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In which county is the Lake District?
Counties - English Counties 2
There are different uses for the word 'county'. These quizzes are about the 48 geographic counties of England - sometimes known as the ceremonial counties.
How well do you know the English counties - here is your chance to find out!
1 .
What is the name of this geographic county?
Leicestershire
Dorset
West Yorkshire
Rutland
Smallest English county
Only county in England that doesn't have a McDonalds
Only two towns – Oakham and Uppingham
County motto translates as 'Much in Little'
Residents known as Raddlemen
Contains the UK's largest man made lake
Breeding site for ospreys
Stephen Fry was expelled from Uppingham School
Cement quarry at Ketton
Prison at Stocken
2 .
What is the name of this geographic county?
Shropshire
Somerset
Dorset
Essex
No cities
3 large ports – Poole, Weymouth and Portland
Poole is one of the largest natural harbours in the world
Experimental new town near Dorchester
Thomas Hardy born at Higher Bockhampton
Airport at Hurn
Popular tourist towns of Lyme Regis and Swanage
Seaside resorts of Bournemouth and Weymouth
Swannery at Abbotsbury
One of the most expensive places to live in Europe is Sandbanks near Poole
3 .
What is the name of this geographic county?
Berkshire
Oxfordshire
Worcestershire
Wiltshire
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge born at Reading
Dulux Paints manufactured in Slough
High-tech industries based in Bracknell
World headquarters of Vodafone at Newbury
Traditional cheese made at Riseley and Barkham
Ricky Gervais born in Reading
Ascot Racecourse
Windsor Racecourse
Greenham Common
Windsor Castle
4 .
What is the name of this geographic county?
Northumberland
Gloucestershire
Tyne and Wear
Isle of Wight
"Angel of the North" near the A1
Locals called Geordies
Contains part of Hadrian's Wall
Metro centre at Gateshead
Bede's World at Jarrow
Daniel Defoe lived in Hillgate
Stephenson's Rocket was built in Newcastle
The first public demonstration of a light bulb was in Newcastle
First church in Britain to have stained glass windows was Monkwearmouth
5 .
What is the name of this geographic county?
Shropshire
Staffordshire
Durham
Hertfordshire
Contains part of the Peak District National Park
The Pennine Way goes through the County
Highest village in Britain is Flash
Highest point is Cheeks Hill
Area of natural beauty is Cannock Chase
Keele University in Newcastle-under-Lyme
In 2009 Anglo-Saxon gold was found near Lichfield
Largest city is Stoke-on-Trent
Alton Towers at Alton
Football club founded in 1863 at Stoke
Only synagogue is in Newcastle-under-Lyme
6 .
What is the name of this geographic county?
Suffolk
Surrey
Essex
Cornwall
Highest point at 484 feet is near Langley
Contains part of Epping Forest
Contains London Stansted Airport
Electronic companies at Harlow
Garrison town of Colchester
Production of bank notes at Loughton
Basildon and Harlow were built after WW2
Lakeside Shopping Centre at Thurrock
Royal Corinthian Yacht Club at Burnham-on-Crouch
Audley End House in Saffron Walden
7 .
What is the name of this geographic county?
Buckinghamshire
Tyne and Wear
Northumberland
Kent
Admin HQ at Morpeth
More castles than any other county
Contains some of the Cheviot Hills
County flower is the Bloody Cranesbill
Collieries and coal mines were at Ellington and Ashington
Bobby and Jack Charlton born at Ashington
'Capability' Brown (landscape designer) born at Kirkharle
George Stephenson (engineer) born at Wylam
Grace Darling (Victorian heroine) born at Bamburgh