List of British regional nicknames

; Aberdeen : Aberdonians (demonym), Dorics, Donians (Aberdeen F. C. football team are nicknamed The Dons), Sheep-shaggers (pejorative)Bisset, Roddy: Aberdeen Football Fans, The Glory Hunter, The True Fan and the Motivational Role of the 12th Man, St Andrews University SAEE Article 2013 p. 10

; Abingdon-on-Thames : Abos

; Accrington : Akkies, Ringpieces (pejorative)Langdale, M.R: Time Transfer 2019 p.161

; Acle : AssesNotes and Queries Vol 7 1853 p. 452

; Aldeburgh : Old-buggers

; Aldershot : All-the-Shit (collective, pejorative)

; Alnwick : Manics

; Alston : Lead-diggers (after the old lead-mining industry), All-stoners

; Alton : Brewers (after the former industry)Richmond and Turton: The Brewing Industry 1990 p. 121

; Amersham : Magpies, Maggots (from Amersham Town F. C. football club)

; Arbroath : Red Lichties, Lichties, CodheidsMcBain, J: Arbroath Past and Present 1887, Preface iii

; Arundel : MulletsBlack’s Guide to Sussex 1861 p. 601

; Ascot : Cottagers, Arse-Caught-s (pejorative, mocking the "refined" accent)

; Ash, Surrey : Urns

; Ashford, Kent : Slashers

; Ashton-under-Lyme : Flashers (pejorative)

; Atherstone : Blatherers (pejorative)

; Aylesbury : Duck-botherers (from the Aylesbury duck breed)

; Ayr : Ayr-souls (pejorative)

; Bacup : Buttercups,Eichler et al: Namenforschung / Name Studies 2008 p. 1753 Turd-bakers (pejorative)

; Bagshot : Shag-bots, Shitbags (pejorative)

; Bakewell : Tarts (see Bakewell tart)

; Baldock : Baldricks (pejorative, after a scruffy little side-kick in the sitcom Blackadder)

; Bamber Bridge : Bum Boys (pejorative, and very offensive nowadays)

; Banbury : Bandies, Bangers

; Barking : Pooches, Mads

; Barnsley : Barnzolians (demonym), Bumholians, Tykes, Colliers (a former mining community), Dingles (pejorative, by people from Sheffield)

; Barnstaple : Barneys (pejorative when alluding to Barney Rubble of the Flintstones)Herbert, Tim: From Barney to Beach, North Devon Gazette August 23rd 2024

; Barrow in Furness : Barrovians (demonym), Wheelbarrows, Shipbuilders, Basras

; Basildon : Basras, Basghanistanis

; Basingstoke : Amazingstokers, Bas Vegans (after Las Vegas), Basingjokers, Stokies

; Batley : Dingbats, Batshit Crazies (pejorative)

; Barnoldswick : Barlickers, Bollockers, Bunglesnatchers, Bimwits (pejorative){{cite web|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/bygones/10788710.barlicker-creates-facebook-page-dedicated-finding-images-past/|title=Barlicker Creates Facebook Page|accessdate=December 19, 2024}}

; Bath : Bathonians (demonym), Tubbies, Spiders (pejorative)

; Beccles : Becklers

; Bedford : Vans (after Bedford Vehicles), Bedbugs, Bedpans (pejorative, but the town's railway to London used to be called that)

; Bedworth : Layabouts, Bedsores (pejorative)

; Belfast : McCooeys (from a radio series featuring a family of that name),Hamilton, P: Up The Shankhill 1979 p. 105 Dunchers (refers to a type of cap)Storey, M. L: Representing the Troubles in Irish Short Fiction 2004 p. 110

; Berkhamsted : Berkies, Berks (pejorative, from rhyming slang Berkeley Hunt)

; Berwick-upon-Tweed: Tweedsiders, Wee Gers (from the football club, Berwick Rangers F. C.), Smacks (refers to a type of boat)Denham, M. A: The Denham Tracts 1895 p. 5

; Beverley : Bevsters, Hillbillies (after the Beverly Hillbillies sitcom), Beavers, Beaver-lickers (pejorative)

; Bexhill-on-Sea : Sick-Beckies-on-Coke

; Bicester : Bizzies, Bisexuals, Bi's

; Bideford : Biddies, Little Whiteys (from the town’s nickname “Little White Town”, falsely deprecated owing to apparent racist connotation)Billing, J: The Hidden Places of Devon 2005 p. 85

; Biggar : Bigfoots

; Biggleswade : Biggies, Big-uns, Waders (from Biggleswade Town F. C.)

; Billericay : Bilbos (see Bilbo Baggins)

; Bilston : Billies, Stoned Billies

; Bingley : Bingles, Binners, Bing-Bongs

; Birchington-on-Sea : Masochists

; Birkenhead : Birkos, One-eyes, Plastic Scousers (or Plazzies)Crowley, T: The Liverpool English Dictionary 2017 p. 169

; Birmingham : Brummies

; Bishops Castle : Pissed-up Arseholes (pejorative){{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

; Bishops Waltham : Piss-up Wallies (pejorative)

; Bishops Stortford : Extorters

; Bispham : Spammers

; Bix : Bikkies, Biscuits

; Black Country : Yam Yams,{{cite web| url = https://www.theguardian.com/education/2003/jan/27/highereducation.postgraduate| title = Wolverhampton researches Black Country dialect| work = The Guardian| date = 27 January 2003| access-date = 3 October 2010}} Nineheads

; Blackburn : Dodos,Morris, J: From Dodos to Dee Dars, The Genealogist Magazine, Feb 2014 Sooties, Horse Botherers (pejorative, by people from Burnley and other Lancashire towns, after bestiality convictions){{cite web|url = https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/9806520.man-charged-sex-horse/|title = Man Charged with Having Sex with Horse| work = Lancashire Telegraph| date = 9 July 2012}}

; Blackpool :Blackpudlians (demonym), Black Puddings, Sand Grown 'Uns, Seasiders, Donkey Lashers / Botherers (the town has been rumoured to feature a donkey brothel){{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-12809163|title=BBC report 2011 Blackpool Councillor Sorry for Donkey Botherer Jibe|access-date=14 January 2024}}

; Bloxwich : Bollockers

; Blyth : Sparts (after the Blyth Spartans A. F. C. football club), Blitherers

; Bognor Regis : Boggers, Bog Buggers (pejorative, alludes to the last words of King George V)Fletcher, C: A Boy Soldier For the Queen 2008 p. 8

; Bolton : Trotters (originally a football term, it is now used to describe anyone from Bolton and surrounding area), Noblot (collective noun, anagram for Bolton)Timbs, J: English Eccentrics and Eccentricities 1875 p. 319

; Bo'ness : Bo'neds (pejorative)

; Bootle : Bootlickers, Bugs-in-ClogsCrowley, T: The Liverpool English Dictionary 2017 p. 245

; Borehamwood : Boring-Woodworms

; Boston : Stumpies (see St Botolph's Church, Boston)

; Bourne, Lincolnshire : Bourne-Deads (pejorative)

; Bournemouth : Bomos, Coffin Dodgers (due its popularity as a retirement area), Porners (pejorative)

; Brackley : Bracklings

; Bracknell : Brackens, Cracknellers (pejorative, alluding to crack cocaine)

; Bradford : Bradfordians (demonym), Bradistanis (pejorative), Bakrichodan (by South Asians from other places, can vary according to language)

; Bradford-on-Avon : Gudgeons

; Braintree : B-towners, Brain-deads (pejorative)

; Bramley : Villagers (by people from other areas of Leeds), Apples

; Brentwood : Brenterz

; Bridgwater : SmellophanersDean, M: The Little History of Somerset 2020 p. 86

; Bridlington : Briddlies

; Bridport : Ropeys (after the former rope-making industry), Silly Bees (from the Bridport F. C. football club)Speed, P: Dorset, A County History 1994 p. 123

