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Quiz About Big UK Towns
- Which town is the third-largest population centre in East Anglia after two cathedral cities?
- The Queensway tunnel under the River Mersey links which town on the Wirral to Liverpool?
- Which town, famous for its castle and zoo, is generally considered to be the centre of the Black Country?
- Name the town famous for Beachy Head, tennis, Theresa May, and its large marina?
- Which seaside town is the largest settlement on the Isle of Wight?
- With a population of nearly 78,000, which town on the south western fringes of Glasgow is said to be Scotland's largest?
- Which spa town on the edge of the Cotswolds is sometimes called "the Garden Town of England"?
- A town with a name that derives from an Old Welsh word meaning 'weir' or 'crossing', this town is best known as a rail junction?
- Which large town on the River Tyne is joined to Newcastle by several bridges including the Millennium Bridge?
- Name the largest town in the ceremonial county of Cheshire where the UK's first IKEA store opened in 1987?
- Which Welsh Valley's town was once known as the 'Iron Capital of the World' and it's where the world's first ever railway journey took place?
- Which new town in Hertfordshire is the headquarters of Tesco plc? (Hint: this town has a three word name.)
- The Mars bar was first manufactured in this town just 2-miles north of Windsor?
- Which seaside town was granted city status on 26 January 2022?
- Can you name the two biggest towns in Surrey by population?
Answers
- Ipswich
- Birkenhead
- Dudley
- Eastbourne
- Ryde
- Paisley
- Cheltenham, also known as Cheltenham Spa
- Crewe
- Gateshead
- Warrington
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Welwyn Garden City
- Slough
- Southend, or Southend-on-Sea
- Guildford and Woking