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Around Britain


Quiz Questions

  1. Which project is located in a reclaimed china clay pit near St Austell?
  2. Scafell Pike, the highest mountain in England, is in which English county?
  3. The Titanic Quarter is a large-scale waterfront regeneration in which UK city?
  4. In which of London's Royal Parks would you visit the Old Royal Observatory?
  5. Which motor racing circuit is the home of the British Grand Prix?




  6. The Point of Ayre is the northernmost point of which island?
  7. Name the last English town before Scotland?
  8. What is Coton in the Elms' geographical claim to fame?
  9. You may visit Gulliver's World Theme Park and see the Manchester Ship Canal in which large town?
  10. Durdle Door is a natural limestone arch on the Jurassic Coast in which English county?
  11. Arthur's Seat is an ancient volcano overlooking which city?
  12. Which island is called Ynys Mon in Welsh?
  13. The Royal Pavilion is located in which city?
  14. Chatsworth House is a stately home in which county?
  15. Which island of the Inner Hebrides was given its name by the Vikings when it reminded them of their houses built from vertically placed tree-logs?
  16. The Walker Art Gallery is in which British city?
  17. Which town was granted royal patronage in 2011 in recognition of its role in recent military funeral repatriations, which passed through the town?
  18. What name is given to the 30-metre-high horse-head sculptures located between Falkirk and Grangemouth?
  19. The Forest of Dean is mostly in which English county?
  20. Which city has a Lace Market Area?
  21. In which county is the smallest city in Britain?
  22. Which village in West Oxfordshire is the largest station of the Royal Air Force?
  23. The Peak District is mainly in which English county?
  24. Which island in Scotland is the northernmost inhabited island of the British Isles and the third-largest island in Shetland after Mainland and Yell?
  25. The Clifton Suspension Bridge is in which city?
  26. The Grand Hotel, once the largest hotel in Europe, is in which seaside town?
  27. Which coastal resort town in Dorset was initially marketed as a health resort? It received a boost when it appeared in Augustus Granville's 1841 book, The Spas of England?
  28. Jeskyns community woodland is an area of meadows, grassland, orchards, and woodland in which English county?
  29. Goscar Rock is a prominent rock in which Welsh seaside's North Beach?
  30. Which city lying in the eastern foothills of the Pennines is the UK City of Culture in 2025?
  31. What is the name of the Salvation Army property and visitor attraction in the Liverpool suburb of Woolton? It operated as a children's home between 1936 and 2005.
  32. Which village in Devon, is connected to Lynmouth by two cable cars using gravity and water tanks?
  33. The idyllic village of Bourton-on-the-Water is in which area of outstanding natural beauty?
  34. The Angel of the North is located in which large town in northern England?
  35. Which bay stretches from Fleetwood in Lancashire to the south west coast of Cumbria?
  36. Created in 1978 by American artist Liz Leyh, The Concrete Cows are associated with which large town?
  37. Which town located on the shore of Loch Linnhe, is the second largest settlement in the Scottish Highland council area?
  38. Which Cornish village is the setting of the TV series Doc Martin?
  39. England's shortest county boundary is just 20-yards long and is shared between Northamptonshire and which county to its north?
  40. The Nelson's Monument is a commemorative column in which seaside town?



Answers

  1. The Eden Project
  2. Cumbria
  3. Belfast
  4. Greenwich Park
  5. Silverstone Circuit
  6. Isle of Man
  7. Berwick-upon-Tweed
  8. The village is further from the sea than any other settlement in the UK
  9. Warrington
  10. Dorset
  11. Edinburgh
  12. Anglesey
  13. Brighton
  14. Derbyshire
  15. Staffa
  16. Liverpool
  17. Royal Wootton Bassett
  18. Kelpies
  19. Gloucestershire
  20. Nottingham
  21. Pembrokeshire (St David's is the city)
  22. Brize Norton
  23. Derbyshire
  24. Unst
  25. Bristol
  26. Scarborough
  27. Bournemouth
  28. Kent
  29. Tenby
  30. Bradford
  31. Strawberry Field
  32. Lynton
  33. Cotswolds
  34. Gateshead



  35. Morecambe Bay
  36. Milton Keynes
  37. Fort William
  38. Port Isaac
  39. Lincolnshire
  40. Great Yarmouth