; Brierfield : Pricklies

; Brighton : Brightonian - pronounced Bri-tonian, Jugs (archaic),Augustus Hare: Sussex 1894 p. 136 Las-Gayvans (after Las Vegas; there are other nicknames alluding to the city's large gay community which are homophobic and offensive)

; Brill : Brillbillies

; Bristol : Bristolians, Brizzlies, Wurzels, Piss-tools (pejorative)Johnson, P: Straight Outa Bristol 1997 p. 128

; Britain : Limeys in Canada and the United States : Pommies in Australia and New Zealand : Les Rosbifs in France{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2913151.stm |title=Why do the French call the British 'the roast beefs'? |date=3 April 2003 |website=BBC News Online |access-date=7 November 2016}}

:Tommy, Island Monkey in Germany{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1617445.stm |title=Few laughs for 'humorous' Kraut |date=24 October 2001 |work=BBC News Online |access-date=7 November 2016}}

; Broadstairs : Bradstows (former name)Barlow, P: Broadstairs Past and Present 1882 p. 3

; Bromsgrove : Grovellers

; Bromyard : Yardies, Yardbirds

; Buckie : Blethers, Tonics (from Buckfast Tonic Wine)McColl Millar, R: Lexical Variation and Attrition in the Scottish Fishing Industry 2014 p. 146

; Buckingham : Pig-botherers (“fucking ham”)

; Budleigh Salterton : Buddies, Sex-Buddies (pejorative)

; Buildwas : Builders, Cowboy-Builders (pejorative)

; Bulwell : Bullwinkles (pejorative when applied to the womenfolk, see Bullwinkle J. Moose)

; Bungay : Bungholes

; Buntingford : Buntys, Bunnies, Rabbits

; Burford : Burps-and-farts

;Burgess Hill : Buggers-HolesCalder, J: Not Nebuchadnezzar 2005 p. 101

; Burgh le Marsh : Burglers

; Burnham-on-Crouch : Burning-Crotches

; Burnley : Burnleyites (demonym), Yorkies, Dingles (pejorative, by people from other Lancashire towns, notably Blackburn. From a family in the Emmerdale soap opera, set in Yorkshire)Lavic, E: The Linguistics of Football 2008 p. 239

; Burton upon Trent : Brewers (from town’s dominant industry), Burbles

; Bury : Shakers (originally a football term, it is now used to describe anyone from Bury and surrounding area)Dobson, B: Lancashire Nicknames and Sayings 1973 p. 22

; Bury St Edmunds : Teddies

; Bushey : Pubics

; Buxton : Buggy-Stoners

; Caernarfon : CofiDavis, R; Sex, Sects and Society 2018 p. 354

; Caithness : Gallach{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/transactionsgae01invegoog |quote=Gallach caithness. |title=Transactions of the Gaelic Society |year=1907 |publisher=Gaelic Society of Inverness |page=[https://archive.org/details/transactionsgae01invegoog/page/n116 97] |access-date=30 September 2010}}

; Calne : Lilywhites (from Calne Town F. C. football club), Sausages (from former industry); acronym CALNE Cocks Always Limp, Never ErectOfficial Guide to the County of Wiltshire 1961 p. 106

; Camberley : Cambos, Cam-pros

; Cambridge : Camshafts, Fenners, Swamp People

; Cannock : Cannots

; Canterbury : Turbos, Scammers (the city depends on income from tourists)

; Cardiff : Diffies, Bluebirds (from Cardiff City F. C. football club)

; Carlisle : Carlers, Gypsies

; Castleford : Arsehole-fodder (collective, pejorative, means “toilet paper”){{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

; Ceredigion : Cardi

; Chard : Beets (from Chard, the vegetable)

; Chatteris : Chatterboxes, Gobshites

; Chatham : ChavsYvette Taylor: Classed Intersections 2016 p. 109

; Chelmsford : Chelmos

; Cheltenham : Nammers

; Chesham : Chezzies, Chezz (collective, from old pronunciation), Chezz-puffs (pejorative, alludes to cheese puffs){{cite web |url=https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/24043736.buckinghamshires-mispronounced-place-names/|title=Buckinghamshire’s Mispronounced Place Names |access-date=12 March 2025}}

; Chester : Cestrians, Chezzies, Incestrians (pejorative, the etymology is false which derives "incest" from the Latin "In Cestria" meaning "What goes on in Chester")

; Chester-le-Street : Chezzie-la-Rues (alludes to Danny La Rue; "Rue" is French for "street")

; Chesterfield : Spireites, Chessies, Losers, Pet-Eaters, Arthur’s Little Lemmings – last three offensive, linked to the divisions during the UK miners' strike (1984–1985). “Arthur” is Arthur Scargill. See Mansfield and Miners strike derby.{{cite journal |last1=Emery |first1=Jay |title=Belonging, memory and history in the north Nottinghamshire coalfield |journal=Journal of Historical Geography |pages=77–89 |language=en |doi=10.1016/j.jhg.2017.11.004 |date=1 January 2018|volume=59 |doi-access=free |hdl=2381/42989 |hdl-access=free }}{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/miners-strike-memories-eating-squirrels-32245075|title=Miners Strike Memories -Eating Squirrels|accessdate=3 April 2025}}

; Chew Magna : Maggot Munchers

; Chichester : Chis (long i), Chitterlings, Chi-chis (pejorative)

; Chippenham : Ham-and-Chips, Washbasins (from town nickname of Little Bath)Durman, R: Classical Buildings of Wiltshire and Bath 2000 p. 77

; Chipping Norton : Chippies, Chipsticks, Greasy Chippies (pejorative), Gnaw-tongues

; Chipping Sodbury : Sodding Chippies

; Chorley : Charladies

; Chorleywood : Charley Wouldn'ts

; Chorlton-cum-Hardy : Cum-hardlies (pejorative)

; Cinderford : Sinners, Cinderellas

; Cirencester : Sirens

; Clacton-on-Sea : Clackers, Clicketty-Clacks

; Cleethorpes : MeggiesDutton, G: Ancient and Modern Skegness and District 1932 p. 135

; Cleobury Mortimer : Clomos

; Clevedon : CleftsCampbell, R: Clevedon, Medieval Manor to Victorian Resort 2009 p. 7

; Clun : Clungies

; Clydebank : Bankies, BoakiesRoss, D: Gaffers 2013 p. 235

; Clitheroe : Clitherovians (demonym), Clit-Heroes (pejorative)

; Coalville : Coalvillers, Hole-fillers

; Cockermouth : Cockermouthers -an offensive nickname replaces "er" with "in"

; Colchester : Colchies, Romans, Camuloonies, Steamies, Castlers, Cross 'n' Crowners (after Colchester's coat of arms).

; Colerne : Hoof-polishersPeople's and Howitt's Journal 1846 p. 156

; Colne : Colons (pejorative if an allusion to the large intestine is intended)

; Congleton : Beartowners,Head, R: Congleton Past and Present, 1887, p.67 Congos

; Consett : Rusties (from former steel industry)

; Cookham : Cookies, Cookie-Crumbs

; Copthorne : Yellow-bellies

; Corby : Cobras, Plastic Jocks (the new town was populated by Scottish immigrants)

; Corfe Castle : Coarse Arseholes{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

; Cornwall : Kernowicks, Merry-Jacks, Mera-Jacks, Uncle Jacks or Cousin Jacks (when abroad).

