Wandering the UK's Western Regions Quiz

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Tintagel is a village on the northern coast of Cornwall, located in England's south west. The remains of Tintagel Castle are right on the coast and can be visited - English Heritage manages the site. The castle is said to be where King Arthur was conceived when Uther Pendragon seduced Igraine while appearing to be her husband. Moving into Devon takes us to one of the famous moors of the region, Dartmoor. It is famous for the wild ponies found there and also the clapper bridges which cross streams and rivers. They are made from large stone slabs and are found in many moorland regions, including Dartmoor. Lyme Regis is a town in Dorset, on the south coast and part of the Jurassic Coast. The Cobb refers to the harbour wall, which authors such as Jane Austen (in 'Pride and Prejudice') and John Fowles in 'The French Lieutenant's Woman' have used as settings in their novels.

Although Stonehenge is better known, Wiltshire is also home to a megalithic circle dating back to Neolithic times. Known as Avebury, after the village where it is located, there are three separate circles and is classed as a World Heritage Site. Bath, in Somerset, may be best known for the Roman baths which give the city its name, but they're not the only place worth visiting. The Pulteney Bridge over the River Avon is another attraction, but the one chosen is the famous crescent of Georgian houses dating from the eighteenth century. This terrace of thirty houses is a Grade one listed building meaning the facades have to remain unaltered.

Chedworth Villa, in Gloucestershire, may be less well known to some of you, but the remains are of the largest Roman villa found in the UK at the time of writing. Lying just off the Fosse Way, the region was particularly wealthy (and still is, as it's in the Cotswolds). Cirencester was known as Corinium to the Romans. South of Gloucester, near Stroud, is the town of Berkeley where King Edward II died in 1327. His tomb is in Gloucester Cathedral A little further north and we reach the city of Hereford, home to an ancient map of the world called the Mappa Mundi, now housed in a separate building adjacent to the cathedral along with the library of chained books. In Shropshire we can visit Ironbridge, named for the then new-fangled bridge over the River Severn and dating from 1779.

Chester is in Cheshire and is home to a magnificent cathedral and a zoo. It still has parts of the original city walls too. The Rows have shops at street level with another tier above them, accessed by steps going up and walkways. The shops themselves have half-timbered facades. Each of the four main streets of Chester has some of these shops. The Royal Albert Dock is located on the River Mersey, in Liverpool, and has been developed to make it one of the most popular tourist attractions in the city. Cumbria is home to the Lake District, with Windermere, Coniston and Ullswater. Kendal is a market town on the fringe of the Lake District National Park, and is often used as a base for exploring the area. The final stop is to Bowness-on-Solway, the western end of the famous Hadrian's Wall - the eastern end is at Wallsend in North Tyneside. The more energetic among us can walk from one coast to the other, a distance of 84 miles (135 km) on the Hadrian's Wall Path.