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Small UK Places You May Know

Name these UK towns and villages that are well known relative to their small populations.
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Town / Village
45,006
Synonymous with Alan Turing and Enigma
Bletchley
44,898
Margaret Thatcher came from this Lincolnshire town
Grantham
36,665
County town in the West Midlands with a famous castle
Warwick
35,852
Famous annual horserace: the _____ Derby
Epsom
29,465
The _____ March: a 1936 protest against unemployment and poverty
Jarrow
24,213
Home to the UK's biggest container port
Felixstowe
20,222
Where British Army officers are trained
Sandhurst
14,958
The Pirates of _______
Penzance
14,709
North Wales resort town home to the Great Orme
Llandudno
14,370
Isle of Wight town known for its regatta
Cowes
14,120
Fermanagh's largest town; site of the Remembrance Day bombing
Enniskillen
12,595
Associated with Captain Cook and Dracula
Whitby
11,760
Anglesey port where one can catch a ferry to Dublin
Holyhead
9,827
Its castle saw the investiture of the Prince of Wales in 1969
Caernarfon
8,530
Yorkshire town whose phallic-looking name amuses many
Penistone
8,297
Home to the UK's biggest music festival
Glastonbury
7,426
The northernmost town on mainland Britain
Thurso
7,390
Capital of Orkney
Kirkwall
6,709
Capital of Shetland
Lerwick
6,597
Where Robert the Bruce defeated the English in 1314
Bannockburn
6,209
Its racecourse hosts the Grand National
Aintree
5,839
Known for a gorge and a cheese
Cheddar
4,826
Town next to and named after England's largest lake
Windermere
4,483
Site of a 1066 battle in which Harold defeated Norse invaders
Stamford Bridge
4,412
Site of a 1988 plane bombing
Lockerbie
4,260
The namesake of a food invented by an earl
Sandwich
3,698
Site of the last major battle to be fought in Britain, in 1746
Culloden
3,437
Place to go for a runaway wedding
Gretna Green
3,276
Derbyshire town known for its pudding and tart
Bakewell
3,093
Village in a Shropshire gorge named for a first-of-its-kind bridge
Ironbridge
2,460
Many British prime ministers attend an elite college here
Eton
2,541
Hosts the British Grand Prix
Silverstone
2,429
The site of a 1966 colliery landslide disaster
Aberfan
1,046
The southernmost settlement on mainland Britain
Lizard
981
Home to one of the largest theme parks in the UK
Alton
517
Home of 'martyrs' who were exiled to Australia for unionising
Tolpuddle
431
Norfolk village home to an official royal residence
Sandringham
386
Site of the fourth-largest city in Roman Britain
Wroxeter
300
One might travel to this Scottish village from Land's End
John o' Groats
202
A once thriving Suffolk port town; gradually swallowed by the sea
Dunwich
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3 Comments
Hinckford
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Level 87
Nov 25, 2025
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luxint
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Level 67
Dec 1, 2025
Excellent quiz but may I suggest you allow a bit more time. I am British but it was a squeeze for me, so for non-Brits it might be even tougher. Thank you, it was a good one.
jdmercia
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Level 88
Dec 1, 2025
Thanks! And good point, I’ve added more time.
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