Guidelines for naming of streets and buildings

When making your own name suggestions for a street or building, we recommend submitting more than one in case one is not suitable.

Try to choose an address that is:

The name of a private house cannot repeat the name of the road or any house or building in the area.

Names of new streets and buildings should not:

Names of new streets should:

use a name of local significance
not duplicate a name already used in Haringey or neighbouring boroughs (variations such as street, road, avenue are not accepted as a different name)
not sound like another street in the same postal area and, if possible, within a borough – for example, Alfred Road and Alfred Close or Church Hill Road and Birch Hill Road
not use north, south, east or west, such as Alfred Road South, even when the road is 2 separate parts with no access to vehicles between the two (in this case one half should be completely renamed) – it is only acceptable where the road is continuous and passes over a major junction

Names of new streets should not be difficult to pronounce or spell. In general, do not use:

words of more than three syllables
two words, except in special cases
subsidiary names, except for short streets, such as a row of buildings on a road already called a 'terrace'

All new street names should end with one of the following.

Street name suffixes
Suffix	Reason for use
Road	for any thoroughfare
Street	for any thoroughfare
Way	for major roads
Avenue	for residential roads
Drive	for residential roads
Grove	for residential roads
Lane	for residential roads
Gardens	subject to there being no confusion with any local open space
Place	subject to there being no confusion with any local open space
Crescent	for a crescent shaped road
Close	for a cul-de-sac only
Square	for a square only
Hill	for a hillside road only
Circus	for a large roundabout
Mews	provided it does not repeat the name of the road from which access is gained
Vale	for residential roads – only for exceptional circumstances
Rise/Row	for residential roads – only for exceptional circumstances
Mead/Wharf	for residential roads – only for exceptional circumstances

Street name suffixes that are not acceptable include:

The above can be used in a street name, as long as it ends with an appropriate suffix, for example Mile End Road

All new pedestrian ways must end in one of the following:

All new block names should end in one of the following:

Road closures in Seven Sisters/West Green Road