British Geography A-Z

How many of these towns and other entities in the UK can you name? Some cryptic clues are sprinkled in throughout, to help.
For example, the clue "City on Don River" could be (L)-ON-DON.
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Clue
British place
A
2025 Scottish Cup-winning city
Aberdeen
B
Shipbuilding port in Northern Ireland
Belfast
C
The Welsh capital
Cardiff
D
City on the Tay estuary in Scotland
Dundee
E
The Scottish capital
Edinburgh
F
Sea creature encounters security man at Welsh ferry port
Fishguard
G
Scotland's largest city
Glasgow
H
Two-word Hertfordshire town; the name is similar to a heath in London
Hemel Hempstead
I
Highlands hub bearing the name of a monster-infested loch
Inverness
J
Baptist likes to rock in this Renfrewshire town
Johnstone
K
Place near the southern town of Harrogate in North Yorkshire
Knaresborough
L
Secret lie told in Midlands city
Leicester
M
Homo burglar unmasked in Wiltshire town
Marlborough
N
Place in County Down, near the Irish border, given city status in 2002
Newry
O
The county town of Tyrone
Omagh
P
West Yorkshire town built around a French bridge
Pontefract
Q
Lothian town meaning "monarch's boat", with a major Forth bridge named after it
Queensferry
R
Wet and mountainous-sounding Liverpool suburb
Rainhill
S
Holy and fruity-sounding suburb of the Welsh capital
St. Mellons
T
Rotational force takes us to a seaside resort in Devon
Torquay
U
Unlike LA, you wouldn't want to go for a swim at this Highland port
Ullapool
V
Reinvent northern soul to find this hidden Isle of Wight locale
Ventnor
W
Surrey town bordering London, containing the name of a card game
Weybridge
X
Higher education institute in London named after an ancient Greek
Xenophon College
Y
Shetland island which is worth shouting about
Yell
Z
Enthusiasm of a Devon village built from a lunchroom maze
Zeal Monachorum
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