Residents in Welling have been left scratching their heads over how to spell their street name after realising signs on either side of the road are spelt differently.

South Gipsy Road suddenly becomes South Gypsy Road.

Eagle-eyed resident Caroline Woolf said: "I've lived here for 15 years and folks clearly haven’t spotted the difference.

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"In the days before spell-check I imagine we would all have different spellings especially as there are actually more than six signs in our road - and one spelt differently to all the others.

"At least the Post Office doesn't get confused and we still get our letters."

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A Bexley Council spokesman said: “We apologise for spelling mistake on the South Gipsy Road sign and for any confusion this may have caused.

"We will amend the sign within the next 24 hours and a replacement sign will be ordered and installed.”