; Coupar Angus : Cowpat Funguses

; Coventry : Peeping-Toms, Covids (pejorative)

; Cowes : Monkeys, Boat-Monkeys (East Cowes is Monkey Town)

; Cramlington : Cramps

; Crawley : Creepy Crawlies, Insects{{cite web |url=http://www.thisissussex.co.uk/Crawley-mapped-Creepy-new-map-database/story-12594611-detail/story.html |title=MOST Crawley residents have probably, at some time, referred to the town by its well-known nickname – Creepy Crawley |website=This Is Sussex |date=20 October 2010 |access-date=9 June 2014}}

; Crewe : Croutons, Trackies, Trainers (from the town’s railway industry)

; Crewkerne : Crooks

; Cromer : Crabs

; Crosby : Crockys, Crozzers

; Crowborough : Corvids

; Crediton : Cruddy Creddies

; Cuckfield : Cuckolds, Cucks

; Dagenham : The Nam (collective), Dags

; Darlaston : Darlos, Daleks

; Darlington : Quakers (from the football club Darlington F. C.), Darloids, DCs, Monte Darloes

; Dartmouth : Dirt-mos

; Darwen : Darreners (from old pronunciation)Laxton, P: Darwen Born and Blackburn Bred 2016 p. 7

; Daventry : Daves, Deevos-in-trees

; Denton : Hatters (from former industry), Dentists

; Derby : Derbians, Bockers,{{cite web |url=https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/derby-tramp-bocker-wright-slang-851363|title=Derby Tramp Bocker Wright |access-date=12 March 2025}} Rams, Sheep Shaggers (from Derby County F. C. football club)

; Desborough : Desperates

; Devizes : Deevos, Devices

; Devon : Devonians, Janners, Devos (pejorative when pronounced with a long "e")

; Dewsbury : Ragpickers (after the former shoddy industry)

; Didcot : Dead Cats, Diddlers (pejorative)

; Dingwall : Gadgies, Gudgies{{cite web |url=https://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/gadgie|title=Dictionaries of the Scots Language -Gadgie|access-date=12 March 2025}}

; Diss : Dissenters, Diss-entery (collective, pejorative)

; Doncaster : Donnies, Flatlanders (especially by people from Sheffield), Knights (from the Doncaster Knights rugby club), Doleites (pejorative)

; Dorchester : Magpies (from the Dorchester Town F. C. football club), Maggies, Maggots, Dorch-vegasers

; Dorking : Dorks, Orcs, Doggers, Chicken Botherers (pejorative, after the Dorking chicken breed)

; Dorset : Dorset Knobs (from the famous biscuit), DumplingsHillian, D: The Little Book of Dorset 2010 p. 95

; Dover : Dovorians, Dovakians (pejorative)

; Downham Market : Dung-home Maggots

; Driffield : Dribblers

; Droitwich Spa : Monners (from Droitwich RFC rugby club), Droids-switched-off

; Droylesden : Droids

; Dudley : Duds (pejorative), Dursleys (after Dudley Dursley, a Harry Potter character)

; Dukinfield : Duck Botherers

; Dumfries : Doonhamers, Queenies (after the Queen of the South F. C. football club)Black, C. S: The Scots Magazine Vol. 96 1971 p. 524

; Dundee : Dundonians (demonym), Coagies, Bumholians (pejorative)

; Duns : DingersDenham, J: Duns, Burgh on the Merse 2016 p. 26

; Dunstable : Dung-stablers, Dunwuns

; Durham : Durhamites, Posh Mackems, Posh Geordies, Cuddies, Pit Yackers (due to Durham's mining heritage)

; Dursley : Durbos

; Earby : Earwhacks, Wingnuts (pejorative)

; Eastbourne : Winnicks or Willicks (dialect name of a guillemot or wild person),{{cite book|last=Wales|first=Tony|title=Sussex as She Wus Spoke, a Guide to the Sussex Dialect|publisher=SB Publications|location=Seaford|year=2000|isbn=978-1-85770-209-5}} Coffin Dodgers, Piddlies (pejorative, alludes to the many elderly residents)

; East Dereham : Derelicts

; East Grinstead : Grinners

; East Kilbride : Polo Mints (the town has too many roundabouts)Crawford, R: A Scottish Assembly 1990 p. 29

; Eastleigh : Beastlies (pejorative)

; Eccles : Thumpers (see Kung Fu Kapers)

; Edinburgh : Edin-burgers, Edinbourgeois (used more so when referring to people from more affluent suburbs of Edinburgh), Dunediners (Gaelic Origin), Toonies (Scots), Reekies, Freakies (alludes especially to those involved in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe), Ken-folk (collective, from “ken” being put on the end of everything they say), Ed-inbreds, Cunts-frae-Embra

; Egham : Cosies (acronym EGHAM Easy Girls Having Awesome Mammaries)

; Ellesmere Port : Smellies, Tinnies, Smells-Me-Farts

; Ely : Slipperies ("slippery as an eel")

; England : Sassenachs (used by Scottish and Irish; Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic word "Sasannach", meaning "Saxon"), Sassies, Red Coats, Inglish, Nigels, Guffys (primarily in Northeast Scotland from the Scots 'pig' or a windbag); Sais, Twll-tin (Welsh), Englandshire (in Scotland), The Shire (in Scotland), Feb/Febby (Fucking English Bastard), Poms (Australia)

; Epsom : Salts, Shitters (the spa water contains Epsom salts -a drastic purgative.Brayley, E. Wedlake: A Topographical History of Surrey 1850 p.189 Acronym EPSOM Extremely Perverted Sex Orgy Maestros)

; Essex : Essex Calves (archaic),Apperson et al: Dictionary of Proverbs ed. 2006 p. 176 Easties, Essers, Wideboys, Saxons, Scimitars (from the county Coat of Arms)

; Evesham : Shams, Shambles (collective)

; Exeter : Ecstatics, Grecians (especially those from around the St Sidwells area and Exeter City F. C. fans generally), Sex-with-Sisters (pejorative)

; Exmouth : Sex-botsBlackstone, M: Exeter City Down the Years 2012 p. 53

; Eye : Eyeballs

; Eyemouth: Eyes, Mooths

; Ewell : Eeews (pejorative)

; Failsworth : Failers, Jailsworths (pejorative)

; Fakenham : Fakers

; Fareham : Pharaohs, Fairies

; Faringdon : Farting Donkeys

; Farnborough : Farnians (alludes to Narnia, the land of the talking animals), Fart Buggers

; Farnworth : Fart-whiffs

; Farnham : Nammers, Fart-namese

; Faversham : Faffers

; Felixstowe : Fillies

; Ferring : Ring-ferrets

; Fife : Fifer

; Fleetwood : Codheads

; Folkestone : Folking-hell-s, Toke-Stoners (pejorative)

; Forest of Dean : Foresters, Deaners, Offers

; Forfar : BrosiesChambers, R: Popular Rhymes of Scotland 1863 p. 278

; Formby : Georgies (after George Formby)

; Fort William : Farting Billies

; Fraserburgh : Brochers (not to be confused with people from Burghead), Puddlestinkers

; Frinton-on-Sea : Master Gaters (pejorative; the town used to hide behind a set of railway crossing gates), Incontinents (from the old tag “Harwich for the Continent, Frinton for the Incontinent”)Nash, W: The Language of Humour 2014 p. 14

; Frodsham : Jowie Heads (from old Runcorn area Cheshire meaning turnip, reference to the rural position of the town), Frodos (a character in The Lord of the Rings)

; Frome : Dodgers (from the Frome Town F. C. football club), Ooz (collective -"it's pronounced Froom"), Shrooms (alludes to Magic mushrooms)

; Galashiels : Pail Merks (from the claim that Gala was the last major town in Scotland to have plumbing or running water, and so used buckets as toilets) {{cite web |url=https://bordersislamicsociety.org/galashiels/|title=Borders Islamic Society on Galashiels|access-date=12 March 2025}}

