LISTEN: We've been asking people in Maidstone if they know how to pronounce certain place names in the area

Oct 09, 2015, 03:33 PM

Prospective taxi drivers in #Maidstone could soon be tested on their English language skills before being licensed. However it doesn't help that dozens of place names in the area aren't pronounced anything like how they are spelt. We've been asking people in Maidstone if they know how to say them:

  1. Shipbourne
  2. Trottiscliffe
  3. Wrotham
  4. Bearsted
  5. Igtham
  6. Boughton Malherbe
  7. Tovil
  8. East Malling
  9. Goudhurst
  10. Horsmonden