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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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| Rating | 4.74 |
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nettybet
+8
level 69
Apr 14, 2013
Good quiz - harder than I thought it would be.
Anneliese18
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level 55
Apr 16, 2013
Chelmsford is spelt wrong; I wondered why it wasn't coming up
MCRJON
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level 26
Apr 16, 2013
fixed thanks
camus
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level 71
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 73
Jun 25, 2016
not to mention towns like Guildford, which have a (recent) cathedral but aren't cities
claireyfairy
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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).
JackintheBox
+1
level 59
Nov 29, 2019
You don't know why? Because it's a place frequently heard of, and by the way larger than quite a few British cities. I was surprised it wasn't here too.
geohillierneo
+2
level 39
Jun 20, 2016
It seriously worries me that London did not score 100% !!!
clivey
+3
level 55
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 68
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 57
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
+11
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 76
Nov 24, 2016
I got the 40, including Chichester and Newry but forgot London of all places!!!
JOSH11232005
+3
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 58
Oct 29, 2017
It's a village, not a city.
TWM03
+2
level 58
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
+3
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
+8
level 51
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 33
Apr 23, 2018
What about Colchester?
coxbury
+1
level 52
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.
TheGeographyGuy
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level 36
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 58
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 27
Aug 14, 2018
Sad it doesn't count llanfairpwllgwyngllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch :(
xxz
+1
level 20
Dec 14, 2019
its not a city...
cornflakesfu
+5
level 79
Oct 24, 2018
Hereford but no Thereford? :(
Sifhraven
+4
level 64
Dec 11, 2018
Overthereford is missing aswell
overtired
+1
level 70
May 14, 2019
Hereford, Thereford and Everywhereford. Great Beatles track.
JackintheBox
+1
level 59
Nov 29, 2019
Whereford?
Penguin
+1
level 41
Dec 28, 2018
haha
fizzcroak
+1
level 26
Nov 23, 2018
Bradford?
bitterblue
+1
level 53
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 46
Jul 31, 2019
How could Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobllllantysiliogogogoch not make it? Btw, I memorized how to spell that name ;)
xxz
+1
level 20
Dec 14, 2019
if the creator put it on the quiz, even though it isnt a city, you could just say llanfairpg
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
pmeplant
+1
level 57
Nov 12, 2019
Birmingham made me think of the Peaky Blinders, Becket for Canterbury, the Beatles for Liverpool, Robin Hood for Nottingham and Badfinger for Swansea, but the most pleasant thought was of Lady Godiva and her ride through the streets of Coventry.
rustwat
+1
level 48
Nov 22, 2019
It's a bit easier if you know which football teams en with 'City'
JackintheBox
+1
level 59
Nov 29, 2019
Why did someone feel the need to add the acronym 'UK' in brackets after United Kingdom in the quiz title?
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