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British Places A-Z

Based on the clue and the starting letter, name these British cities, towns, and villages.
If multiple answers fit the clue, guess the more prominent one
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Last updated: September 12, 2018
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First submittedJune 17, 2013
Times taken60,240
Average score56.0%
Rating4.23
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Hint
City
A
Scotland's third biggest city
Aberdeen
B
Where Brummies live
Birmingham
C
Capital of Wales
Cardiff
D
Famous for white cliffs
Dover
E
Tony Blair's home town
Edinburgh
F
Town that "guards" the southwest
coast of Wales
Fishguard
G
Cathedral city on the river Severn
Gloucester
H
Where Harold met his end in 1066
Hastings
I
Capital of the Scottish highlands
Inverness
J
Town in Tyne and Wear
Jarrow
K
Full name of Hull
Kingston
upon Hull
L
Capital of England
London
M
City at the forefront of the
Industrial Revolution
Manchester
 
Hint
City
N
City upon the Tyne
Newcastle
O
Most likely place to find a Don
Oxford
P
Where Drake awaited the
Spanish Armada
Plymouth
Q
Home of Black Dyke Mills
Queensbury
R
Town that gave its name to a sport
Rugby
S
Shakespeare's home town
Stratford-
upon-Avon
T
Cathedral city in Cornwall
Truro
U
Town in West London
Uxbridge
V
Seaside resort on the Isle of Wight
Ventnor
W
Home of football's Wolves
Wolverhampton
X
 
 
Y
Famous walled city of
Northern England
York
Z
"Zealous" village in Wiltshire
Zeals
buck1017
+41
Level 77
Jul 18, 2013
Too British-Centric...
catcat
+6
Level 59
Aug 6, 2013
Lol.
Duzza
+4
Level 32
May 10, 2014
It is a quiz about BRITISH cities
ruftytufty
+7
Level 79
Sep 14, 2017
yeh, right
TheRatmeister
+43
Level 85
Mar 20, 2018
Woooosh
JackintheBox
+3
Level 79
Mar 11, 2019
What would you expect from a quiz on British places
JackintheBox
+9
Level 79
Mar 11, 2019
r/woosh
Sifhraven
+12
Level 67
Dec 14, 2019
You wooshed yourself?
JackintheBox
+10
Level 79
Apr 8, 2020
yeah 😄
JenkinsEar
+3
Level 89
Dec 10, 2013
18/25 isn't bad for a Yank.
alburquirky
+2
Level 57
Mar 15, 2014
Not bad at all :)
GeographyGeek42
+2
Level 66
Oct 28, 2018
21/25 isn't too bad either.
samwisegamgee
+8
Level 37
Dec 10, 2013
Not even that easy for Brits, good luck Yankees
kevlarkev
+1
Level 62
Dec 13, 2013
Scored 13. Yank that lived there for 5 years. I should have done better
ander217
+1
Level 75
May 30, 2014
I'm a Yank who's never crossed the pond, and I was happy with 13.
DonTheLamplighter
+2
Level 84
Nov 15, 2019
Got 17. Following the English & Scottish Premier Leagues helps. Just thinking of American locations and stripping out the leading "New" from the name can also be useful. Worked for York.
dwebb79
+4
Level 25
Dec 10, 2013
i got 12 and im english not good
nettybet
+2
Level 75
Dec 10, 2013
Didn't get Queensbury or Zeals.
Malbaby
+1
Level 71
Nov 28, 2014
Same here!
cariad
+1
Level 42
May 3, 2015
Nor me!
ander217
+2
Level 75
Oct 29, 2018
I figured in England a town beginning with q had to have queen in it, then that was an easy jump to remembering the Marquess of Queensbury rules. (Only later did I discover I was thinking of Marquess of Queensberry, but spelling it wrong - thank goodness.)
Hammond7249
+2
Level 50
Jun 2, 2014
Jarrow is in County Durham. "Tyne and Wear" is just made up and has no geographical standing whatsoever.
sussexval
+6
Level 58
Oct 28, 2018
Tyne and Wear is a metropolitan county that was brought into being in 1974. Not sure why anyone felt the need to introduce more counties or move towns from one to another, but it does exist.
ChipOtley
+2
Level 74
Oct 28, 2018
Did. Abolished in 1986
donkeyman314
+9
Level 88
Oct 28, 2018
ChipOtley No the county council was abolished in 1986 but the county itself still exists and is recognised
Tinu
+2
Level 41
Jun 21, 2014
A very good quiz. I have one comment on the picture, however. It is probably supposed to be of Oxford (cf. the "city of dons" hint), but it shows the chapel of Peterhouse college in Cambridge. Could you perhaps change it, Quizmaster?
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Jun 21, 2014
Nice catch. I changed the picture to one of Oxford.
D31415
+1
Level 71
May 17, 2021
Aha - you must have changed it again since then!
beachhouse
+3
Level 72
Jun 27, 2015
Now I now what it's like to be a non-american taking a USA geography quiz. I am humbled.
beccimoo
+1
Level 56
Jul 17, 2015
Nice to do a UK based quiz after just seeing a vigorous debate about the quizzes here being too strongly based on the US. (Don't know if Jarrow is big enough to be called a town, though!)
sumokitty
+1
Level 82
Oct 29, 2018
I would have thought Jarrow was pretty well known because of Bede and the Jarrow Crusade. But then I missed Fishguard and that's currently at the same percentage, so I guess not!
evileve
+1
Level 39
May 17, 2021
Fishguard is the site of the last foreign invasion of Britain, by the French. They were apparently induced to surrender by the sight of a large group of curious Welsh women, wearing their traditional red shawls. The French supposedly mistook them for British soldiers, but having known quite a few Welsh women I have my doubts about that. I wouldn't try to put up a fight.
TenThousand
+1
Level 76
Aug 29, 2015
Jesmond is also in Tyne and Wear.
ChocolateMoose
+1
Level 29
Nov 24, 2015
Too stinkin' hard!
TrueWolf
+1
Level 48
Oct 18, 2016
21/25
cricketwes
+1
Level 57
Oct 31, 2016
Clue for Oxford should be 'The City of Dreaming Spires' (I'm from there ;) )
mhoegg
+1
Level 72
Apr 19, 2017
I´ve done 13/25 and I´m not yank or brit.... not bad ah ?
loganite
+6
Level 88
Oct 28, 2018
You must not be Canadian either, or you would have said, "Not bad, eh?" ;)
AChipmunk
+1
Level 39
Jun 30, 2017
Got all excpet Zeals. Never heard of it. Born and bread in Wiltshire.
JohnOfili
+1
Level 41
Aug 7, 2017
I got Queensbury by randomly typing it in because it's a district of London that I live near.
yorksguy1865
+1
Level 35
Feb 5, 2018
The few that I missed were in the south, proud northerner here! c'mon 'u 'ull!! :D
Guam
+11
Level 60
Feb 22, 2018
I was so disappointed that Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch wasn't the answer to the L question.
Sifhraven
+4
Level 67
Dec 14, 2019
That would have been llanfair..
TheGreatArturo
+1
Level 76
Feb 24, 2024
Guam - I find that comment side-splittingly hilarious every single time I read it. Thanks for making the effort.
mrnafe
+2
Level 82
Oct 28, 2018
Pretty tough even for a British geography geek, Ventnor? Fishguard? Not a clue
sjj93gg
+1
Level 45
May 17, 2021
Need to work on your geekdom then! :-)
buddhabhoy1888
+2
Level 62
Oct 28, 2018
Very good quiz. Now one purely for Scotland thank you.
svitapeneela
+2
Level 65
Oct 28, 2018
I tried Zeal Monachorum, and Zennor - never heard of a village just called Zeals! :D
Jakubtheking123
+1
Level 17
Oct 28, 2018
I'm from Gloucester. It's so small, im surprised it got a shoutout.
AJB2002
+1
Level 30
Oct 28, 2018
I'm English and I got 5, one by accident!
Antimatter
+1
Level 45
Oct 28, 2018
Only 18... I feel like a bad British citizen lol ;)
atg
+2
Level 30
Oct 29, 2018
Got 15 and I am British. Where should I hand in my passport?
Soph1
+1
Level 49
Oct 30, 2018
I've lived in wiltshire all my life and not heard of that Z place. Nice to have a quiz about British places for a change
britinaus
+2
Level 84
Mar 11, 2019
I genuinely thought Jarrow would have the lowest percentage guessing it correctly, so was pleasantly surprised to see it wasn’t!