; Galloway : Gallovidians (demonym), Galwegians (demonym, also used for Galway)

; Gateshead : Heeds, Knockoff Geordies (slightly pejorative, "wrong side of river")

; Gerrards Cross : Jerrys, Crosstitutes

; Gillingham: Medwayers, Jills

; Glasgow : Glaswegian, Keelies,{{cite book |chapter-url=http://www.bartleby.com/81/12073.html |last=Brewer |first=E. Cobham |author-link=E. Cobham Brewer |title=Dictionary of Phrase & Fable |chapter=Nicknames |via=Bartleby.com |access-date=29 September 2010}} Weegies{{cite web |first=Michelle |last=Castillo |url=http://www.petergreenberg.com/2009/08/20/off-the-brochure-travel-guide-glasgow-scotland/ |title=Off the Brochure Travel Guide: Glasgow, Scotland |website= Peter Greenberg Travel Detective |date=20 August 2009 |access-date=29 September 2010}}

; Glastonbury : Glasses, Glastoids, Ding-a-Lings (a centre of New Age activity), Body-Mass (collective, acronym BODIMAS Burned Out Druggies In Mud And Shit, alludes to the Glastonbury Festival -although that is held at Pilton and not in the town)

; Glossop : Hillmen (due to its proximity to the Peak District), Tuppies (after the P. G. Wodehouse character Tuppy Glossop)

; Gloucester : Gloucestrians (demonym), Glozzies

; Godalming : Godalmingers (demonym), Godgers, Gobble-minges, God-all-mingers (pejorative)

; Golborne : Gulpers, Gollums (pejorative)

; Goole : Goolies

; Goring-by-Sea : Gory-rings

; Gosforth : Gossies

; Gosport : Turk Towners, Gozzies, Guppies{{cite web |url=https://gosportshistory.co.uk/wp/unrelated-documents/david-moores-historic-gosport/turk-town/|title=Turk Town|access-date=13 March 2025}}

; Govan : Goons

; Grantham : Grunters, Grunty-piggies

; Grassington : Grassy-arses

; Gravesend : Bone-yarders

; Grays : Grazers

; Great Dunmow : Flitchers, Dung-mos (pejorative)

; Great Harwood : Turbans (the town used to weave them)Pagnamenta & Overy: All Our Working Lives 1984 p. 31

; Great Malvern : Grot Mavens (pejorative)

; Great Yarmouth : YarcosDalzell & Victor: Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang 2014 p. 853

; Grimsby : Codheads, Haddocks, Grimmies

; Guildford : Guiltys

; Guisborough : Guys, Woollybacks

; Hailsham : Stringers (from former rope and string industry)Phillips & Smith: South-East From 1000 AD 2014 p. 315

; Halesworth : Worthy-of-hell's

; Halesowen : Yeltz (from Halesowen Town F. C.)

; Halifax : Haligonians (demonym), Wally Gonads (pejorative)

; Halstead : Humbugs (from the Halstead Town F. C. football club)

; Hampshire : Hampshire Hogs, Bacon Faces (reference to Hampshire as a pig-raising county in former times)

; Harlow : Harlots, Jeans (after Jean Harlow

; Harpenden : Harps, Hard-ons (from old pronunciation “Harden”.The Correspondence of Nathan Walworth and Peter Seddon of Outwood 1880 p. 70 Acronym HARPENDEN Hot And Randy Persons Enjoying Naked Delights Every Night)

; Hartlepool : Poolies, Monkey Hangers,{{cite web |url=http://www.thisishartlepool.co.uk/history/thehartlepoolmonkey.asp |title=The Hartlepool Monkey, Who hung the monkey? |website=This is Hartlepool |access-date=29 September 2010}}

; Harwich : Shrimpers (from the Harwich & Parkeston F. C. football club)

; Haslemere : Mere Nutters, Smears

; Hastings : Stingers, Stinkers (from Hastings United F. C.)

; Haslingden : Hasbeens (pejorative)

; Hatfield : Shit-filled (collective)

; Havant : Akloos (pejorative, "Haven't a clue"), Chavants (perjorative)

; Haverfordwest : Long-necksDavies, H: Spies, Lies and Consequences 2014 p. 26

; Haverhill : Have-a-gos, Chavvy-Hillbillies

; Hawick : Teris{{cite web |url=https://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/gadgie|title=Dictionaries of the Scots Language -Teri|access-date=12 March 2025}}

; Haydock : YickersDobson, B: Lancashire Nicknames and Sayings 1973 p. 37

; Haywards Heath : Heathens

; Hazel Grove : Bullocks (the original name was Bullock Smithy),Advertiser Notes and Queries Volumes 1-2 1882 p. 16 Nutters

; Heanor : Ha-ha-hee-hee-s

; Hedon : Shoulders (collective)

; Hemel Hempstead : Treacle-Bumsteaders (see Treacle mining)

; Henfield : Chicken-runners, Free-Range-Chickens

; Henley-on-Thames : Chicken-lovers-on-tabs

; Hereford : Ciderheads, Hairy-fuds (pejorative)

; Herne Bay : Hernias

; Hertford : Her-fartsKnowles, J: How Sex Got Screwed Up 2019 p. 868

; Heswall : Hezzies

; Hexham : BirniesWatson, G: The Roxburghshire Word Book 2013 p. 170

; Heywood : Monkeys{{cite web |url=https://www.heywoodhistory.com/2015/11/hey-hey-were-monkey-town.html|first=Chris |last=Dawson |title=Hey, Hey, We're Monkey Town |website=Ten Thousand Years in Monkey Town}}

; Higham Ferrers : Ferrets (“skinny, smelly, and they get into any hole”)

; High Wycombe : Chair-boys (from the Wycombe Wanderers F. C. football club, and the town's former industry), Willyous (WYCOMBE as an acronym: "Will You Come Over, My Bed's Empty")

; Highlands and Islands (of Scotland) : Teuchters, used by other Scots and sometimes applied by Greater Glasgow natives to anyone speaking in a dialect other than Glaswegian

; Hinckley : Tin HattersHenderson, E: Milestones of Hinckley 1981 p. 52

; Hindley : Myras (from Myra Hindley)

; Hipperholme : Hippos

; Hitchin : Canaries, Tweetys (from the Hitchin Town F. C. football club), Hitchy-Bitches

; Hoddesdon : Hoddies, Hod-carriers

; Holmes Chapel : Sherlocks, The Chaps (collective)

; Holt : Stoppers

; Holyhead : Hole-in-heads (pejorative)

; Honiton : Huns

; Horbury : Dead Horses

; Horley : Hee-Haws

; Hornsea : Hornys, Porny Hornys (pejorative when applied to the womenfolk)

; Horsham : Shams, Horribles (acronym HORSHAM Horrible Offensive Retarded Shit Headed Arse Merchants)

; Horwich : Whores (pejorative; Blackrod is nearby and "they go together")

; Hove : Hovellers, Hove Actuallys (pejorative - "We're not Brighton but...")

