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Cities in the United Kingdom (UK)
There are currently 69 officially designated cities in the UK, of which eleven have been created since 2000. How many can you name?
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| First submitted | April 11, 2013 |
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nettybet
+8
level 69
Apr 14, 2013
Good quiz - harder than I thought it would be.
Anneliese18
+3
level 54
Apr 16, 2013
Chelmsford is spelt wrong; I wondered why it wasn't coming up
MCRJON
+3
level 26
Apr 16, 2013
fixed thanks
camus
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level 70
Jun 23, 2013
I'm surprised that Blackpool, Dover, Reading and Ipswich aren't on the list. Maybe they are famous yet small or "swallowed" by bigger cities.
LacsiraxAriscal
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level 29
Jun 23, 2013
A city in the United Kingdom has nothing to do with size - St David's has a population of 3,000. It's more to do with cultural significance; it used to be defined by being a settlement with a cathedral, but the definition has widened since then.
kevlarkev
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level 48
Jun 25, 2013
I tried Blackpool and Ipswitch as well. Ely, really?
CmdrKeen
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level 36
Mar 11, 2014
"Ipswich"
The ones created since 2000 are linked to the Queen's Jubliee- at least that's how Brighton&Hove was created.
Tricky quiz; couldn't believe I missed some of the more obvious ones while getting the lesser known ones.
The boroughs of London as cities are tricksy.
ChipOtley
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level 72
Jun 25, 2016
not to mention towns like Guildford, which have a (recent) cathedral but aren't cities
claireyfairy
+2
level 22
Jun 23, 2013
You've missed Medway (or Rochester if Medway doesn't fit the criteria). There is a cathedral here so it is counted as a city
lolrobbielol
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level 55
Jun 30, 2013
Ripon represeeeeeent
DeGinner
+3
level 22
Jul 31, 2013
Who the heck let salford become a city!
switchcorked9
+3
level 43
Apr 20, 2014
Haha.
Jerry928
+3
level 72
Nov 1, 2014
Northampton? Reading? Ipswich? All are over 100,000 population.
TeutonicKing
+2
level 28
Jul 10, 2015
No Dover?
fitheach
+5
level 56
Aug 2, 2017
Everyone seems obsessed with Dover on this quiz. I don't know why, it's not even a particularly large town (yes, it's a town, not a city).
geohillierneo
+2
level 39
Jun 20, 2016
It seriously worries me that London did not score 100% !!!
clivey
+2
level 53
Jun 20, 2016
A brilliant quiz!! Great to see a UK-centric quiz featuring too! Thanks for creating it - look at my page I have a UK towns and cities quiz
Jastheace141
+3
level 50
Jun 20, 2016
Dover is absolutely not a city and never should be. Small town which just happens to be famous for a couple of things. It would make a mockery of City status if it ever got it and I live there!
Malbaby
+2
level 67
Nov 23, 2016
Once again the 'British Class Distinction System' rears it's ugly head.
DeusCaritasEst
+5
level 58
Jun 20, 2016
Damn Southampton and its missing 'h'. I always think it's two words.
tripsaplenty
+5
level 59
Jun 21, 2016
much harder than I thought it would be. By the way you misspelled Derry. :)
TheNotoriousA
+2
level 35
Jul 11, 2017
True that ;)
VAbumpkin
+3
level 56
Jun 21, 2016
50 out of 79. Not bad for a Virginia (US) farmer. After the major cities, I just started typing towns and counties in Virginia and North Carolina. I guessed 20+ that way. Some were guesses from watching Downton Abbey (Ripon).
Thanks for not making us list "upon" or "on" since I never can remember those.
cjkfutball
+8
level 86
Jun 21, 2016
What about Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch?
fitheach
+2
level 56
Aug 2, 2017
Beth amdano? :-)
ECI
+1
level 34
Mar 13, 2018
It's a town, I think.
sinihipsukka
+2
level 71
Jun 23, 2016
I missed Stirling! I've been there! Damn. :D
Felax0
+2
level 71
Nov 16, 2016
Only got a third of them. Can't believe some of the ones I missed.
