Small UK Places You May Know - Statistics

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Answer Stats
Population Hint Town / Village % Correct
4,260 The namesake of a food invented by an earl Sandwich
80%
2,460 Many British prime ministers attend an elite college here Eton
79%
8,297 Home to the UK's biggest music festival Glastonbury
78%
5,839 Known for a gorge and a cheese Cheddar
77%
14,958 The Pirates of _______ Penzance
76%
300 One might travel to this Scottish village from Land's End John o' Groats
68%
45,006 Synonymous with Alan Turing and Enigma Bletchley
66%
4,412 Site of a 1988 plane bombing Lockerbie
65%
2,541 Hosts the British Grand Prix Silverstone
61%
981 Home to one of the largest theme parks in the UK Alton
53%
3,437 Place to go for a runaway wedding Gretna Green
53%
35,852 Famous annual horserace: the _____ Derby Epsom
51%
6,209 Its racecourse hosts the Grand National Aintree
50%
36,665 County town in the West Midlands with a famous castle Warwick
48%
4,826 Town next to and named after England's largest lake Windermere
47%
431 Norfolk village home to an official royal residence Sandringham
46%
3,276 Derbyshire town known for its pudding and tart Bakewell
45%
11,760 Anglesey port where one can catch a ferry to Dublin Holyhead
44%
6,597 Where Robert the Bruce defeated the English in 1314 Bannockburn
41%
44,898 Margaret Thatcher came from this Lincolnshire town Grantham
41%
12,595 Associated with Captain Cook and Dracula Whitby
41%
4,483 Site of a 1066 battle in which Harold defeated Norse invaders Stamford Bridge
40%
14,370 Isle of Wight town known for its regatta Cowes
39%
3,093 Village in a Shropshire gorge named for a first-of-its-kind bridge Ironbridge
39%
20,222 Where British Army officers are trained Sandhurst
38%
7,390 Capital of Orkney Kirkwall
35%
2,429 The site of a 1966 colliery landslide disaster Aberfan
31%
6,709 Capital of Shetland Lerwick
30%
29,465 The _____ March: a 1936 protest against unemployment and poverty Jarrow
29%
9,827 Its castle saw the investiture of the Prince of Wales in 1969 Caernarfon
28%
24,213 Home to the UK's biggest container port Felixstowe
28%
8,530 Yorkshire town whose phallic-looking name amuses many Penistone
28%
14,709 North Wales resort town home to the Great Orme Llandudno
26%
517 Home of 'martyrs' who were exiled to Australia for unionising Tolpuddle
24%
7,426 The northernmost town on mainland Britain Thurso
23%
3,698 Site of the last major battle to be fought in Britain, in 1746 Culloden
21%
14,120 Fermanagh's largest town; site of the Remembrance Day bombing Enniskillen
21%
1,046 The southernmost settlement on mainland Britain Lizard
21%
202 A once thriving Suffolk port town; gradually swallowed by the sea Dunwich
5%
386 Site of the fourth-largest city in Roman Britain Wroxeter
4%
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