; Hoylake : Gulls (after the rugby club)

; Hucknall : Huckers, Huck-em-alls

; Huddersfield : Hudders, Dog Botherers (pejorative)

; Hyde : Hydeyhos, Hyde-aways

; Hull : Codheads, Hully Gullies, 'Ullites, Hullbillies

; Ilfracombe : Frackers

; Ilkeston : Ilcos

; Ilkley : Ickies, Milk-leaks

; Ince-in-Makerfield : Incy-wincies, Spiders (from the nursery rhyme Incy Wincy Spider)

; Inverness : SneckiesMorton, T: Guttered 1999 p. 23

; Ipswich : Binners, Tractor Boys, Carrot Crunchers

; Ilchester : Sickies

; Irthlingborough : Irthlings

; Isle of Wight : Caulkheads (named after the caulking of boats), Boat People (pejorative, refers to those commuting to the mainland for work)

; Jedburgh : Jetharts, Jeddarts, JobbiesChambers, R: Popular Rhymes of Scotland 1863 p. 283

; Keele : Christines (after Christine Keeler)

; Keighley : Keiths

; Kenilworth : Kennys, Everetts (after Kenny Everett)

; Kettering : Holies, Sheep shaggers, Ketteringer pansies (pejorative)

; Kendal : Kendalians (demonym), Kennys, Dollies

; Keswick : Kezzies

; Kidderminster : Kiddies, Kiddy Fiddlers (pejorative)

; Kidlington : Kiddies, Kevins (acronym KIDLINGTON Kevin Incel, Desperate, Lonely, Isolated, No Girlfriend, Tossing Off Nightly)

; Kilmarnock : Kimons

; Kimberley : Kims, Walshes (after Kimberley Walsh)

; King's Sutton : Kinky Sluts

; Kings Lynn : Linnets, Kinky Lindas (the womenfolk)

; Kilbarchan : HabbiesRitson, J: The Caledonian Muse 1821 p. 197

; Kirkintilloch : Kirkie-Toalies (pejorative)

; Knebworth : Knob-warts

; Knutsford : Nutters, Cnuts

; Lancashire : Lankies, Yonners (specifically south-eastern Lancashire around the Oldham and Rochdale areas)

; Lancaster : Planks

; Lauder : Lousies

; Ledbury : Lebbers, Lepers, Used-tubbies (from a tourism slogan “England As It Used To Be”){{cite web |url=https://ledburycivicsociety.org/about-ledbury/|title=About Ledbury |access-date=12 March 2025}}

; Leeds : Leodensian (demonyn), Loiners

; Leamington Spa : Lemons, Phlegms, Limping-Spastics

; Leek : Leakies

; Leicester : Rat Eyes (from the Roman name for the city: Ratae), Chisits (from the pronunciation of "how much is it," which sounds like "I'm a chisit"); Foxes, Bin Dippers (named after Foxes)

; Leicestershire : Leicesterites, Bean Bellies (from the eating of broad beans){{cite book |author-link=Arthur Benoni Evans |last=Evans |first=Arthur Benoni |year=1881 |title=Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs |edition=enlarged |editor-first=Sebastian |editor-last=Evans |editor-link=Sebastian Evans |location=London |publisher=N. Trübner for English Dialect Society |page=101}}

; Leigh : Leythers, Lobby Gobblers (from lobby)Hughes, G: The Lost Foods of England 2017 p. 93

; Leominster : Lemons

; Letchworth Garden City : Lechers

; Lewes : Rooks (after Lewes F. C.)

; Leyland : Ley-abouts

; Lincoln : Imps (see Lincoln Imp), Impotents (pejorative), Missing Links

; Lincolnshire : Yellow Bellies (after pool frogs once common in the Lincolnshire and East Anglian Fens){{cite book |chapter-url=http://www.bartleby.com/81/17670.html |last=Brewer |first=E. Cobham |title=Dictionary of Phrase & Fable |chapter=Yellow-belly |via=Bartleby.com |access-date=30 September 2010}}

; Linlithgow : Black Bitches, from the burgh coat of arms

; Lichfield : Bitchy Litches

; Lingfield : Ding-a-Lings

; Littleborough : Little Buggers (not necessarily pejorative)

; Littlehampton : LA, from the local accent being unable to pronounce the 'h' in Hampton{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/feb/27/wicked-littlehampton-surf-sand-cafes-and-art-in-west-sussex|title=Guardian article: Wicked Littlehampton|access-date=14 March 2025}}

; Liverpool : Liverpudlian (demonym), Lillipudlian, Scousers (from the stew known as scouse),Fazakerley, p. 24

:Plastic Scousers or Plazzies (a person who falsely claims to be from Liverpool),{{cite web |url=http://www.allwords.com/query.php?SearchType=3&Keyword=plastic+scouser&goquery=Find+it%21&Language=ENG&v_PageSize=25 |website=Allwords.com |title=Plastic Scouser}}

:Woolybacks or Wools (a person from the surrounding areas of Liverpool, especially St Helens, Warrington, Widnes, or the Wirral){{Cite web |url=http://www.slang.org.uk/index.php?entryid=8342 |website=Slang.org.uk |title=Woolyback}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.allwords.com/word-woolyback.html |website=Allwords.com |title=Woolyback}}

; Llanelli : TurksCriddle, B: The Almanac of British Politics 2005 p. 408

; London : Cockneys (Traditionally those born within the sound of the bells of St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside)

; Looe : Looneys, Looby Loos (from Andy Pandy, a children's television programme)

; Lossiemouth : Codheids, Gollachs (meaning an earwig)Millar, R. McColl: Lexical Variation and Attrition in the Scottish Fishing Industry, 2014, p. 143

; Loughborough : Loogabaroogas (from attempts by foreigners to pronounce it)

; Louth : Luddites

; Lowestoft : Puds, Slow Stuffers (pejorative)

; Ludlow : Luddites, Bloody Low-lifes (pejorative)

; Luton : Hatters, Looneys, Harpic Dodgers (pejorative, equating the town to a toilet -a brand of one named after the town does exist, made by Johnson Suisse){{cite web|url=http://www.johnsonsuisse.com.my/catalogue/products/water-closet/close-coupled-wc/luton/luton-close-coupled-wc-WBSELT...WW|title=Johnson Suisse, Luton WC|access-date=14 March 2025}}

; Lyme Regis : Limeys, Slimeys, Cobnuts (the harbour wall is called The Cobb)

; Lymm : Limbos, Po-pos (see Limpopo River)

; Mablethorpe : Maybos

; Macclesfield : Maxies,Notes and Queries 1894 p. 94 Treacle Towners

; Maidenhead : Hymens

; Maidstone : Slag-stoners (pejorative, compare Folkestone)

; Manchester : Mancunian (demonym), Mancs (the shortened version of the demonym Mancunians), Mankys (pejorative)

; Mansfield : Mannies, Stags, Deer Botherers, Scabs - offensive, linked to the divisions during the UK miners' strike (1984–1985).{{cite journal |last1=Emery |first1=Jay |title=Belonging, memory and history in the north Nottinghamshire coalfield |journal=Journal of Historical Geography |pages=77–89 |language=en |doi=10.1016/j.jhg.2017.11.004 |date=1 January 2018|volume=59 |doi-access=free |hdl=2381/42989 |hdl-access=free }} See Chesterfield.

; Malmesbury : Jackdaws, Smarmies, MarmitesAkroyd & McEwan: Swoop, Sing, Perch, Paddle 2024 p. 14

; Malton, North Yorkshire : Maltesers

; March : Slow Marchers (pejorative)

; Margate : Maggots (pejorative), Dee-effells (acronym, "Down From London", refers to relocators)

; Market Drayton : Maggot-Dregs (pejorative), Milk Trays

; Market Harborough : Maggot-Harbourers (pejorative)

; Marlow : Marlots

; Maryport : Scary/Hairy/Fairy-Marys

; Masham : Mashers, Machines

; Matlock : Pubic-hairs

; Melbourne : Mellies, Smellies

; Melksham : Mellies, Rogers (see Roger Mellie)

; Melton Mowbray : Porkies (famous for pork pies); see Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association

; Methil : Speed-freaks, Meths

; Middleham : Pork-bellies (the middle part of the pig)

; Middlesbrough : Smoggies.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7046579.stm |title=I was made in Middlesbrough |last=Harley |first=Shaun | website=BBC News Online |date=16 July 2007 |access-date=29 September 2010}}

; Middleton : Piddly Middlies (pejorative)

; Midhurst : Stags (from the Midhurst & Easebourne F.C. football club)

; Midsomer Norton : Zombies

; Milton Keynes : Milk-'n-Beaners

; Mirfield : Smurfs

; Monmouth : Monsters, Monster Mouths, Mongs (pejorative)

; Montrose : Gable Enders, Gable Endies (from Montrose F. C. football club)

; Morecambe : Sandgronians

; Moretonhampstead : Mormon Hamsters

; Morley : Moshers

; Morpeth : Moppets, Muppets

; Mundesley : Munters

; Nantwich : Dabbers,{{cite web |last1=White |first1=Jonathan |title=A Dabber Debate - what's your preferred derivation? |url=https://thenantwichnews.co.uk/2020/05/03/letter-a-dabber-debate-whats-your-preferred-derivation/ |website=Nantwich News |access-date=22 March 2022 |date=3 May 2020}} Nannies

; Neath : Abbey-Jacks, Blacks, Blackjacks.

