British Towns/Cities In Other Words Quiz

Answer: Reading

The "three r's" of education are reading, writing and arithmetic.
Reading is the largest settlement in, and county town of, Berkshire. The town is a major commercial and retail centre for the Thames Valley area west of London.

Answer: Dumfries

Chips are the British version of fries in America.
Dumfries is the administrative centre of Dumfries & Galloway. Located on the banks of the River Nith, its most famous former resident is the poet Robert Burns.

Answer: Darlington

Darlington is the largest settlement in County Durham. The town was a major centre for Quakerism in the nineteenth century. The Stockton and Darlington Railway, opened in 1825, was the first in the world to use steam locomotives.

Answer: Wrexham

Wrexham is the largest town in North Wales. It is the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough, having previously been part of the county of Clwyd. Its economy is mostly based around the high tech and retail sectors.

Answer: Motherwell

Motherwell is a large town in Lanarkshire which was a major steel-making centre until the early 1990s. Service industries have since replaced most of the lost jobs in the area.

Answer: Sunderland

Sunderland is a city located at the mouth of the River Wear. Formerly in County Durham, the city is now part of the Tyne & Wear metropolitan county. Until the 1980s, shipbuilding and coal-mining dominated the local economy, but, in the early 21st century, car manufacturing and service industries predominate.

Please note that Cleveland, which could conceivably fit the clue, is not a town or city in the UK.(There was a council area with this name in the Middlesbrough area between 1974 and 1996.)

Answer: Redditch

Redditch is a town in Worcestershire, to the south of Birmingham. In the 19th century, the town was the world leader in the manufacture of needles. Famous people born in the town include Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, and singer Harry Styles.

Answer: Coatbridge

Coatbridge is a town in Lanarkshire, a few miles east of Scotland's largest city, Glasgow. Coal-mining and iron works dominated the local economy for many decades, but, with the decline of these heavy industries, the town's proximity to the motorway network have led to it becoming Scotland's inland container base.

Answer: Coventry

A coven is a term used for a gathering of at least three witches.
Coventry is a large city, historically in Warwickshire, but now part of West Midlands metropolitan county. The city was a major manufacturing centre in the early 20th century, before much of it was destroyed by German bombs during World War II. The city, and its cathedral, was largely rebuilt after the war, and the leading industries there now are mainly in the high-tech sector.

Answer: Whitehaven

Whitehaven is a port in Cumbria. It made its fortune exporting coal (mainly to Ireland) and importing tobacco from the USA. In the early 21st century, the harbour had become a marina, with the biggest local employer being the nearby Sellafield nuclear power station.