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For many the romantic streets of Paris are the perfect place for a Valentine’s Day getaway.
But there are hundreds of love inspired streets much closer to hope, according to research by the Royal Mail.
Love Lane is the most common romantic themed road name with 121 dotted around the country, a new list reveals.
Other amorous streets include Long Lover Lane in Halifax, Sweet Pea Close in Telford, Honey Bottom in Andover, True Lovers Walk in Loughborough and The Heart in Walton-on-Thames.
The postal service analysed 32 million addresses and found that Spalding is home to Dear Love Gate, Marlborough has a Love’s Lane and Herne Bay has its own Heart in Hand Road.
Valentine’s Day could be particularly busy for those who live on Date Street in southeast London and Marriage Hill in Alcester.
And residents on Gift Lane in east London will be hoping they receive a special present for the romantic holiday.
While those on Champagne Avenue in Thornton-Cleveleys and Champagne Gardens in London might take their street name as inspiration for the celebrations.
There are hundreds of love inspired streets much closer to hope, according to research by the Royal Mail (pictured: Love’s Lane, Marlborough)
Amorous streets include Long Lover Lane in Halifax, Sweet Pea Close in Telford (pictured), Honey Bottom in Andover, True Lovers Walk in Loughborough and The Heart in Walton-on-Thames
Herne Bay has its own Heart in Hand Road. There are also four different roads named Love Street which are in Chester, Kilwinning, Paisley and Sheffield
True Lovers Walk in Loughborough
Dear Love Gate in Spalding
There are also four different roads named Love Street which are in Chester, Kilwinning, Paisley and Sheffield.
Saint Valentine, the patron of love, has inspired 75 street names compared to Cupid’s three.
There are five streets around the country that have kissing in their name, including Kissing Gate, Kissing Grove, Kissing Tree Lane and Kissing Tree Way.
London has the most romance inspired street names with 45, followed by Bristol with 26 and Liverpool which has 25.
While Nottingham has 18 romantic themed roads and Sheffield has 15.
Ian Evans, head of Royal Mail’s address management unit, said: ‘Ahead of Valentine’s Day we thought it would be fun to analyse our database of addresses to look into some of the quirkier romantic themed names.
‘Our posties will be helping spread the love this Friday delivering cards and gifts, and I’m sure they’ll have a smile on their face on all the Love Lanes and Valentine Roads.’
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