PUPILS at a Bridgwater school have had the honour of naming the streets on a new housing development.

Year 7 pupils at Haygrove school were invited to enter a competition to suggest names for the Haygrove Park development in Durleigh Road which will provide 120 new homes in the town.

The first prize for the street name, ‘Cherrywood Close’, was won by Marshall Smith and Sophie Young, both aged 11, who have each been awarded tickets to Brean Leisure Park. Second prize was awarded to Rebecca John and Luke Antoniou for ‘Haywater Avenue’ and the third prize was given to Harry Saunders and Ben Jackson for ‘Oakmear Road’, who won free entry tickets to the Odeon cinema and Hollywood Bowl, respectively, in Taunton.

The head of Year 7 at Haygrove School Graham Ormerod said: “It is wonderful to think that new roads near to our school have been named by our students.

Their ideas will contribute to the story of Bridgwater in years to come and they can feel proud that they have played a part in the town’s development.”

A further three street names were also selected for the development: Morgan Street, Autumn Lane and Acretree Close.

Some more unusual names, which raised a smile from the judges but were ruled out, included Quality Street and Pink Unicorn Street.