Buckinghamshire Council Street Naming and Numbering Policy

5.1 All new street names will end with a terminal word such as:

(i) Road

(ii) Street

(iii) Avenue

(iv) Drive

(v) Lane

(vi) Place

(vii) Gardens

(viii) Way

(ix) Grove

(x) Green

(xi) View

(xii) End

(xiii) Field

(xiv) Meadow

(xv) Corner

(xvi) Approach

5.2 The following names will be used only as indicated:

Crescent: For a crescent shaped road only. Often leaves and rejoins the same road

Close: For a cul-de-sac only

Square: For a square only

Hill or Rise: For a hill only

Terrace: For a terrace of houses but not a subsidiary name within another road

Mews: Officially a term for converted stables in a courtyard or lane but would be considered acceptable for most small terraced developments

5.3 All new pedestrian ways will have the suffix walk or path.