; Nelson : Nellies, Smelly-Nellies (pejorative)

; Neston : Nessies, Cock-Less-Monsters

; Newark-on-Trent : Trentsiders, Wankers (anagram)

; Newbiggin-by-the-Sea : Big'uns

; New Brighton : Newbos

; Newbury : Freshly-Dug-Graves

; Newcastle-under-Lyme : Not-pots (no pottery industry there, and the town has denied any connection with Stoke) {{Cite news |title=Stoke-on-Trent Bill: Extension of the City |work=The Times |date=2 May 1930}}

; Newcastle upon Tyne : Geordies, Barcodes (the Newcastle United F. C. football team play in black and white striped shirts)

; Newmarket : Pony-botherers (refers to the town’s horse-racing industry)

; Newport, Gwent : Porters

; Newport, Isle of Wight : Nips, Pert Nipples (from the local pronunciation “Nippert”; acronym NEWPORT Nipples Erect When Panties Off, Ready To)

; Newquay : Peppermints (from the Newquay A.F.C. football club), Blisters (from the old Cornish name of Towan Blystra)The Cornish Magazine Vol. 1 1898 p. 145

; Newton Abbot : Mutant Scabbies

; Norfolk : Norfolk Dumplings ("Dumplings being a favourite food in that county"),{{cite web |last1=Grose |title=Dictionary of the vulgar tongue |url=https://words.fromoldbooks.org/Grose-VulgarTongue/n/norfolk-dumpling.html |website=Words from old books |access-date=28 March 2022}} Turkey Botherers (pejorative)

; Northallerton : Allys, Ally-cats

; Northampton : Cobblers, after the ancient shoe industry that thrived in the town.

; Northern Ireland : Paddies, Huns (offensive term for loyalists), Taigs (offensive term for republicans), Ulstermen, Ultonians

; North Shields : Cods Heeds, Fish Nabbers{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}

; North Wales : Gogs, North Walians

; Northwich : Salt Boys (from Northwich Victoria F.C.)

; Norwich: Nodgies, Canaries, Budgies (the football club colours are green and yellow)

; Nottingham: Snotties, Boggers, Scabs (insult; see Mansfield)

; Nuneaton: Codders, Treacle TownersKieran and Jordison: Crap Towns Returns 2013 p. 103

; Oban : Obampots

; Ogmore-by-Sea : Snog-mores, Pornographers (pejorative)

; Okehampton : Okey Dokeys

; Oldbury : Oldies, Dead Oldies

; Oldham : Yonners (from Oldham pronunciation of 'yonder' as in 'up yonner'), Roughyeds, Biffos

; Ongar : Ongarians, Mongers (pejorative)

; Ormskirk : Sconeheads, Ormies, Biggos

; Ossett : Ossies, Tossers

; Oswaldtwistle : Gobbins (but only "above the lamp")LA Record Vol 100 p. 431

; Oswestry : Ozzies, Osbournes (after Ozzy Osbourne)

; Otley : Otters, Grotties (pejorative)

; Oxford : Nox-farts

; Oxhey : Poxys

; Oxted : Cocksdeads

; Padiham : Thick-Neeks, Paddywhacks, Irish Piggies (pejorative - "Paddy Ham")

; Padstow : Paddys, Piddle-Pads (acronym PADSTOW Perverted And Deviant, Sexually Twisted Old Wankers)

; Painswick : Penis-Whackers

; Paisley : Buddies,{{cite web |url=http://www.paisley.org.uk/paisley-history/paisley-buddies/ |title=Paisley Buddies |website=Paisley Scotland |date=6 April 2014 |access-date=9 June 2014}}

; Pangbourne : Pong-bums

; Partridge Green : Little Green Men

; Peacehaven : Plotters,Miles, M: Paradoxical Urbanism 2020 p. 41 Piss Mavens (pejorative)

; Peaslake : Mushy Peas

; Peebles : Peebrushts

; Penistone : Penistoners, Penis Toners (pejorative)

; Penzance : Peezeders

; Perth : Puffs (pejorative)

; Peterborough : Peterpatchers, Peterphiles (pejorative), Posh (collective, from the football club)

; Peterhead : Bluemogganers, Blue ToonersMcColl Millar, R: Lexical Variation and Attrition in the Scottish Fishing Industry 2014 p. 141

; Peterlee : Pee-leaks

; Petworth : Muppets (pejorative)

; Pewsey : Spewers

; Pickering : Nose Pickers

; Plymouth : Janners. Originally a person who spoke with a Devon accent, now simply any West Countryman. In naval slang (where the place is referred to as Guz{{cite news |url=https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/plymouths-nickname-guz-reasons-behind-3367250 |title=Plymouth's nickname 'Guz' and the reasons behind it |website=Plymouth Live |date=29 September 2019}}), this is specifically a person from Plymouth.

; Poole : Poodles

; Portsmouth : Pompey (collective, shared by the city, the naval base and the football club), Skates (pejorative, alluding to frustrated sailors raping skates)Harvey and Stowger: Rivals 2004 p. 134

; Port Talbot : Port Toileteers

; Potters Bar : Pisspots, Bar-flys (pejorative)

; Prescot : Prekkies

; Preston : Priests (the name means "Priest Town"); Knob-enders (pejorative, from Preston North End F.C.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

; Pudsey : Pud Pullers (pejorative)

; Queensbury : Quims (pejorative)

; Radstock : Raddlers, Rattlers

; Ramsbottom : Woollybums

; Ramsgate : Hovellers (refers to hoy boats used to supply sailing ships)

; Raunds : Randies

; Rawtenstall : Rotten-balls (pejorative)

; Rhyl : Clwyf-y-marchogion y twll-tin y Cymru

; Reading : Dingbats (pejorative), Dingoes

; Redcar : Codheads

; Redditch : Radishes

; Reedham : Rats

; Redhill : Dead Holers

; Reigate : Pryers (from the football club)

; Retford : Rat-farts

; Rickmansworth : Rickies, Prickies (pejorative)

; Richmond, Yorkshire : Mondos

; Ripley, Derbyshire : Ripples

; Rishton : Irishmen

; Rochdale : Rochies, Falcons, Cockroaches (pejorative)

; Rochester : Rochies, Crotches, Crotch-grabbers

; Romford : Rommos, Aroma-farts

; Ross-on-Wye : Rosstitutes (pejorative)

; Rotherham : Chuckles, Rotherbirds, Toy-Towners

; Royston : Crows

; Royton : Royds, Destroyers

; Rugby : Ball-handlers

; Rugeley: Rug-rats (acronym RUGELEY Rough Ugly Girls Enjoying Large Eggplants in Yogurt-pots)

; Runcorn : Runnys

; Rushden : Bog Brushes

; Rustington : Crusties

; Ryde : Riders, Easy Riders (pejorative when applied to the womenfolk)

