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 | 4.68 |
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nettybet
+9
Level 70
Apr 14, 2013
Good quiz - harder than I thought it would be.
Anneliese18
+3
Level 56
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
+4
Level 72
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
+2
Level 49
Jun 25, 2013
I tried Blackpool and Ipswitch as well. Ely, really?
CmdrKeen
+2
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
+2
Level 74
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
LCstfc01
+3
Level 45
May 30, 2020
Rochester hasn't been a city for decades. It's a town now
lolrobbielol
+3
Level 55
Jun 30, 2013
Ripon represeeeeeent
DeGinner
+4
Level 21
Jul 31, 2013
Who the heck let salford become a city!
switchcorked9
+3
Level 43
Apr 20, 2014
Haha.
Jerry928
+3
Level 74
Nov 1, 2014
Northampton? Reading? Ipswich? All are over 100,000 population.
LCstfc01
+2
Level 45
May 30, 2020
Population has nothing to do with city status...
TeutonicKing
+2
Level 28
Jul 10, 2015
No Dover?
fitheach
+6
Level 57
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 63
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
+3
Level 39
Jun 20, 2016
It seriously worries me that London did not score 100% !!!
AlexThirkell
+2
Level 42
Apr 2, 2020
Maybe some people overthunk it and were trying all the boroughs...!
clivey
+3
Level 58
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
+5
Level 52
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
+3
Level 70
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
+6
Level 59
Jun 21, 2016
much harder than I thought it would be. By the way you misspelled Derry. :)
TheNotoriousA
+3
Level 35
Jul 11, 2017
True that ;)
VAbumpkin
+4
Level 59
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 88
Jun 21, 2016
What about Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch?
fitheach
+2
Level 57
Aug 2, 2017
Beth amdano? :-)
ECI
+2
Level 33
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 78
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 38
Dec 4, 2016
34/69
Etanna
+2
Level 62
Jan 29, 2017
I'm not even sure how to pronounce most of these :DD
Celloninja
+8
Level 41
Feb 25, 2017
Why isn't Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyndrobllllantisiliogogogoch on it?
TWM03
+4
Level 59
Oct 29, 2017
It's a village, not a city.
TWM03
+2
Level 59
Oct 29, 2017
Also, amazingly if you google that word, because you spelt it slightly wrong, there is only one result.
Balikati
+2
Level 62
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
+3
Level 57
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 40
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 52
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 37
Apr 23, 2018
What about Colchester?
coxbury
+1
Level 53
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
+1
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 59
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 28
Aug 14, 2018
Sad it doesn't count llanfairpwllgwyngllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch :(
xxz
+2
Level 20
Dec 14, 2019
its not a city...
cornflakesfu
+7
Level 81
Oct 24, 2018
Hereford but no Thereford? :(
Sifhraven
+6
Level 67
Dec 11, 2018
Overthereford is missing aswell
overtired
+1
Level 75
May 14, 2019
Hereford, Thereford and Everywhereford. Great Beatles track.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 63
Nov 29, 2019
Whereford?
Penguin
+1
Level 41
Dec 28, 2018
haha
fizzcroak
+1
Level 26
Nov 23, 2018
Bradford?
bitterblue
+3
Level 54
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 48
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
DylanClarkWebb
+1
Level 34
Jun 11, 2020
Sorry to disappoint, but you missed a 'w' before the four 'l's
qcumber
+1
Level 47
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 52
Nov 22, 2019
It's a bit easier if you know which football teams en with 'City'
JackintheBox
+2
Level 63
Nov 29, 2019
Why did someone feel the need to add the acronym 'UK' in brackets after United Kingdom in the quiz title?
Sifhraven
+3
Level 67
Mar 4, 2020
Hahaha hadnt even seen it. A bit overkill but I guess it is to stay one step ahead over the overzealous nitpickers? Afterall there is also the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (the historical name,), and there were some nordic unions between kingdoms
boopuffyboo
+1
Level 42
May 19, 2020
Odd how 75% got Leeds but only 38% got nearby Bradford. I mean Leeds is more relevant on a national scale but Bradford isn't THAT much smaller, is it more well known over the pond or something?
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