CeartGoLeor
+2
level 75
Nov 24, 2016
I got the 40, including Chichester and Newry but forgot London of all places!!!
JOSH11232005
+2
level 24
Nov 30, 2016
i feel bad for 2% who dint got london
yobhdgmu
+2
level 39
Dec 4, 2016
34/69
Etanna
+2
level 60
Jan 29, 2017
I'm not even sure how to pronounce most of these :DD
Celloninja
+7
level 42
Feb 25, 2017
Why isn't Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyndrobllllantisiliogogogoch on it?
TWM03
+4
level 57
Oct 29, 2017
It's a village, not a city.
TWM03
+2
level 57
Oct 29, 2017
Also, amazingly if you google that word, because you spelt it slightly wrong, there is only one result.
Balikati
+2
level 61
Apr 10, 2017
This was absolutely impossible for me.
Geoboy9090
+2
level 21
Apr 13, 2017
i just started to list some uni s otherwise i wouldve only got 6
Geoboy9090
+2
level 21
Apr 13, 2017
what about berwick upon tweed
fitheach
+2
level 56
Aug 2, 2017
What about it?
RiyaMal
+2
level 28
May 26, 2017
0:01 left!
Haddies
+2
level 31
Aug 2, 2017
Can't believe I missed Oxford and Cambridge and Sheffield Grrrrrr
Mustafa7
+2
level 41
Aug 12, 2017
Hereford's a city?! Surely Doncaster, Blackpool and Bournemouth should be one
HugoBoss
+3
level 22
Sep 14, 2017
Thank goodness for Blake and Mortimer books eh?
bebn123
+7
level 50
Nov 22, 2017
Let's see here... I know Leeds, Manchester, uh... er... London, OxfordShire, Ireland, Wales, Southeast Pimberton, Northern Nor North Havermeyer, Fartfashfarthenfur, Spunkepossume, North Piddle, the Shire, Saruman, Helm's Deep, and uhhh... ... ... Hoboken.
NorwegianQMaster
+1
level 54
Jun 13, 2019
Didnt see that twist coming
SpicyChicken
+1
level 38
Mar 1, 2018
The hardest quiz I have ever taken on Jetpunk!!!!! Geez. Props to anyone who aced this
SgtCommodore37
+1
level 32
Apr 23, 2018
What about Colchester?
coxbury
+1
level 51
May 12, 2018
Um ... Brechin. It IS a city because it has a cathedral, and also its Football team is Brechin City - however I have lost this argument before! the trouble is that Britain has never quite worked out how to define cities. So you get ancient cities (such as Brecon, with a Cathedral and a diocese) that somehow 'lose' their accreditation - awkward. But 'modern' chartered cities that do not seem to have to re-apply.
Anyway good fun.
GeoGenius656
+1
level 34
Jun 1, 2018
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!! I got dem all exept BRISTOL, DERBY, AND WESTMINSTER which it didnt accept because i added in an extra 'i'.
\But, my spelling is the correct spelling. please change it.
TWM03
+1
level 57
May 14, 2019
Not officially recognised. Not all places with cathedrals are cities, though some cities appear to be cities solely because of their cathedrals.
Creo
+2
level 26
Aug 14, 2018
Sad it doesn't count llanfairpwllgwyngllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch :(
cornflakesfu
+5
level 79
Oct 24, 2018
Hereford but no Thereford? :(
Sifhraven
+4
level 61
Dec 11, 2018
Overthereford is missing aswell
overtired
+1
level 68
May 14, 2019
Hereford, Thereford and Everywhereford. Great Beatles track.
Penguin
+1
level 41
Dec 28, 2018
haha
fizzcroak
+1
level 25
Nov 23, 2018
Bradford?
bitterblue
+1
level 52
Jul 12, 2019
Being from New England i just kept trying the towns we have here and a bunch of them worked!
RedLightning
+1
level 44
Jul 31, 2019
How could Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobllllantysiliogogogoch not make it? Btw, I memorized how to spell that name ;)
qcumber
+1
level 43
Oct 17, 2019
Gosh, i have quite the disconnect between what i recalled and what i actually remember seeing before on this quiz. Guess im tired tonight
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