Beanotown is a fictionalFiction (from the Latin fingere, "to form, create") is the genre of imaginative narrative, including novels and short stories. More generally, fiction is written and oral imaginative literature, including comic books, fables, fairy tales, films, plays, poems and video games. Works of fiction need not be entirely imaginary, ...fictional town somewhere in the United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (usually shortened to the United Kingdom, the U.K., or BritainSee British Isles (terminology) for further explanation of the usage of the term "Britain" in geographical and political contexts.) is a country Countries within a country, Number 10. Accessed May 29 2006; Member States: United Kingdom, UK Presidency of the EU 2005. Accessed May 29 2006; "United Kingdom", Encyclopædia Britannica Accessed May 29 2006 and ...United Kingdom most likely in ScotlandScotland is a nation in northwest Europe and one of the four constituent countriesThe website of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom refers to "Countries within a country", stating "The United Kingdom is made up of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland". of the United Kingdom. It occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain and shares a land border to the south with England. ...Scotland, which is the setting for many of the comic stripsA comic strip is a drawing or sequence of drawings that tells a story. Written and drawn by a cartoonist, such strips are published on a recurring basis (usually daily or weekly) in newspapers and on the Internet. In the UK and the rest of Europe they are also serialized in comic magazines, with a strip's story sometimes continuing over ...comic strips in D. C. ThomsonD. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, is a publishing company based in Dundee, Scotland, best known for producing Oor Wullie, The Broons, and The Beano and The Dandy comics. It also owns Parragon, and the Aberdeen Press and Journal.D. C. Thomson's The BeanoThe Beano comic is a long-running British children's comic, published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd of Dundee, Scotland in the United Kingdom. The comic first appeared in 1938 and it has continued weekly ever since. As of 2007, it has published over 3000 issues.Issue dates of British comics, page ...The Beano comic, and the Dennis and GnasherDennis the Menace (known as Dennis the Menace and Gnasher since 1970) is a long-running comic strip featured in The Beano children's comic, published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, Dundee, Scotland, in the United Kingdom. The strip first appeared in issue 452, released on 15 March 1951 (cover dated for the off-sale date of 17 March), and is the longest running strip in the comic. From issue 1678 onwards (dated 14 September 1974) Dennis managed to grab the front cover, replacing Biffo the Bear, and has been there ever since. Coincidentally ...Dennis and Gnasher animated seriesAn animated series is a television series produced by means of animation. The following is a list of animated television series listed by decade and country of origin.animated series. However, in the Beano Videostars DVDDVD (also known as "Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc") is a popular optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and audio quality. DVDs are modeled in size after the compact disc (i.e. diameter: 120 mm or 4.72 in, occasionally 80 mm or 3.15 in.); ...DVD, a map shown in an alien spaceship show Beanotown around the north of England, close to the Scottish boundaries, however, this has never been justified by the comic itself.

Known locations include Bash Street SchoolBash Street School, a fictional school featured in the long-running UK comic strip The Bash Street Kids in The Beano, has ninety two students, as well as several members of staff, including: * Chocolius Biccius (The head who got his name from his love of chocolate biscuits.) * Benny Bash (The teacher of class 4B. Benny is usually called "Teacher".) * Fittock Con (The unfit janitor.) * Winston (The janitor's cat, a crafty feline.) * Olive Horrorgrub (The school cook of horrible food.) * Samuel Persely (The teacher of class ...Bash Street School and Beanotown Woods (home of SplodgeSplodge was a fictional character in a comic strip in, originally, the UK comic The Topper. Drawn by Charles Grigg, Splodge himself was the last of the goblins, a mischievous one who would play sneaky, nasty tricks on the animals of the woods, but they usually had the last laugh at the end. No humans could see him, except readers of The Topper. In the early 2000s the strip had a short run in The Beano, the main differences being that Splodge now lived in Beanotown Woods, ...Splodge).

According to one edition of the comic in the 1980s Beanotown is apparently to next to Whizztown (home of Billy WhizzBilly Whizz is a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, first appearing in issue 1139, dated 16 May 1964, when it replaced The Country Cuzzins. Billy, the title character, is a boy who can run extraordinarily fast. He also has a younger brother called Alfie Whizz of similar appearance. Alfie used to be able to run faster than Billy, but later became a normal boy (though why ...Billy Whizz) and near the village of Bunkerton which has a castle where Lord SnootyLord Snooty (or Lord Snooty and his Pals) was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, first appearing in issue 1, dated 30 July 1938, and was the longest running strip in the comic until Dennis the Menace and Gnasher overtook it. The central character was Lord Marmaduke of Bunkerton, known to his friends as Snooty, a very ordinary boy who just happens to ...Lord Snooty lives.

In some annuals, Bash Street is seen to be almost a separate town to Beanotown.

Presumably, Beanotown is close to DandytownDandytown is the fictional home of nearly all the characters of the British children's comic The Dandy, except for Desperate Dan who lives in Cactusville. Some characters who used to appear in Nutty for example Bananaman used to live in Nuttytown. Dandytown is ...Dandytown. There is a long term rivalry between the two towns (just like the two comics). They also have football teams that play in the same league.