Belvoir ranked among the most baffling place names in the country to pronounce
A tourist attraction a few miles from Grantham has been ranked among 15 UK place names that are most often mispronounced.
Driving experts LeaseCar.uk have listed Belvoir as one of the most hard-to-say locations on Britain's maps and Satnavs.
Belvoir, famous for its castle which is home to the Duke and Duchess of Rutland, was ranked alongside 14 other baffling names including Southwell, Teignmouth, Cholmondeley and Ruislip. See below how to pronounce the names correctly.
“The English language can be challenging at best," Tim Alcock from LeaseCar.uk said.
"Not only do we have words that are spelled and pronounced the same but have different meanings — read, bank, bat and bear are good examples— to complicate things further, some words contain heaps of letters that just aren’t needed.
“You see this a lot with place names like Leominister, which might as well be spelt Lemster, and Happisburgh, which sounds more like Hays-bruh, rendering the majority of the word useless.
“In order to prevent confusion, we’ve listed 15 places around the UK that are most often mispronounced, so that drivers can travel with ease and as little embarrassment as possible.”
1. Marylebone (London)
Wrong: Ma-ree-lee-bone
Right: Mar-lee-bone
2. Teignmouth (Devon)
Wrong: Tane-mouth
Right: Tin-muth
3. Bicester (Oxfordshire)
Wrong: Bi-ses-ter
Right: Bis-ter
4. Hunstanton (Norfolk)
Wrong: Hun-stan-ton
Right: Hun-ston
5. Cholmondeley (Cheshire)
Wrong: Chol-mon-de-lee
Right: Chum-lee
6. Godmanchester (Cambridgeshire)
Wrong: God-man-ches-ter OR Gum-ster
Right: God-munch-ester
7. Southwell (Nottinghamshire)
Wrong: South-well
Right: Suth-ul
8. Magdalen College (Oxford/Cambridge)
Wrong: Mag-de-lain
Right: Maud-lin
9. Leominister (Herefordshire)
Wrong: Lee-o-min-ster
Right: Lemster
10. Shrewsbury (Shropshire)
Wrong: Shrews-bury
Right: Shroos-bree
11. Happisbrugh (Norfolk)
Wrong: Happ-is-bruh
Right: Hays-bruh
12. Gloucester (Gloucestershire)
Wrong: Glos-es-ter
Right: Glos-ter
13. Belvoir Castle (Grantham, Leicestershire)
Wrong: Bel-vwar Castle
Right: Beaver Castle
14. Ruislip (Greater London)
Wrong: Roo-i-slip
Right: Ry-slip
15. Gateacre (Liverpool)
Wrong: Gate-acre
Right: Gatt-a-ker
