Despairing residents have finally changed the name of the street they live on after years of mickey-taking. Apparently many found the name ‘Butt Hole Road’ amusing – how rude.

Coachloads of tourists would make the pilgrimage to the unfortunately named street in Conisbrough, South Yorkshire, and bare their backsides in front of the signs, accoding to The Sun.

The butt of the joke: People living in Butt Hole Road were not amused

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But these pain-in-the-butts may be put off by the new name – it’s the rather more commonplace ‘Archers Way’.

However residents may not be in the clear yet. An online petition has started to get the name changed back again.

The road was named after a communual water butt used centuries ago, it was reported.