; Rye :Mudlarks{{cite book|last=Arscott|first=David|author-link = David Arscott|title=Wunt Be Druv - A Salute to the Sussex Dialect|publisher=Countryside Books|year=2006|isbn=978-1-84674-006-0}}

; St Agnes : Aggies

; St Albans : Snorbennies,Bishop, J: The Illustrated Counties of England 1985 p. 34 Bennies (pejorative, alluding to the character Benny in the soap opera Crossroads)

; St Andrews : Andy Pandies (from Andy Pandy, a children's television programme), Andrex (pejorative, collective, from a brand of toilet paper)

; St Austell : Snozzles

; St Helens : Nellies, Woollybacks{{cite web |url=https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/6679259.who-are-the-woollybacks/ |title=Who are the woollybacks? |website=St Helens Star |date=9 February 2006 |access-date=13 January 2022}}

; St Neots : Snotties

; Salcombe : Silly Sallys (acronym SALCOMBE Silly And Learning Challenged Old Masturbators Burnishing Erections)

; Salford : Dots (acronym, from the song Dirty Old Town by The Pogues)

; Salisbury : Sallies (see Sally Salisbury)

; Sandown : Rundowners, Sad Downers (pejorative)

; Sandwich : Sarnies, Withadrinks

; Sandy : Sandmen (see Sandman; “the girls are so ugly, if you look at them your eyes will fall out”)

; Scarborough : Scarbs, Algerinos, Bottom-enders (for those born or raised in the old town)

; Scotland : Scotties, Jocks, Macs, Sweaties (offensive; from rhyming slang "Sweaty Sock" for Jock).

; Scunthorpe : Scunnys, Scuntys

; Seaford : Shags (alludes to the bird, not the act)Fort, T: Channel Shore 2015 p. 76

; Selby : Dates

; Selkirk : Souters

; Selsey : Cocklers

; Shackerstone : Shaggers

; Shanklin : Shankys, Wanky Shankys (pejorative)

; Shap : Shappers, Sheep-Shappers (“mind your p’s and g’s”)

; Shavington : Tramps{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}

; Shaw : GorbiesDobson, B: Lancashire Nicknames and Sayings 1973 p. 65

; Shelf : Stackers

; Sheffield : Dee Dars, Steelmekkers

; Shepshed : Sheep-shits (pejorative)

; Sheppey : Swampies

; Shepton Mallet : Shit-'n-smell-it-s (pejorative)

; Sherborne : Sherberts

; Sheringham : Shannocks

; Shifnal : Shifties

; Shipley : Shipworms (pejorative)

; Shirley : Temples (after Shirley Temple), Shirt-lifters (pejorative, nowadays offensive)

; Shoreham-by-Sea : Musselmen

; Shrewsbury : Salops (shortened version of the county demonym Salopians), Shrews, Little Furry Animals, Plastic Sheepshaggers (pejorative, especially from Telford folk: "Not in Wales, but might as well be"), Crash-Test-Dummies (see Wrexham)

; Sidmouth : Hissing Sids (see Captain Beaky and His Band)

; Sittingbourne : Brickies, Shit-a-bricks, Half-Bricks (from the town industry)

; Skegness : Skeggies, Scaggies (pejorative)

; Skelmanthorpe : Smelly-Skellys, Shatlads (-lasses), Shatterers

; Skelmersdale : Skemheads, Skemmers, Skummers (pejorative), Woolybacks or Wools (in Liverpool)

; Skipton : Skiprats (pejorative)

; Skye : Sgitheanachs

; Sleaford : Greenies, Coughed-up-Greenies (from football club)

; Slough : Sluffers, Paludians (Latin; Slough means "marsh")Ash, R: Top Ten of Britain 2009 p. 132

; Smethwick : Smeggies

; Solihull : Silhillians (demonym), Silly Hillbillies (pejorative)

; Southampton : Sotoners, Scum (collective, pejorative), Scummers

; South Cave : Scavengers

; Southend-on-Sea : Mudlarks (the "beach" is a mudflat)

; South Ockendon : Cock-in-Dungs (pejorative)

; South Shields : Sand Dancers

; South Wales : Hwntws (by people from North Wales)

; Southwold : So-Wo’s (acronym SOUTHWOLD Stupid Old Useless Tossers, Hopelessly Wanked Out, Libidos Dead

; South Woodham Ferrers : Sex With Friends (acronym, collective)

; Southern England : Southern Fairies, Shandy Drinkers, United Supporters

; Southport : Sandgrounders, Groundies, Sowies, Shit-pots (pejorative)

; Spalding : Splods

; Spilsby : Spliffers (pejorative)

; Staines-on-Thames : Stains-on-denims

; Stalybridge : Staleys, Staly-vegasers

; Stanford-le-Hope : No-hopers

; Stanley : Afghanistanleys

; Stafford : Staffies, Stuffers

; Stevenage : Stevies, Thievin’ Stevens, Wonders (from Stevie Wonder)

; Steyning : Barrow-boys

; Stirling : Stirrers, Shit-stirrers

; Stockport : Stopfordians (demonym, from an old name for Stockport), Stockies, Stockpots, Hatters (from former industry)

; Stockton on Tees : Smoggies

; Stoke-on-Trent : Potters, Clay Heads, Stokies, Jug Heads, Pot Heads, Monkey-Dusters (pejorative)

; Stornoway: Coves, Townies (in Lewis)

; Stourport : Sour-farts

; Stowmarket : Stowmartians

; Stranraer : Cleyholers

; Stratford-upon-Avon : Fads (acronym, "Fat American Dodgers"; the town is over-touristed)

; Street, Somerset : Streaks-of-piss

; Strood : Long Tails, Stroodles

; Stroud : Stroudies

; Sunderland : Mackems,{{cite news |url=http://www.sunderlandecho.com/lifestyle/culture_2_9148/quiz_how_much_of_a_mackem_are_you_1_1088796 |title=Quiz: How Much of a Mackem are YOU? |newspaper=Sunderland Echo |date=4 January 2009 |access-date=29 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911032354/http://www.sunderlandecho.com/lifestyle/culture_2_9148/quiz_how_much_of_a_mackem_are_you_1_1088796 |archive-date=11 September 2012 |df=dmy-all }} Jamrags (pejorative, the football team play in red and white striped shirts)

; Sunningdale : Slumming Doleys (ironic)

; Surrey : Capons, Pliers (acronym Plastic Londoners In Expensive Residences), Rascals (acronym Rich And Snobby Cunts Adjoining London)

; Sutherland : Cattach

; Sutton, Surrey : Sluts, Shat-ons (pejorative)

; Sutton-in-Ashfield : Shitting-in-Ashpits

; Swadlincote : Swaddies, Swaddles (acronym SWADLINCOTE Sex With Anything Doing, Loving It, Not Caring, Orgasms Thoroughly Enjoyed)

; Swaffham : Pedlars, Piddlers

; Swanage : Cygnets, Sekswiths (acronym SWANAGE Sex With Any Neighbour, All Genres Explored)

; Swansea : Jacks

; Swindon : Moonrakers, Pighillers (what the name means), Swine-dungs (pejorative)

; Tadcaster : Taddys, Tadpoles

; Tamworth : Tammys, Tampons (pejorative)

; Tarbert, Loch Fyne : Dookers (named after guillemot and razorbill, sea-birds once a popular food among Tarbert natives)

; Taunton : T-Towners, Tants, Peacocks (from the football club) Piss-cocks (pejorative)

; Tavistock : Tabby-cats

; Teignmouth : Muffians

; Telford : Telfies, Tel-chavs, Overspills (pejorative), Skelly-tels, Teletubbies