(I’m from there!)

kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Mar 11, 2019
You could find a Don Duck in Orlando
FadKrashmor
+3
Level 71
Mar 15, 2020
Whilst that battle in 1066 is generally known as the battle of Hastings, it actually took place in what is now the town of Battle.
FSLiudger
+1
Level 59
May 17, 2021
I did'nt knew that. Very interesting!
dunkinggandalf2
+3
Level 68
May 17, 2021
And while it's mainly remembered as a battle, it was more of an episode of moving along with great haste. Thus, it should be know as the Hasting of Battle.
Koult45
+1
Level 54
Oct 25, 2020
64%. Not great, but kinda proud I got even above average for a non-Brit.
FSLiudger
+1
Level 59
May 17, 2021
German

15/25

Zenelle
+1
Level 48
May 17, 2021
15 and I'm English... Whoops!
DeeB
+1
Level 58
May 17, 2021
Describing Edinburgh as a town is completely misleading. Towns and cities are distinct in the UK, and two two terms are not interchangeable. Edinburgh is most certainly a city.
richiesyxx
+1
Level 72
Oct 17, 2022
He didn’t, he described it as Blair’s “hometown.” Even though it’s a city, the term is commonly used to refer to the town or city from where one originates. You’ll rarely hear “what’s your home city?”

Either way, if you really weren’t able to answer it, I doubt that has anything to do with the phraseology of the question. But you probably did, and are now nitpicking to show off what you know, right?

david2013
+1
Level 84
May 17, 2021
Those of you who play the American version of Monopoly have a leg up on guessing the Isle of Wight answer.
sikh
+1
Level 28
May 17, 2021
ggs first try and 22 mins to spare :/
kaderschaufel
+2
Level 71
May 17, 2021
Pleasantly surprised to see the Black Dyke Mills here! They have one of the best brass bands in the world named after them.
Nathaniel
+1
Level 74
May 17, 2021
So proud of knowing Truro :)
XYU
+1
Level 62
May 17, 2021
Enjoyed the quiz; just a minor thing, but don should be spelled with a small d, I think. A Don is an Aberdeen player or supporter.
ouishdvoojaf
+1
Level 28
May 18, 2021
I could only think Rostov-on-Don. Gah! And I live near Oxford
rainangel
+1
Level 46
Sep 28, 2023
all i could think of was doncaster lol i didn't know about it
GeordieBen
+1
Level 25
Jan 25, 2024
Got J purely because I'm from Tyneside! lol
TheGreatArturo
+1
Level 76
Feb 24, 2024
They have dons in Cambridge too.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Apr 1, 2024
Does Cambridge start with O?
semisnotcolon
+1
Level 34
Apr 20, 2024
Yes, actually. Rishi Sunak named it “O-Cambridge” literally 27 minutes ago.
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