KCC Winter Gritters names revealed

Kent County Council’s annual gritting parade has marked the start of the winter season as its new fleet of gritters prepare to keep Kent’s roads safe.

The annual parade is an important part of KCC's winter preparations, allowing gritter drivers to familiarise themselves with the routes they will cover throughout the season. 

The event, held at KCC's Aylesford Highway Depot, brought together gritting teams, representatives from KCC and its highways contractor Ringway, as well as Econ Engineering, the company that built the gritters, as preparations continue for the winter season. 

Each of the 62 vehicles in the brand-new fleet have also been given new names as children from across Kent have been taking part in a gritter naming competition. 

Children from holiday club Stones In The Community were among the first to see the winning names displayed on the gritters. Over the summer, children from the group took part in the competition by learning all about gritters while creating their own models out of recycled materials. 

During the parade, they also had the opportunity learn more about how the vehicles operate, the new technology and safety features inside, and the important role they play during periods of snow and ice. 

All children who came up with the winning names received a digital ‘Gritificate’ as a thank you for their efforts. 

The winning names are:  

1. Sleetwood Mac 

2. Taylor Drift 

3. The Blizzard Of Oz 

4. Veruca Salt 

5. Cliff Gritchard 

6. David Ploughie 

7. Grit Britain 

8. Grit Jagger 

9. Gritney Spears 

10. Gritty Gritty Bang Bang 

11. Gritzilla 

12. I Want To Break Freeze 

13. Olaf 

14. Ozzy Frostbourne 

15. Sir David Attenbrrrrrrr 

16. Snowmageddon 

17. Spready Salted 

18. True Grit 

19. Claudia Sprinkleman 

20. Ctrl - Salt - Delete 

21. Frosty 

22. Grittersaurus Rex 

23. Gritney Houston 

24. Gritter Me Timbers 

25. Ice-Specto Patronum 

26. Lionel Gritchie 

27. Plough Patrol 

28. Ready Spready Go 

29. See it, Say it, Salt it 

30. Skate Bush 

31. Snow-Be-Gone Kenobi 

32. Spread Flintstone 

33. Spready Mercury 

34. The Grit Escape 

35. The Grittest Snowman 

36. The Saltinator 

37. Brine Blessed 

38. Ebefreezer Scrooge 

39. Grit Expectations 

40. Grit Force 1 

41. Invicta Icebreaker 

42. Melt-On John 

43. Salter Claus 

44. Snow Hard Feelings 

45. Usain Salt 

46. Sprinkle Bell Elle 

47. Alvin And The Gritmunks 

48. Anakin Snowgritter 

49. Brrrruno 

50. Elsa 

51. Ellie-May's Sleigh 

52. Freeze The Day 

53. Gritalicous 

54. Gritbob Plowpants 

55. Gritish Airways 

56. Harry Chill 

57. Life Of Brine 

58. Mr Salty Pants 

59. Snow Pain, Snow Gain 

60. Snow Problem 

61. Snowstorm Trooper  

62. Snowy 

To Find out more visit https://www.kent.gov.uk/roads-and-travel/what-we-look-after/winter-service-on-our-roads