; Tetbury : Tits

; Tewkesbury : Tewkys, Pukey Tewkys

; Thame : Tame Rats

; Thirsk : Thir-skis (acronym THIRSK Tossing Happily Into Relatives’ Soiled Knickers)

; Thrapston : Thrips (acronym THRAPSTON Three-Holer Randy Anal Preferring Slags, Turning Over Nightly)

; Tideswell : Tidsas

; Tidworth : Tiddlers, Tiddly Widdlys, Shiddly Tiddly Widdlys (the town hosts an army camp)

; Tilbury : Tillbillies

; Tipton : Fly-tips, Tipped-ons

; Tiptree : Tipplers

; Tiverton : Tiffs

; Torquay : OrcsBlackstone, M: Exeter City Down the Years 2012 p. 55

; Totnes : Tot-Ness-MonstersBlackstone, M: Exeter City Down the Years 2012 p. 56

; Tottington : Totties, Totters, Totty Totties (the young womenfolk)

; Towcester : Toasters, Tossers, Toe-suckers

; Tring : Tring-a-lings

; Trowbridge : Knobs, Knobheads (pejorative)

; Truro : Tinners (from the old local mining industry)

; Uckfield : Uckers, Nofirsteffs

; Ulverston : Ooze (collective, from old pronunciation)

; Urmston : Worms (pejorative)

; Uttoxeter : Buttocks

; Ventnor : Ventriloquists (pejorative; "they talk out of their arses, and their heads are the dummies")

; Virginia Water : Incel-pissers (“Virgins, and pissing is all their cocks are good for”)

; Wakefield : Wakey-Wakeys

; Wales : Taffs [Mid/West Welsh] (sometimes considered offensive), Taffies.Cf. the nursery rhyme "Taffy was a Welshman / Taffy was a thief / Taffy came to my house / To steal a piece of beef."

; Wallingford : Wallies, Wally-farts

; Walsall : Saddlers, Walnuts, Wallies-all (pejorative, collective)

; Walton-on-Thames : Tame Wallies

; Walton-on-the-Hill : Wally Hillbillies

; Walton-on-the-Naze : Wally Noses

; Wantage : Wanters, Wankage (collective, acronym WANTAGE:- Wanking And Not Trying Any Girlfriend Experience)

; Warrington : Wazzas, Wires, Wirepullers (after the local wire industry),Hayes, J: Celebrating Warrington 2022 p. 87 Woolybacks or Wools (in Liverpool)

; Washington : Washers, Shingles

; Waterlooville : Flush-bog-villains

; Watford : Watties, Wotsits, Twats, Wet-farts (pejorative)

; Wednesbury : Wedgies, Dead Wedgies (see below)

; Wednesfield : Wedgies, Muddy Wedgies (see above), Incels (acronym WEDNESFIELD:- Wanking Every Day, No Experience of Sex, Failure In Everything, Loveless, Desperate)

; Wellingborough : Buggers-in-Wellies, Smelly Wellies, Leaky Wellies (pejorative)

; Wells-next-the-Sea : Wallies-on-Ecstasy

; Wells, Somerset : Tufts (i.e. Wells-tuft)

; Welshpool : Soup Heads, Deadpoolers{{cite web|url=https://www.mywelshpool.co.uk/viewernews/ArticleId/26156|title=Welshpool Powys Twinned With Deadpool Hollywood|accessdate=25 January 2025}}

; Welwyn : Wellys, Cock-well-ins

; Welwyn Garden City : Weeds (also see above)

; Wem : Wembats (pejorative; wombats are slow, thick, mostly arse and good at digging)

; Wendover : Bendovers, Bendy-Wendies (pejorative)

; West Bromwich : BaggiesAdams, D: The Essential Football Fan 2004 p. 59

; Westhoughton: Keawyeds (Cowheads, after local legend)

; West Kirby : Wekkas

; West Riding of Yorkshire : Wessies (in other parts of Yorkshire)

; Wetherby : Horribles ("weather be horrible")

; Weymouth : Kimberlins (Isle of Portland name for a person from Weymouth), Weybizas (due to the wild nightlife the town has adopted)

; Whitehaven : Marras, Jam Eaters, Wetties, Glow-Worms (allegedly contaminated by radioactivity from Sellafield)

; Whitby : Codheads, Spookies

; Whitstable : Bubbles, Shit-bubbles (pejorative)

; Whittle-le-Woods : Widdlies

; Whitworth, Lancashire : Shit-worths (pejorative)

; Wick : Durdy WeekersMcColl Millar, R: Lexical Variation and Attrition in the Scottish Fishing Industry 2014 p. 142

; Widecombe in the Moor : Wookiees

; Widnes : Chemics, Stinkies, Woolybacks or Wools (in Liverpool)

; Wigan : Pie-eaters (having to eat humble pie after a strike, also pies are central to the cuisine there), Pie-noshers, Purrers,Dialect term for "kicker"

; Wigston : Piggly-Wigglies

; Willenhall : Willies, Willies-in-holes

; Wiltshire : Moonrakers

; Winchester : Winnies, Winny-the-Poos

; Wingham : Wingnuts

; Wisbech : Wisbekistanis (pejorative)

; Witham : Shit'ems (pejorative)

; Witney : Blankets (after the former industry), Blanketty-Blanks

; Woking : Joke-Wokes (acronym WOKING Wanked Out Kevin Incel, No Girlfriend)

; Wokingham : Satsumas, Easy Peelers (from Wokingham Town F.C., pejorative when applied to womenfolk)

; Wolverhampton : Wolvos, Yam Yams (from local dialect where people say "Yam" meaning "Yow am" meaning "You are"), Yammies, Dingles (pejorative)

; Wombwell : Wombats

; Woodbridge : Woodies, Woodworms (pejorative)

; Worcester : Woos, Wusses, Glovers (after the former major industry)

; Worth : Nothings (pejorative)

; Worthing : Pork Bolters

; Workington : Jam Eaters, Wookiees

; Wrexham : Wreckers, Crash-testers (see Shrewsbury), Sand-Arabs (acronym Sheep Are Nervously Disposed And Run Away Backwards), Pink Lizards (from the football club)

; Wye : Bovvers

; Wymondham : Windies (short first "i", following local pronunciation)

; Yate : Yetis

; Yeovil : Eeyores, Yo-yos, Yo-yo-knickers (pejorative, directed at the womenfolk)

; York : Yorkies, Old Yorkers, Yoricks

; Yorkshire : Tykes, Yorkies, Yorkie Bars, Tight (epithet varies)s (the inhabitants have a reputation for frugality)

• List of regional nicknames
• Lists of nicknames – nickname list articles on Wikipedia
• Demonym

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"Sassenach", {{harv|Robinson|1985|pp=581}}

"keelie", {{harv|Robinson|1985|pp=335}}

"janner", {{harv|Partridge|Dalzell|Victor|2007|pp=363}}

"tyke", {{harv|Partridge|Dalzell|Victor|2007|pp=674}}

"Brummie", {{harv|Partridge|Dalzell|Victor|2007|pp=95}}

"limey", {{harv|Partridge|Dalzell|Victor|2007|pp=401}}

"pommy", {{harv|Partridge|Dalzell|Victor|2007|pp=506–507}}

"Cardi", {{harv|Partridge|Dalzell|Victor|2007|pp=119}}

"Loiner", {{harv|Partridge|Dalzell|Victor|2007|pp=406}}

"Mickey Mouse" - rhyming slang for "Scouse", {{harv|Partridge|Dalzell|Victor|2007|pp=429}}

"gog", {{harv|Partridge|Dalzell|Victor|2007|pp=295}}

"jock", {{harv|Partridge|Dalzell|Victor|2007|pp=369}}

"taff", {{harv|Partridge|Dalzell|Victor|2007|pp=369}}

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