Euro 2020: Lowestoft's Denmark Road becomes England Road

The road in Lowestoft, Suffolk, had its name changed ahead of the semi-final and the amended sign will stay in place "a while longer"

A street has changed from Denmark Road to England Road in celebration of England's Euro 2020 semi-final win.

The road, home to Lowestoft Railway Station for more than 170 years, underwent a temporary name-change ahead of Tuesday's match, won 2-1 by England.

Lowestoft Central Project said the temporary name was "much more appropriate".

A spokesman for the community rail project said it would remain in place "a while longer" to mark the victory.

The project group changed the name "to show support to the England team"

The project volunteer said the group was "surprised" by the "enormous interest" it had attracted.

"People today have been taking selfies with it," he said.

"It's tongue in cheek - nobody would want to offend any of our Danish friends - in fact, they probably played better."

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The road was named Denmark Road when the local port established trading links with the country, some 170 years ago.

The spokesman said the England Road sign would be removed at some point "to avoid any confusion", but would remain for the time being.