I wish it could be Christmas everyday – it is in Yorkshire!
Yorkshire has been revealed as the UK's Christmas-iest county in
new research from marketing data and intelligence experts
EuroDirect
EuroDirect has discovered that Yorkshire boasts the most festive
street names in the UK, beating stiff competition in the Christmas
stakes from Lancashire, Suffolk and Hampshire. Yorkshire has a
total of 24 Christmas street names and just some of the county's
residents that are feeling festive all year round are the
households of Robin Drive in Bradford and Turkey Hill in
Pudsey.
The festivities reach across the UK and include the 236 households
living in 'Yule'; 92 households living in three Rudolf Roads; and
15 households living on Sproutes Lane in Sussex. Less common but
still enjoying the Christmas season all year round are Advent Court
in Lincolnshire, Nativity Close in Kent, and Present Lane in
Loughborough. Conversely the south of England has a monopoly on
'North Pole' streets with North Pole Lanes in both Kent and
Herefordshire, and two North Pole Roads in Kent and London.
The research found that with 594 festive streets throughout the
UK, 'Robin' is the most common Christmas-themed street name. The 56
streets named Robin Close alone are home to 849 households
throughout the UK. The next most popular festive street name is
Holly with 97 streets, from Holly Close in Bexhill-On-Sea, Sussex
to Holly Crescent in Dundee. There are also 12 streets nationwide
where everyday is Christmas, from Christmas Close in Dorset to
Christmas Street in Liverpool there are a total of 359 households
living in 'Christmas'.
John Dobson, Managing Director of EuroDirect said:
"For most of us, Christmas comes but once a year - it's nice to
see some can share the festive spirit with their families all year
round! The Christmas season is a time for family and happy
memories, it's only natural for people to want to enjoy this
throughout the year and live somewhere which makes them feel
merry."
The research was undertaken using EuroDirect's Data Exchange
database, the largest UK shared prospect pool. Data Exchange
combines contributions from a wide range of data partners and
client contributors to provide access to the UK consumer mass
market - approximately 41.5 million records and is available for direct marketing activity. Data Exchange includes data
from the latest Edited Electoral Roll and Companies House as well
as Lifestyle, Transactional and Financial information.
Table 1 - Counties with Christmas-iest street
names
Rank |
County |
No. Christmas street names |
---|---|---|
1 |
Yorkshire |
24 |
= 2 |
Suffolk |
19 |
= 2 |
Lancashire |
19 |
= 2 |
Hampshire |
19 |
= 5 |
Sussex |
18 |
= 5 |
Essex |
18 |
= 5 |
Kent |
18 |
= 8 |
Norfolk |
16 |
= 8 |
Cheshire |
16 |
= 10 |
Staffordshire |
15 |
= 10 |
Berkshire |
15 |
= 12 |
Buckinghamshire |
14 |
= 12 |
Hertfordshire |
14 |