historically used for streets or pedestrianised way that form a square or rectangle, used for markets, gatherings, etc.