Gnome Island name approved for roundabout
A Derbyshire roundabout is to be named Gnome Island in honour of the figurines that have been placed there.
Gnomes started appearing on the roundabout in Ilkeston after it was built as part of a supermarket development last year.
Informally known as Gnome Island to locals, a petition was started to officially name it and this attracted more than 500 signatures.
Erewash borough councillors approved the move at a planning meeting.
Councillor Geoffrey Smith, the council's lead member for regeneration and planning, said ahead of the meeting it was "definitely gnome joke".
"I'm sure this will be one of the more light-hearted items that we have to discuss, but that's gnome bad thing," he said.
The petition stated that the roundabout had become "a talking point in the area".
The council's officer for street naming and numbering raised no objections to the idea. Royal Mail was not consulted as the address will not be recognised as a postal address.
The campaign will now move into its second phase, which will be to get some permanent gnomes installed.