Scottish Gritter Names 2026: The hilarious names of Scotland's gritters and how to track them - from Sir Andy Flurry to Snow Scotland Snow Party

BEAR crew in front of the newly-named 'Snow Scotland Snow Party' gritter. | BEAR

With the weather turning cold and further weather warnings in place this week, the battle is on to keep Scotland’s roads free of ice and snow.

On the frontline on the fight against the freeze are BEAR Scotland’s fleet of gritters.

It includes 57 large, 32-tonne eight-wheeler salt spreaders - some of the largest in the UK - alongside 24 footway spreaders and eight snow blower attachments, capable of shifting up to 1,300 tonnes of snow per hour.

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It’s a serious business but when you see them on the motorway or city roads, the names painted on the side of the vehicles might give you a chuckle.

Since around 2017 BEAR Scotland have given the gritters a range of hilarious names, many of which reference famous Scots or aspects of Scottish culture – from Andy McFlurry and Lew-Ice Capaldi, to Gonnae Snow Dae That and Yes Sir, Ice Can Boogie.

They’ve proved to be such a hit – with the website that lets you track them since around 2016 sometimes registering over 100,000 visitors a day – that other countries have followed suit. Last year in the USA the Minnesota Department of Transportation held a public poll to come up with funny names, as did a number of Canadian towns and cities. Winning names included Plowasaurus Rex, Sir Salts-A-Lot, and Snowboni.

This winter will see several newly named gritters take to the Scottish roads following BEAR Scotland's recent public naming competition, with Snow Scotland Snow Party, a wintry take on the phrase that captured the imagination of Scotland fans during this year’s World Cup, alongside Snowlene (in tribute to the last Dolly Parton) and Lionel Gritchie among the new names joining the fleet.

Here are all the names in Scotland and how to track them.

How did the gritters get their names?

The idea to give Scotland’s gritters amusing names dates back to 2020, when Amey – a company responsible for maintaining public highways and bridges, performing inspections, and keeping the roads clear from debris and snow – ran a competition to let the public name the winter-busting vehicles.

Running from December 23, 2020, to January 23, 2021, the online submissions proved to be a massive success – a world apart from the famous poll to name a scientific research ship that came up with the moniker Boaty McBoatface.

Every year a few more vehicles are added to the fleet and the public are asked to come up with new and interesting ideas.

What are the names of BEAR Scotland’s fleet of gritters?

Here’s the full list of names, and where they’ll be operating over the winter months:

North West

• Auntie Freeze
• BEAR Chills
• Billy Snow Mates
• Blizzard of Oz
• Blizzard Wizard
• Can’t Grit No Sleep
• Easy Freezy Lemon Squeezy
• For Your Ice Only
• Freeze Release Me
• Frosty the Snow Plough
• Get a Grit
• Grit and Be Thankful
• Grit and Bear It
• Grita Garbo
• Gritallica
• Gritt Scott!
• Gritty Gritty Bang Bang
• Gritty Woman
• Gritz Crackers
• Have an Ice Day
• Help Me Boab-Sleigh
• I Would Grit 500 Miles
• I’ll Tak’ The Snow Road
• Licence to Chill
• Lionel Gritchie
• Mr Snow-It-All
• Never Gonna Grit You Up
• Olaf Snow Free Roads
• Plougher O’Scotland
• Putting on the Gritz
• Ready, Spready, Go!
• Robert the Brrrrrrruce
• Salt Shaker
• Salty Claus
• Sammy Salt
• Sir Andy Flurry
• Sled Zepplin
• Snow and Behold
• Snow More Mr Ice Guy
• Snow Way José
• Snow Wonder
• Snowbody Does It Better
• The Snowdyssey
• There’s Snow Limit
• Thistle do Icely
• Wee Shiverous Beastie
• William Wall-Ice

M80 DBFO

• Snow Pun Intended
• Sonic the Sledgehog
• Snowmer Simpson
• Hagrit

South East

• Always Be Grit-full
• BEAR-illiant
• BFG – Big Friendly Gritter
• Born Grippy
• Brine Freeze
• Don’t Go Grittin My Heart
• Grit a Bit
• Grit Tok
• Griticle Mass
• Gritter Sweet Symphony
• Gritty McGrit Face
• I Want To Break Freeze
• I’m Shovelin’
• I’ve Grit a Crush on You
• Mega Melter
• My Name’5 Doddie Foundation
• Nanny McFreeze
• Nitty Gritty
• Oh My Gritty Aunt
• Ooh As Just a Little Grit
• Plough You Doin’?
• Plougher Power
• Polar Patroller
• Salty
• Scoopy Doo
• Scotland’s Bravest Gritter
• Sir Walter Scott
• Snow Connery
• Snow PLace Like Home
• Snow Scotland Snow Party
• Snowlene
• The Basil Salty
• The Big Leplowski
• The Forth Gritter
• Walter the Salter
• Yeah But Snow But

A92 DBFO

• Grit The Road, Jack!

How can I track Scotland’s gritters?

A full map of Scotland's gritting fleet can be found here.

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